21st Century 1950s
Just a random thought...
Been watching automotive shows all night, which is unusal for me, when I am into cars more than your usual 21st century person. While sitting here watching a show on the new Shelby Cobra, and hearing the guys talk, came to a quick conclusion.
With Chrystler of all people producing slick looking cars like the Crossfire, and I got to say I've noticed Pontiacs are begining to look real sleek, I think we're entering an automotive age kind of like the 1950s, or 60s. Might just be me, but it seems cars are becoming more shapely, smoothed and fine, unlike the cars from the mid-70s until now, and not just things like the Viper, cars that will be affordable to a bigger crowd, not just the very well off. Which is kind of what the GTO was (oddly enough it was reborn). The GTO was a fast moving vehicle that was priced that the middle class could buy them. From what it seems, we are getting faster cars, but we're also getting sleek lines with them, fat interiors, etc. Which is cool, I'd love to have an era of flashy cars that'll end up being the "classics" of my generation, that isn't a god damn ford escort or some rice burning Fast n Furious rusted out honda with a shiney spoiler that doesn't do anything until 160mph when these cars top out at 85 because the owners known nothing but that damn movie. Heh.
And let me speak on the GTO, since I am one who worships that line of cars. Ask anyone who knows me, concidering I'm surrounded by 5 expensive die-cast models, and my wall clock that looks like a speedometer. Now yes, I've been one saying "lets remake the car, but lets do it right", and saw the fucking batmobile that was the 2000 Concept Car, or let me laught, the Canadian Edition 1994 Pontiac GTO, which was a Grand Am with a tweaked engine, the logos and leather seats that said GTO. No one really knows about this car, but since I"m next door to frogtown, I've seen one, and just the one, for the past many years.
I've watched others bitch about the new GTO, it needs hood scoops, it needs a spoiler, it needs more lines, jesus christ pontiac what the hell are you doing, it looks like every other car you have, what the fuck, its built in austrialia and based after one of their cars.
Yeah...that's not me, that is what I've seen on forums and shit about the car. Well let me go with my thoughts, as a GTO worshipper. First, lets forget about it being an Aussie Car and made in Aussie Land, that is the fact of the 21st century, everything comes from random countries, be it USA or USSR. So I personally don't give a fuck about that.
Ok, down to a point so I can go to bed, basically about the look of the car. Now personally, I would have taken like either a 1965, 1969, or a combo of all of them and "modernized" it the correct way, sleek it out but keep its looks, like the Ford T-Bird kind of did. But Pontiac did go the right way. They did what Pontiac did in 1963 when they designed the car. They took something that was already being made, and put a bigger engine in it. Now in 1965 the people who designed the car (which includes Delorian if you didn't know) were sneaking the design by the big-wigs of GM and Pontiac, they didn't want the pontiac division to make a fast vehicle, GM was anti-car-racing in certain areas, since the sport was just a newborn. So they took the mid-size Tempest, and threw a heavier suspension, bigger motor, and a few frills on it, and boom, GTO. Even stole the name from Fararri (sp?) to make it sound fast. They got past the big-wigs by making it an option. The wigs didn't think anyone would want them, and the sales exploded. Took 2 years for the company to make the car directly, and not just an option on the Tempest.
And I feel that is what Pontiac did this time, without having to sneak around about it. They took a mid-size car, and made it fast with a V-8, snazzed up the interior, made it flashy but not over the top, and semi-cheap for cars today. I'm going to get one, I want an original which I do have a rusted up junk one I tried to save, but she died before I could save it. But I'll own a new one, it'll be used though, cause I'll wait and see what they do with the car, if it survives.
Peace-Out.