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The Ultimate Pontiac GTO Picture Site by
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The Ultimate Pontiac GTO Picture Site by
Sean Mattingly. There's no bigger GTO image collection
anywhere! |
Here is everything you want to know about the newer Pontiac GTO's...
Table of contents for this section...
11/28/09 headline: Orion plant rolls out last Pontiac for U.S. The last one was a white G6.
5/2/09 Former
Pontiac marketing man Jim
Wangers
commented on the demise of the Pontiac brand in
Automobilemag
article called "Jim Wangers on the death of Pontiac excitement"
4/27/09 It's official. Pontiac brand to be gone by 2011: GMs full press release
4/24/09 Yikes! Next Monday GM
will announce a tough reorganization plan to kill off the Pontiac
brand
Edmunds
article: Pontiac is Dead
1/16/08 GM's Bob Lutz kills plans for a new Monaro, kills a new GTO,
and confirms Camaro. See the GoAuto
article
5/19/07 A fresh followup video report on the Pontiac
GTO struts rubbing on tires issue. newsnet5
video
A 2004 GTO went out of control and flipped in
California last night. Police are looking for clues. News
story on cbs5.com
5/13/07 Revenge Designs is offering a 2006
GTO with Lingenfelter Performance Engineering power mods. See
the Times
Auto article
5/9/07 An outgoing GM exec has some comments on
the future of the GTO. See Chicago
Tribune article
3/30/07 The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration is still investigating a strut
rub problem and here is their ongoing
defect investigation basis. Have you looked at the tires on your
2004 - 2006 GTO? Perhaps you need to file
this complaint form with NHTSA? There have been tire failures.
Govt
documentation and Complaint
form
2/20/07 Tire failures on '04 - '06
GTOs. See the article
on autosafety.org. A News5 TV news report with video is
here. See photos of a 2006 GTO strut that the tire
has been rubbing against here and a photo
of a damaged front tire.
7/27/06 Next
GTO will use GM's Zeta architecture
Article from drive.com.au
4/14/06 HSV
"GTO LE" details This
model closes out Monaro production for 2006.
3/2/06
GTO
not dead Despite an earlier release,
Lutz says it will come back in late 2008.
8/3/05
2006
GTO press release More facts about
the 2006 car from Pontiac.
5/13/05 2006
GTO specifications and options
Everything you want to know.
1/12/05 GTO
vs Charger (curious paralells from bringing back old brands) from
Edmunds.com
1/1/05 2005
GTO Pricing, Fuel Economy Announced
$32,995 automatic or $33,690 manual.
11/2/04
GTO
to Compete in Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series in 2005
10/31/04 GM
to show 2005 GTO at 2004 SEMA show in Las Vegas
Scoops and more.
8/11/04 GTO
concept car at Woodward Dream Cruise
"Employee Enthusiasm" vehicles seen.
8/1/04
Pontiac's
Performance Renaissance
Many specifics on the upcoming 2005 GTO.
7/27/04
GM's
2005 Lineup A press
release revealing the '05 GTO will have hood scoops.
3/8/04
GTO's
to star in TV movie on USA Network
Rob Cohen to direct. Movie pics added 7/27/04.
12/6/03 GTO's
spotted in California A
railyard-area worker spills guts.
11/9/03 GTO
Autocross model Seen at
the SEMA show in Las Vegas.
7/29/03 Kraut
defends the GTO He
brought an '04 to the convention, answered every objection.
6/15/03 True
Dual Exhaust System press release
With several good photos.
6/12/03 All
the specs See what the
'04 car will be made of.
4/6/03 Wardsauto.com
covers the styling controversy
Read two of their articles here.
1/18/03 Bob
Lutz responds to critics
He saw your comments about the car here and responded!
1/04/03 Bob
Lutz reveals the 2004 Pontiac GTO at the Los Angeles Auto Show
Read GM press release
12/25/02 Preview
of the new GTO is on a DVD
Read the GM press release. Order the DVD too.
11/17/02 Monaro
wins Bathurst race in Australia
The car that the Pontiac GTO is based upon is tough.
7/01/02 Who
is going to buy a 2004 GTO?
I make guesses, emails point the way.
6/23/02
Reaction
to the 6/20/02 GTO design sketch - Oh, No!
GTO fans speak out.
5/28/02
A Holden what?
Monaro fans speak to Pontiac fans.
5/09/02
Return of the GreaT
One Speculation about the new GTO. Will
clubs accept it? Test driver chimes in.
