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From C&D
Highs: Corvette sound and power, Euro ride and handling, acceptable price.
Lows: Iffy build quality, tiny trunk, styling that makes you say, "So what?"
The Verdict: The Aussie GTO isn't perfect, but don't look a gift goat in the mouth.
Also: It doesn't look like the old goat. That's the harshest indictment we can make against this new Pontiac GTO. Yes, there are other, eminently fixable flaws with the Australian-built GTO, and we'll get to those shortly. But we're really struggling to invent reasons not to put both hands together for this supremely comfortable, rear-drive, all independently sprung, Corvette-powered, husky-sounding, highway-inhaling coupe.
They only picked little nits, and ragged on the styling a little. But the original GTO was a sleeper, so why no this one?
