GM Working On A 'Mustang Competitor'!!

"Patrick" wrote

It's also currently the fastest production truck in the world. I know is gonna come back with something to beat it so no fears. The one thing I HAVE to laugh at re: the SRT-10 is that, get this, you void the warranty if you tow anything with it!!! OMG!! How stupid is that? At least with the Lightning you can hook up your trailer and take your stang to the show in style. LMAO!

Where'd you hear that? I just looked at the warranty and it doesn't say anything about that.

Locating the parts at salvage auctions are no problem!

Funds, I can dig into my building fund!

Refinish King

Thanks for the link!

Hot looking truck, even though it is a Mopar. It is a hot piece of metal!

Today on Spike TV, they showed the Hemi Wagon with Posi, burning down the turning and twisting road, and it was stable as hell,

Looks like Dodge has some young blood in their engineering department, or older Mercedes engineers who haven't forgotten what people really want!

Refinish King

Thanks!

One sharp and hot truck!

Refinish King

Are you serious?

Maybe it's a Viper tranny too?

Not made for load, but for performance only!

Refinish King

I think DC has some outstanding vehicles. IMO their '05 lineup is stronger than anyone else's.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

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"Phillip Schmid" wrote

I talked to the prez of the local MoPar club who also works in the service dept at a Dodge dealership. I also heard it on TV during one of those "test drive" TV shows. One of the big gripes about it from the testers was that as a truck, it was basically useless. One said to just buy the Viper. I can't for the life of me remember which show it was.

Shall we then? Charles

Sometimes Trans Am sales were so bad that I wondered how they could go on. They just about didn't make any from 1990 to 1992. I have never been able to figure out how sales could be that bad.

I agree that Camaro/Firebird pricing was higher than Mustang, but it looked like more car. My question was how did they ever manage to cram such a tiny interior into such a big heavy car? Does anybody know? Another problem GM had forever, at least during my formative years, is they'd offer a good transmission, but only with the wimpy engine. Later, they'd offer a better engine, but only with an automatic, because the T-5 wouldn't take it. Then they'd detune it to be sure it wouldn't keep up with a Corvette. It seems to me that when the Camaro and Firebird really got good drivetrains, like say an LT-1 six-speed, they were finally a bargain. But it was apparently too late. The cars got to the point they weren't embarrassing, and GM killed them anyway.

You are so right. Really, Lemans and Tempest are both great names for cars, and the cars were so incredibly stylish. It's a pity nobody at Pontiac wants to build anything but rental cars. The next "LeMans" will probably be a minivan, or worse.

I agree, Camaro/Firebird engineering and sales was at times a very constructive rivalry. I don't think there was anything really bad about it. Sure they competed with each other, but they were built on the same assembly lines, so the economy of scale wasn't harmed. The styling was always distinctive (not so the Capri), so they surely pulled in more customers than the Camaro alone would have.

We got something from Dodge on the SRT-10 and I don't really remember much of it, but I think that they can't have much or anything in the bed. I also believe that I didn't see a towing weight thing like on other trucks. I guess it's not meant to be used as a truck then.

"Phillip Schmid" wrote

Yeah, there's no tow package.

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:40:57 -0400, "Refinish King" puked:

Either way, I've been called worse.

Coming along (slowly). Mechanically it's running great, just that annoying cancer to deal with...

-- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

That would kill it for me. No way do I want a truck that can't be used to tow a trailer.

An SRT-10 isnt a pick-up...its a Viper with a pick up body on it. It is NOT designed, or made for you going camping in. It IS designed to be the meanest son of a bitch on the planet with a bed....kinda like the Tomahawk is NOT designed for a crotch rocket rider, since he wont know what to do with a V-10 crammed between his legs. It is a TOY. If you cant afford it, (meaning, you need a Cummins, but you get the SRT, and then screw up your warranty by that 5th wheel in the bed,) dont cry about it....its just a toy.

Then again, my 48 Anglia is just a toy....no longer a Ford, but a Ford body on a tubular chassis, with Mopar all over it.

BTW..whats the towing capacity on a Lightning anyway? I know what my 2500 and 3500s can tow.....:)

On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 18:13:09 GMT, Cylon puked:

Road & Track did a comparison between the new GTO and the Mustang Cobra this month, and it's worth a look. Bottom line was the Cobra was more of a muscle car, but the GTO was more civilized. When the points were added up, the GTO came out ahead.

Too bad it's not an American car (no, I'm not starting that whole angle). GM needs to consider making a nasty little rattle trap that's cheap and hauls ass like the Cobra. Maybe that new Buick?

-- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:48:33 -0400, "Refinish King" puked:

Yeah, a little mod like an LS6...

-- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

yo labrat--good to see ya here at the mustang NG! :)