I got a 04 modified and my cousin loved mine so much he bought a 05 we love to cruise this is his first car that is slowly turning him into a car guy 🤣😂 its such a great handling car and he can still take the wife and kids wherever
They've gone up in price. I think eventually they will be collectable. I have an 04 maual and love it. Parts become an issue, but that's to be expected. I'd rather have it than a garden variety camero or stang.
I wanted one since the first time it aired on Top Gear, that red vauxhall monaro with jabs at the Aussies regarding a recent rugby match featuring non-stop oversteer. Bob Lutz brought it to America and I went to some Pontiac dealers the few years it was available for sale. They all put shitty wheels and tint and tarted them up and skyrocketed the msrp. Pretty soon after that all the Pontiac dealers shuttered, they definitely helped kill the brand and I was never able to buy an unmolested GTO.
I think that was the point that made a lot of us want them! You’re completely right. US dealers absolutely ruined these cars. You can still find some very very clean examples out there but owners are asking entirely too much Were only 5 ish years away from being able to import the VZ so hopefully that brings prices down
