GM Fixes Solstice? Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe

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Our hopes were high following the debut of the 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe at the 2008 New York Auto Show last year. We had not forgotten the ergonomic shortcomings of the Solstice. Nor had its functional limitations slipped our minds. It was mechanically the same curvaceous Solstice that had made us swoon in 2006. Only now it had a bitchin' hardtop.

So here we stand again with hearts racing and gaze locked on the 2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe. The GXP offers you 260 horsepower from its turbocharged Ecotec inline-4 and big tires to put the power to good use, so it's a lot more serious than the standard Solstice coupe. Its angled roof gives the coupe an angry, menacing stance unmatched by the roadster. This is the car we secretly want to like. In the back of our minds, we hope it's different from the 2006 Pontiac Solstice we lived with for a year in our long-term fleet.

And perhaps it's a measure of the intensity of this hope that our disappointment is so devastating.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Pontiac
• Solstice
• GXP
• Coupe

[FlippOut44]

Hey, let's make a 3 minute and 42 second video bashing an amazing car. Faggot.

[Celica044]

I've always said that I would never buy an American car,but this hot Solstice is making me sweat lol.

I love Japanese cars ,but fuck the Miata especially the older ones.I hate them,they look like a little Polly Pocket cars...

[retrohippie]

Wow.... I graduated from a '97 Miata to an '07 Solstice, and I gotta say, this review is bullshit. The interior is a hell of a lot better than what I got in the Miata and performance wise, it's not far off. In my opinion, it's an amazing outcome from a brand new platform that (sadly) was short lived...

[Fkpeace]

this guy is a fucking asshole

[skatav8]

Look how flat the car is in the slalom. And that's a complaint for them? "You get exactly what you expect" in acceleration you can do the 1/4 two seconds quicker than a Miata (and people won't question your true gender). Yeah, sounds terrible---for that guy.

[speednick88]

you didnt get paid huh?

[gtstru]

i think this is a good car, my cousin has the GXP model, ive driven it and i enjoy the drive...granted idk how it is as a daily driver but he likes it and he says because its American made parts are fairly cheap and easy to find so... yea

[Tophairybutt]

Like I have said...its a pretty car designed for women and american men. The american car market likes cars like this, but the real sports car world...NO! This is not a sports car. It is a pretty econo-car built for american men driving on american roads...straight roads! This car is a failure in sports car races, and can not compete with rivals like the MX5 Miata, S2000, or 370Z/380Z, much less Porsche Boxster or even the slow handling and heavy BMW Z4. America has built another failure.

[marshknute]

@FlippOut44 Inside Line made a video which honestly described a new car: It has a beautiful exterior/interior design and a relatively powerful drivetrain. That said, it lacks the precision that a sports coupe should posses, has atrocious seats, shoddy interior materials, and some good old fashioned stupidity (targa top, zero/little storage space). The Solstice was the first real attempt at a Miata competitor, but it was poorly executed and was never a worthy sports car.

[PooPoo2U]

I can't help but laugh at all you people trying to defend this. A $25K car should, at the very least, be designed without flaws like the stupid roof system. I mean come on, a roof that comes off but doesn't go anywhere? Why not just do a T-top?

I like GM and Pontiac as much as anyone, but you people are downright ridiculous!

[chubblll]

The solstice is an absolute fail the s2000 is much better its pretty sad when the GXP needs a turbo to make just 20 more horsepower then the NA s2000! FAIL!!!

[MrBigah]

@FlippOut44 lmao