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.....that was irritated when they started to make 4dr GTPs????? As a former GTP owner I still to this day don't consider 4dr GTPs a real GTP.....

 

....any similar thoughts from any of you here or am I the only one??

 

later,

 

jeremy

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I too dislike the 4-door GTPs...it seems like its all about "family" now...what with the SS Silverado being an extended cab..the SS concept car being 4 door. GM sees what Nissan is doing with their Maxima and their copying, plain and simple

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Impala SS's, Mercury Maurader and theres alot of AMG M-B's running around with 4 doors, the term sedan aint that bad.

 

I think that ya'll are missing my point....I like a lot of four door cars, the 94-97 Impala SS', the WRX's, even the Mazda 6

 

.....I just can't get over the 2dr GTP, they didn't do it to the Z34 too did they???

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GTP = Grand Touring Package right? Then that means it is made for comfort, 4 doors has more room then a 2 door.

 

That would make sense.. but I doubt it. Cause 'GT' is 'Grand Tourismo?' (Or Grand Touring) Don't remember..

Soo adding the 'P' for 'Package wouldn't make sense.

'Performance' perhaps?

Grand Touring Performance

I dunno.

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I too wish they'd kept the GTP in coupe-only form. Besides money, the price of automotive coolness is money. Coupe's are cooler than sedan's. It also irks me that they didn't make a '97+ Regal. The Regal is a car that, at many times in the past has had no 4-door option. I wish they had at least made a Regal coupe.

 

That said, the only 4-door cars I think are attractive are W-Bodies, N-Bodies, mid 90's Impala's, and the occasional Grand Marquis or Crown Vic.

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Being that I have a 4 door 01 GTP..you should be able to tell I like them :wink: ...on a 97+ GTP, I would not own *another* coupe(had an 00 coupe before the 01 sedan I own now)..I do not like the coupes all that well due to the fact that the door appears to be too short for a car of the GP's size. THe four doors fill out the car better and look better in my opinion...just look at some w/ the different hoods, spoilers, etc...makes them look even better. On a pre-97, I would rarely(if ever) choose a four door over a two door..the pre 97 GP's have perfectly sized large doors that fit the car perfectly 8) ...not saying I wouldn't own a pre-97 four door Prix though because I'm probably buying a 91 STE off of a local friend sometime soon..it's sitting in the corner of a shop not being driven since the guy has about seven or eight other vehicles of which most of those don't get driven either.. :oops:

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Being that I have a 4 door 01 GTP..you should be able to tell I like them :wink: ...on a 97+ GTP, I would not own *another* coupe(had an 00 coupe before the 01 sedan I own now)..I do not like the coupes all that well due to the fact that the door appears to be too short for a car of the GP's size. THe four doors fill out the car better and look better in my opinion...just look at some w/ the different hoods, spoilers, etc...makes them look even better. On a pre-97, I would rarely(if ever) choose a four door over a two door..the pre 97 GP's have perfectly sized large doors that fit the car perfectly 8) ...not saying I wouldn't own a pre-97 four door Prix though because I'm probably buying a 91 STE off of a local friend sometime soon..it's sitting in the corner of a shop not being driven since the guy has about seven or eight other vehicles of which most of those don't get driven either.. :oops:

 

now I know that ya'll have missed my point......

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GTP = Grand Touring Package right? Then that means it is made for comfort, 4 doors has more room then a 2 door.

 

That would make sense.. but I doubt it. Cause 'GT' is 'Grand Tourismo?' (Or Grand Touring) Don't remember..

Soo adding the 'P' for 'Package wouldn't make sense.

'Performance' perhaps?

Grand Touring Performance

I dunno.

 

it's supposedly how you put it in your next to last line you typed.."Grand Touring Performance" I do not know if anyone has confirmed that 100% w/ pontiac or whatever but most say that is what it stands for.

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Being that I have a 4 door 01 GTP..you should be able to tell I like them :wink: ...on a 97+ GTP, I would not own *another* coupe(had an 00 coupe before the 01 sedan I own now)..I do not like the coupes all that well due to the fact that the door appears to be too short for a car of the GP's size. THe four doors fill out the car better and look better in my opinion...just look at some w/ the different hoods, spoilers, etc...makes them look even better. On a pre-97, I would rarely(if ever) choose a four door over a two door..the pre 97 GP's have perfectly sized large doors that fit the car perfectly 8) ...not saying I wouldn't own a pre-97 four door Prix though because I'm probably buying a 91 STE off of a local friend sometime soon..it's sitting in the corner of a shop not being driven since the guy has about seven or eight other vehicles of which most of those don't get driven either.. :oops:

 

now I know that ya'll have missed my point......

 

I know what you mean, that was just my opinion/input on this, you're not saying you hate four doors nor was I trying to imply that w/ anything I said..you were simply stating that you don't like how pontiac/gm took a sedan(usually family oriented car...for practicality(sp?...damn gasoline fumes have gotten to me today) and branded it with the "GTP" name which was associated with a sporty coupe or a sportier car in the early GTP coupes...from my take on this, you're basically just irked(if you will) by the fact that they took a sedan(sybmolic for FAMILY) and branded/tried to brand it as a sports car.....and my take on it is that it is a "sports car" or a sports "w/ a hint of luxury" sedan might be better...it does have more power than the previous GTP's :wink: so I don't see much of a problem with calling it that. 8)

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the pre-97 GTP sedans are sad :cry: the post 97 GTP sedans are starting to appeal to me......i've always like the Coups better..

 

Now teh new 04 GP's are just sad.....i'd get a new bonne over a GP

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the pre-97 GTP sedans are sad :cry: the post 97 GTP sedans are starting to appeal to me......i've always like the Coups better..

 

Now teh new 04 GP's are just sad.....i'd get a new bonne over a GP

 

 

*replying to bolded text :wink: *, might as well do that, the new ones look like a damn Bonne anyway :wink: ..throw some SSEI badges on it instead and you could probably fool most dealerships into thinking it was a new Bonne :lol:

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the pre-97 GTP sedans are sad :cry: the post 97 GTP sedans are starting to appeal to me......i've always like the Coups better..

 

 

There were no pre-97 GTP sedans.. you're thinkin' of a GT.

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I would much rather have a 4 dr than any 2 door if you'd like to see my reasoning check out my cardomain site and let me know what you think because i took the styling from the 2 gtp sedan and put it to my car!!! check it out!!

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I would much rather have a 4 dr than any 2 door if you'd like to see my reasoning check out my cardomain site and let me know what you think because i took the styling from the 2 gtp sedan and put it to my car!!! check it out!!

 

Yeah I saw that before. I think that looks really good.. but I don't like those miniquads on there.. it just gets too narrow at that point.

How much did that whole ordeal set you back?

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