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Althoug the GXP's around are nice lookin cars.....

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Old 03-08-2005, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ssesc93
This Bonneville G/XP and the G-Force Grand Prix probably would have been the owners of the road if they would have been production models.
Not exactly. In a straight line, it should be quite nice, but in the turns, probably not. FWD with lots of front weight bias, and a 4+ year old chassis at the time couldn't possibly have helped.



I like the current schnoz on the GXP
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Depends on what they did with the steering and weight distrubution. Most High performance sports cars or sedans in our case, are FWD. So you figure most of the weight in those cars are in the front, save for porsches(sp)
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My bet is that it either had a Gen V blower or a SLP 3.5" pulley on the GEN 3. either way, it would have been alot more practical mechanically.
With the 19" wheels those rear brakes definitely look small. I can kind of understand why they backed down to 18" wheels.
I do have to say that the rocker mouldings on the proto should have made production, and the same goes for the front bumper and the Baer brakes (at least they could have made a couple of the features optional at extra costs, but then people really would compare to the 300C).
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i love those rims...
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Originally Posted by looong4
i love those rims...
Sounds like someone is biased. :P
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Originally Posted by looong4
i love those rims...
Iove them too...and they come in 18" chrome now
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
and they come in 18" chrome now
Yup -on the Grand Prix GXP.
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Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
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and they come in 18" chrome now
Yup -on the Grand Prix GXP.

no i mean for the aftermarket....... Mille Miglia now makes a 18" chrome, and looooong4 has the 18" bright silver
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Sweet. So who'* gonna be the first to sport the new version of those choppers?
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Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
Sweet. So who'* gonna be the first to sport the new version of those choppers?
give me time, and keep it quiet that they are available in 18" chrome
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