http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/2007-pontiac-g6-gxp-coupe-concept-unveiled/

It doesn't look any better than it did at SEMA. I hope the front fascia and spoiler never make it out of the concept stage. The rear fascia and exhaust are pretty nice, and the splash of color to the interior would be great. I don't know about the white face gauges either, the warning lights should be a little more hidden.


After closer inspection the interior isn't quite right, its a manual, but no clutch and it has power pedals! WTF? :confused:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/04/03/2007-pontiac-g6-gxp-coupe-concept-unveiled/


Whoever came up with that should be fired. Here I was thinking that Pontiac was actually going to have some class for once, and they just blew it. Looks like a riced out piece of crap. If they produce that, I'm done even thinking about GM.

Apparently we're not the only ones who hate it. I've been to two other places, and everyone is talking about it and how nasty it looks.

This has to be one of the most controversial design since Chris Bangle.

Apparently we're not the only ones who hate it. I've been to two other places, and everyone is talking about it and how nasty it looks.

This has to be one of the most controversial design since Chris Bangle.

Chris Bangle at least had some class. He didn't design around "gawdy". This is just downright crappy. Looks like a combination of autozone parts and ebay crap. Absolutely ridiculous. How do we let Pontiac know that this sucks?

I would like to see Pontiac be a performance oriented brand, but not marketed towards the pocket rocket rice crowd. Upscale performance. Leave the crappy spoilers, hood scoops and stuff to the chevy kids. If this car was produced I wouldn't buy the regular G6 coupe ,because this thing would give it a bad name. I'm starting to remember again why I never liked GM....

Here's a link to the original press release:

http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=3&docid=24804

There's a contact at the bottom:

Jim Hopson
Pontiac Communications
Phone: 313-667-4124
Mobile : 313-268-2164
E-mail: jim.hopson@gm.com

Maybe write to him? I was thinking to do so, and submit some statistics I did.

Also, there's always the Fastlane Blog that Lutz writes to:

http://fastlane.gmblogs.com

Just didn't feel like hijacking other unrelated posts yet.

I just wrote a letter to Pontiac Advertising using the "contact us" link at the bottom of the pontiac website. Hopefully enough people complain about this pile of crap.

Anyone want to start a petition??

http://www.petitiononline.com/

Sure, I'll sign a "Don't rice up the G6" petition. Go for it.

Who cares, it'll just make our G6's look better.

Who cares, it'll just make our G6's look better.

But from another perspective, it torments the name. People might hook the name G6 to "nasty s**t".

The pics, in case anyone wants to see them without following the link.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/KeithGTP/apr3_2007_pontiac_g6_gxp_2.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/KeithGTP/apr3_2007_pontiac_g6_gxp_1.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/KeithGTP/DSC02299.jpg

This must be one of those new 6 speed transmissions... you know the ones with no clutch pedal and the power pedals.

This must be one of those new 6 speed transmissions... you know the ones with no clutch pedal and the power pedals.

not sure which pic YOU are looking at, but the one I see has THREE PEDALS. Accelerator, Brake and Clutch!!!! the Brake and Clutch are the same size (like a normal car) and the Accelerator, while somewhat hidden by the steering wheel, is larger and IS THERE!!!

nothing looks out of place to ME!!! :rolleyes:

as for GM, i commend them on the possiblity of adding the 'adjustable pedal' option to the Manual Trans cars......

^ They photoshopped in a clutch a few days ago, however the power pedal switch is still there.

^ They photoshopped in a clutch a few days ago, however the power pedal switch is still there.

ok....i know they 'currently' do not offer this on the 6sp, but can they not make the 'power pedals' an option for a Manual Transmission? i really see know reason why it couldn't work. :)

front fascia, atrocity.
spoiler, atrocity.
hood, nice.
interior touches, not bad.
overall, atrocity.

back to the drawing board GM. PLEASE.

I liked the original GXP concept from 2004(?) a lot better. I think there were only minor changes, so it still looked like a g6, but better.