Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Pontiac GTO Vs Ferrari GTO

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On 11/24/06, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> The SPeed channel just showed a program about the P GTO - and of course,
> the
> famous C&D cover saying the Pontiac was faster than the F GTO was
> discussed.
> The guy in charge of the advertising program (Jim Wangers - who appears on
> Speed often and always wears a toupee) said there were 2 GTOs present at
> the
> track on the day the P GTO was being tested - but neither ran against the
> Pontiac - or ran much at all that day.  He also said the 0-100-0 time of
> 11
> something quoted for the P GTO wouldn;t have happened if it were pushed
> off
> a cliff!  But when he saw the story he didn't want to correct them ;-)
> American advertising at its best!  Probably *all* advertising execs as it
> goes.  The other comments about the F GTO were of a suspicious nature
> also.


It's amusing that they even compared the two cars then....and maybe more
amusing that people took it seriously!

<Anyway - it was an interesting segment.  It's a shame the F GTOs have gone
<to stratospheric prices - the only way to see one is at a place like
<Monterey or a museum.  Sigh.....

Maybe those with the means should jump on 288s.....according to FORZA market
guide they've climbed about $100k over the last 4 years. I remember an old
M&T issue which featured Paul Frame's F40, F50, 288 GTO, etc, and they
remarked that the "288 is worth significantly more than any Pontiac"....

The way muscle is going for these days, don't think that's necessarily true
anymore!

I like muscle a lot, but how can you pay Veyron money for a convertible
Cuda?

How?

FG

<Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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