Keep up the good work, GM, while on the road to bankcrupcy.
Your new GTO is a four passenger car which weighs in 165 pounds heavier than a six passenger 1954 Chevy. How did those '50s engineers do a full-size car for 3600 pounds (vs 3765 for the GTO) given the fact the engine was a cast-iron wonder and so was the tranny. Or better said, how did GTO staff engineers/blacksmiths build a car so God Damned HEAVY?
Its got a manual six gear transmission to get up to speed. Why, with all those 400 H.P.? A lowly 125 hp '54 Chevy only needed THREE SPEEDS. High performance machines need at most four gears to go at least double the legal speed limit. Six speeds is real work and may even slow down the car from 0 to 100 due to all the lags during shifting. Once past 4th gear, who can even remember what gear you're in? Its stupid. My best guess is those
400 H.P. are "advertised" ponies and off the line its good for all of 20 H.P., maybe.The '54 Chevy was good for 15 mpg. The new GTO got 17.8 mpg according to Bud Wells, the famous auto writer. Three miles per gallon improvement in
50 years of automotive excellence is really something to brag about, isn't it? Besides, when the car is really "pushed" those 17.8 mpg will drop to about 5 mpg, won't it?This car is a loser spelled with a capital L. The Chinese Communists are going to kick GM's ass next year when they start shipping product.