New GTO

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Good cars, I very seriously looked into them earlier this year and almost brought one home. The drivetrain is proven in both the US and Australia and the chassis is time-tested and proven in the Australian market.

When I was car shopping back in March, my final choices were down to either an 04/05 GTO or an Subaru 05 STI. Only problem was my gun cases did not fit in the tiny GTO trunk (yes, I did bring my rifle cases to the dealership and tried to put them in, talk about priceless looks on the salesman's faces!) so I ended up going with the STI. If GM didn't have to move the gas tank from under the car (Aussie config) to behind the backseat (US config for rear crash test reasons) I probably would have bought the GTO. Good car but the trunk barely big enough for Papa Smurf ruined it for me! The GTO trunk is smaller than on a C5 Z06, seriously! I'm very happy with the STI, but I would have been very happy with the GTO too, and I also would have saved about $6500 as they were making very attractive offers to dump the '04s at the time.

Hindsight being 20/20 had I bought the GTO I could have done quite a few mods and kept my warranty as I'm good friends with the service guys at my local GM dealership... not so with the STI thanks to Subaru of America and their Nazi-esque warranty adjusters. Heck, they even have a check box on their warranty forms to check for cone marks on the body!



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