4/21/02
A collection of 2004
concept drawings submitted by website visitors.
4/18/02 Spy
Photos and commentary Plain jane GEO or GTO
adrenaline pumper?
3/27/02 AP
story about the re-release of GTO Announced at New
York Auto Fair.
3/25/02 Bring
back the GTO! An appeal to Pontiac to bring it back,
and do it right.
This is actually Text Topics article #33.
DISCUSS IT: Talk
about the 2004-2006 GTO in our Discussion Area every night from
5pm -12mid EST.
SEE IT:
Our
2004 GTO Lots
start here http://UltimateGTO.com/2004cars1.htm
Our 2005
GTO Lots start here
http://UltimateGTO.com/2005cars1.htm
Our 2006
GTO Lots start here
http://UltimateGTO.com/2006cars1.htm
NEAR FUTURE DATES:
Waiting on GM
to sell the defunct Pontiac brand to someone whom will build more
Pontiacs.
TIMELINE:
1964
- 1974 Pontiac built the
classic GTOs that we know and love.
1975
- 2003 We begged for Pontiac
to make more GTOs.
January 3,
2003 The press got the
first look at a 2004 GTO at the L.A.
Auto Show.
January 4 - 12,
2003 The 2004 GTO is
shown to the public at the L.A. Auto
Show. At the L.A. Convention
Center. The crowd seemed to be more excited about Ford's
new concept Mustang than the GTO. The Mustang was
designed on a modern platform with some retro styling cues, while the
GTO is based on the Holden Monaro, an Australian car.
January
11 - 20, 2003 The 2004
GTO was at the North American
International Auto Show at Detroit's
Cobo Center.
June 2003 Advanced Order
Program began, Mini Brochures arrived at dealerships across the USA.
September 2003 Production of the US-bound GTOs
to began at the Elizabeth, Australia plant
October 21, 2003
The first large shipment of 2004 GTO's left Australia on a boat for
the USA.
December 2003 Customer Catalogs
arrive at dealerships, Product Training arrives for dealers, Initial
vehicles arrive at dealerships. Many dealerships are selling
the rights to buy the first GTO's on ebay.
January 2004
Advertising for the new GTO began.
July 2004
2004 GTOs were shown and judged at the summer GTOAA International
Meet in Detroit, Michigan
November 2 -
5, 2004 2005 GTOs were seen at
the Las Vegas SEMA show.
November
9 - 11, 2004 2005 GTOs were
driven by Sean at Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in
Phoenix.
January, 2005
2005 GTOs to be seen at winter auto shows.
May
13, 2005 2006 GTOs
specifications and options were seen on UltimateGTO.com.
June, 2005
2004 and 2005 GTOs were at GTOAA Nationals autocrossing in Saint
Louis.
February, 2007
Complaints surfacing about struts rubbing front tires, causing tire
damage to 2004 - 2006 GTOs.
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March 2009
Interview about
UltimateGTO.com in PHS
Collector Car World
phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com
November/December,
2006 Featured interview in the
"Performance Years Journal"
subscription e-newsletter.
Fall
2006 See the writeup on
webmasters of Pontiac enthusiast sites in the Fall 2006 issue of GM's
"Pontiac Performance"
magazine. The magazine has several editions. It was not
seen in the "Grand Prix buyer's" edition, but was in the
"GTO buyer's" edition.
June,
2005 Magazine award for best
"car fan site".
May
2004 This website was
mentioned to be "the best" on a Speed Channel TV show.
October 2003
This website was mentioned in the coffee table book called "Monaro
- Rebirth of a Legend" by
Joshua Dowling. When you buy a Holden Monaro in Australia,
Holden sends out the book. See page 163 in the Limited Edition
print of the book. It mentions how UltimateGTO.com once ran a
photo of a Ford in place of the usual GTO "Picture of the Week".
There were similar protests by car enthusiasts down under when Holden
had a rebirth of their Monaro nameplate.
3/31/03
This website was mentioned on a Mustang enthusiast site called
Mustang35th.com here.
3/21/03
This website was mentioned in "AutoWeek"
magazine and on "AutoWeek.com"
online.
5/18/02
This website was mentioned in "The
Sydney Morning Herald"
newspaper. Please send me a scan.
5/8/02
or so
The Australian national paper, "The
Australian" ran an article
referencing this web site. Send a scan?
4/7/02
This site is mentioned in the 4/8/02 "AutoWeek
Magazine". We're a
recommended AutoWeek bookmark for GTOs! Anyone have a
scan of the magazine mention? Cool, eh?
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