We are not talking about how different the cars of the 60's and 70's cars are from those of today. That is self evident. We are saying GM can't just slap a old well liked name badge on a car that has ZERO styling ques of that car and expect the fans of that name plate to jump on board with it. This was proven, by the lack luster sales and short 2 year run...
Just saw a Marauder today, this car did not fail for the same reason the newest GTO did. Some of the reasons the Marauder failed are because Ford keeps trying to build sports sedans, but can't seem to understand who their market is for sports sedans. The SHO died because of this. Ford decided they would appeal to a larger market, softened the tires and suspension, toss in a slush-box-only and hum, no more sports sedan. The Marauder needed about 100 more horsepower then it came with and they absolutely needed a manual transmission. If Ford would have aimed it at true driving enthusiast rather than the "RICE" crowd I would have bought one, well if they would have been less anemic and had a manual transmission....
Ford seems to have figured out what I want with the Shelby GT500, but now they won't build enough to go around.... Now how nice would the Marauder be with the GT500's 500 horsepower engine and 6 speed gearbox? I would buy one...