Mowgli1647545497 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Yeah no resemblance whatsoever... http://www.msprotege.com/members/Mallard/Pics/OrgeGTOCncpt.JPG http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/wallpaper/05/gtconcept1_1024.jpg Oh Snap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/547000-547999/547713_16_full.jpg I guess this copied off the new mustang too I fail to see how those hood scoops, those foglights, and the air inlet in the bumper are copied off of the new Mustang when every Pontiac has them in nearly identiacal places. I think they stole the fender flares from my Olds Intrigue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 ok, found another pic and some different info. http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/8257_image.jpg So why has the new "Goat" scored so poorly? Critics content its soft, jellybean styling has little in common with the edgy GTO sheet metal of the '70s. The Dream Cruise Edition boasts a new 575-hp V-8, as well as styling more in line with the car that cruised Woodward past. There'll be little opportunity to burn rubber over the weekend, but GM officials are hoping to recreate some of the magic that helped turn the original GTO into the car to beat on Woodward Ave. www.thecarconnection.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibies Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Rally Red Evo: For some reason to me it looks a little like a Mustang.better than lookin like a grandam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Oh hush you mallard. FRont end and hood scoops? I said aside from the front end didn't I? But folks trying to claim there's no resemblance at all (born from their hate of Mustangs) earned a rebuttal. I gave it. Had I been able to find a pic of the 05 Mustang at the same higher height angle as the GTO there it would have been even worse an identity. They share the same overall dimensional percentages. Deck length to hood length, door size to overall length, cabin height to overall height, wheel placement, roofline, width ( though this GTO has done so with flares), mirrors, side scoopes behind the door, etc etc etc etc. The GTO is curvier but the bodyshape is idento. Hell they both have split fiver spoker wheels. Anyhoo I'm not ragging on it - I'm a big fan of the GTO stocker and this employee concept car. I'm also a fan of the Mustang. So what about "looks like a Mustang" is an insult for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Bite me both of you, my Firebird is huge in comparison. Boat > Mustang, GTO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttemper Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: Mustang came first. Nanner nanner nanner. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=3033141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelloman4571647545499 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: Yeah no resemblance whatsoever... http://www.msprotege.com/members/Mallard/Pics/OrgeGTOCncpt.JPG http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/wallpaper/05/gtconcept1_1024.jpg Oh Snap!i like that GT0 in gray at the bottom....just kidding. still a badass car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: Oh hush you mallard. FRont end and hood scoops? I said aside from the front end didn't I? So what about "looks like a Mustang" is an insult for you?I don't hate Mustangs, but to me that looks like a regular GTO with huge fender flares. I don't see a Mustang at all. If the GTO dimensions are so identical to the 05 Mustang then who copied who? (Seeing as how the Monaro has been out in Austrailia for a lot longer then the Mustang concept has been around.) I also think that in pictures people will see what they want to see. Having passed a group of six 05 Mustang's on 23 around Ann Arbor and walking around one at Woodward, I can say that I don't see the resemblence other then both being RWD coupes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 The 05 Mustang draws from - at least according to the designer interviews in my SVTOA rag: the '66 coupe, the GT350, the '70 boss and the '99+ new edge styling. No Monaros, imports, airplanes, rockets, shaving equipment, animals or other doo dads copied. There's more than enough in its own stable to draw upon. But thats a benefit to actually having heritage tongue.gif ...heritage being something only the Corvette also possesses (and no, being around since the way-back 1980s don't give ya heritage, younguns). Where's my geritol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark_Viper01 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 kinda reminds me of that gay looking Mustang GTR concept, miht just be the orange paint though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 whats wrong with *** exhuast it has a 70's super duty trans am look to it. nice looking car to bad gm will always underpower everything else so the corvette can be faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Originally posted by GAS,GRASS OR ASS: whats wrong with *** exhuast it has a 70's super duty trans am look to it. nice looking car to bad gm will always underpower everything else so the corvette can be fasterNot with Lutz around. He said that if they want the Corvette to be top dog, they have to give it more power too. So they are. Hence why the Z06 is 'rumored' to be 500 hp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bottlefed70 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Wow that cars amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96MustangCobra Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Looks pretty bad ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Octane Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 To bad it's only a concept car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.