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Oh Snap!! Pontiac Solstice price revealed:$19,995

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Kleegamefan

K. LEE GAIDEN
Wow, they got it for under 20 grand after all!!!:

http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2005/02/the_promise_of.html#more

The Promise of Solstice

By Bob Lutz
GM Vice Chairman

Doing a great roadster for $35,000-$45,OOO is a feat mastered by several automobile companies. In fact, it's relatively routine. It's doing that desirable, high-content roadster for under $2O,OOO that challenges an automobile company.

That’s what we promised we would do with the Pontiac Solstice when we announced we would put it into production, and that’s what I’m officially announcing today, here on GM FastLane, for the first time.

When Solstice goes on sale this summer, it will, officially, be priced at $19,995 — and that includes the $575 destination charge. You heard it here first.

That’s not for a stripped down model, either. That sub-$20,000 price gets you 177 horsepower mated to a five-speed manual transmission, 18-inch wheels, 4-wheel disc brakes, glass rear window, and a CD-player as standard equipment.

So there you have it. A roadster inspired by the European classics of yesterday, styled very much like the concept car of a few years ago, priced under $20,000 as promised today. Solstice is a true driver’s car, and it will be in Pontiac showrooms this summer. We look forward to your reactions...
 

AlphaSnake

...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
My dad is actually thinking of this. And so am I...the car looks so frigin cool! And it's a domestic, which means 6 months after its debut it'll cost about 15k slightly used. Woo!
 

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Those kind of cars are for people who live in nice climates. I want a mini.
 

fart

Savant
i really hope more companies get the hint here. i want a new s1000 :/

not looking good what with the mr2 dying though
 

Tarazet

Member
The MR2 is fun, though! The controls are more direct than a Miata's or an S2000's. But the dumpy looks and astronomical insurance rates doomed it, I think.
 
In other news does the idea of a corporate sponsered blog just seem cheap to you? It does to me. I mean it looks like nothing but a fluff job from the PR section.
 

DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
teiresias said:
That's sort of like the SNES launch commercials saying it was under $200 when it was priced at $199.99.

Lots of car commercials over the years have advertised that their car is under 20,000 when it is 19,999... this isn't anything new.
 

fart

Savant
The MR2 was overpriced and under performed, it deserves to die.
The MR2 is fun, though! The controls are more direct than a Miata's or an S2000's. But the dumpy looks and astronomical insurance rates doomed it, I think.
both true. the thing is, no mr doesn't mean "more room for a better model" it means NO toyota sports cars at all (no more celica no more misters). i'd rather they just design a better mk4 than kill the car completely.
 

Tarazet

Member
fart said:
both true. the thing is, no mr doesn't mean "more room for a better model" it means NO toyota sports cars at all (no more celica no more misters). i'd rather they just design a better mk4 than kill the car completely.

In a way it's sad, but sports cars really aren't in Toyota's blood. The Celica was a marginal, and later a poor Mustang fighter, and the Supra was a luxury tourer first, a performance car second. Other than that, there's the 2000GT, which nobody has ever heard of, and the AE86, which was not really conceived as a performance car. Toyota is nothing like Honda, which has a zingy motorcycle-rich past (and present). Toyota is best when it makes cars like the Camry and Avalon - mini-Lexuses without the excessive padding.
 

Gek54

Junior Member
teiresias said:
That's sort of like the SNES launch commercials saying it was under $200 when it was priced at $199.99.

Sort of like everything ever since the birth of marketing. What, would it make better sense to you if they say under $25k or how about under $50k?

Come one, we are talking about a cars sticker price. When does anyone ever pay anywhere close to sticker? I would expect to get it for at least $2k understicker.
 

Tarazet

Member
Gek54 said:
Come on, we are talking about a cars sticker price. When does anyone ever pay anywhere close to sticker? I would expect to get it for at least $2k understicker.

The car magazines always do this, too. On the one hand, they're not taking into account the inevitable incentives; but on the other hand, they're not factoring in dealer markup, either. Just try to get a dealer down to $500 below sticker on a new Mustang GT.

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fart

Savant
sonarrat said:
In a way it's sad, but sports cars really aren't in Toyota's blood. The Celica was a marginal, and later a poor Mustang fighter, and the Supra was a luxury tourer first, a performance car second. Toyota is nothing like Honda, which has a zingy motorcycle-rich past (and present). Toyota is best when it makes cars like the Camry and Avalon - mini-Lexuses without the excessive padding.
well, yah, racing isn't exactly part of toyota's corporate image, but i'd hardly say their sports entries have failed. The supra was an impressive gt car, and pretty much all generations of celica are versatile sporting platforms (celica gt-four? the current gen gts?), even the butt ugly mk7 they're killing off. and jesus, the aw11.
 
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