How did Chevy fuck up the Monte Carlo so bad?

3.5 Liter I meant, my bad

>>17729572
I thought these were V8 and RWD.

>dreams shattered

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>>17729594
To be fair, in 2006 and 2007 they made an SS version with a 5.3 L V8... but it only came in automatic and FWD.

>>17729611
Owh. Wish it had a RWD man.

>Chevy reintroduces the Monte Carlo
>It's now a 4-door luxury RWD muscle beast to compete with the Charger

>>17729572
Wow it's almost like it's a hopped up workhorse v6 running low boost vs a DOHC motor designed to be in a sportscar.

>>17729668
They already have luxury rwd cars under the Cadillac brand, I'd rather see a 4 door midsize derived from the Camaro. Hell, just make a 4 door Camaro, purists be damned

>>17729733
They'll never do it, it would cannibalize the already mediocre sales of the SS.

>>17730561
SS is discontinued pal

>>17729733
I would rather see it as a Buick Skylark or Grand National let GMPP make a GNX or Wildcat package to sell from the dealer that includes a body kit, a tune, and torque management delete. Give it an LF3 with an All-Wheel drive option.

Would you rather a return of the Trans-Am or the Monte Carlo? (loosely based off current Camaro chassis)

Bailout was the best thing to ever happen to the American auto industry. Now they're actually forced to try.

>>17730952
Trans am.

Even more than that, Fiero.

>>17729668
Then they should just bring Pontiac back.
G8 was literally their best before they went under.

>>17731069
GM should have kept Pontiac around, and try to do what Chrysler did to Dodge - make it a "performance" brand. (i.e. still just rebadged cars, but with a different marketing angle)

>>17729704
But the monte carlo was meant to be a sportscar, also what's even the point in a supercharger if it barely has any boost... it's basically just adding weight and making the reliable 3800 less reliable.

>>17731109
that's what Pontiac USED to be, but they made so many pieces of shit that got ragged out by *ahem* ethnic individuals, that it ruined their image.

Neither the 3800 or ls versions were the problem.. the problem was the 4t65e transaxle.. they r garbage..

>>17732155
My 3.4 2004 Impala took about 1500KM of almost constant full throttle burnouts in dirt or snow spinning the tires at 140kmh at the top of second gear. At the end there was a 1 second delay between putting your foot down and the trans slipping into first.

>>17732630
And my forward apply band grenaded after only 113k miles.

Catering to black people ruins everything.

>>17730561
I've always said they should have called the ss the chevelle instead

I guess that back then the high feature engine was too expansive for chebby.

>>17731179
Poor ol' nigger thinks it's a Cadillac