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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz
In regards the GTO experiment; how would we respond if Ford announced they were “reviving” the GTHO name, with a car imported from Uzbekistan, which looked nothing like a Ford and was by our standards small and primitive?
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Not quite.
More like Ford Australia agreeing to give something like a Crown Victoria the GTHO name,
a vehicle totally unsuited to wear a muscle car name...
I was in LA in 2006 and they had a GTO at the LA Fairgrounds/Pomona drag strip,
even the guy babysitting the GTO said, "those of us who remember what muscle cars were
know this Holden coupe ain't a muscle car, nowhere near it..."
In regards to the G8 experiment, again GMNA pitched a RWd V8 car at an indifferent audience,
selling the SS as a Chevy Lumina or using Calais V as a Buick would have worked better IMO....
Those thinking of Falcon exports to America need to understand that the market there has moved on,
buyers there no longer have the passionate view of V8 RWD as once was the case.
Heck, even here it's pretty obvious that a lot of Ford V8 buyers have moved on...