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Live From New York, It's The 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP

The curtain just lifted here at the New York Auto Show on the Pontiac that really is all about driving excitement, the 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP. As you know G8 GXP gets the goods from our favorite fiberglass sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, complete with 6.2 L, 361 HP V8 and a 6 speed manual transmission. The fresh new cog-swapping GXP will be scooting to sixty in a scant 4.7 seconds with the quarter mile coming in at 13.0 seconds and 108 mph. All we're looking for is that traction control defeat button, and we'll be in sedan hoon heaven.

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11:44 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by n/a: Ok, First of all, In Australia, where they are built, they're called Commodores, not Monaro's. The Monaro is a 2 door version of the Commodore. The 2 door Monaro was exported to the Usa as the pontiac GTO. Bob Lutz more »

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2009 Pontiac G8 GXP Revealed, Gets Corvette LS3 Power And A Manual Transmission

Wow, how prescient were we to know to repeat the prescience of High Performance Pontiac magazine? Hmm, probably about as prescient as they were to have posted on the new 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP to begin with. But we digress as we're now officially able to tell you all the details on "the flagship" of Pontiac's GXP performance series, the G8 GXP. So what makes this four-door the tip-top of the Pontiac pinnacle of performance? How about the 6.2-liter LS3 engine from the 2008 Corvette? No, that doesn't do it for you? How about a manual transmission? Yeah, we thought so. Hit the jump for the full release and all the details.

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12:01 AM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Mark Arnold
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Latest by n/a: Having had the pleasure of owning two 65 GTOs and a 1970 model, as well. I can only say that the G8 is a great ride, even in the v-6 version, I gave up all thoughts of buying that more »