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Originally Posted by MEDISIN
First of all it was 5.2 seconds not 7. The Charger Pursuit has 375HP and weighs 4,400lbs. The Caprice (LS2) has 355HP and weighs 4,200lbs. Add the other 60HP compliments of the LS3 and take away 200lbs. It may not be as fast as the SRT8 around a track but it will be considerably faster than the R/T. Thus the price point BETWEEN the two.
You also have to bear in mind that was 2008, 2009. GM was heading into bankruptcy and NOTHING was selling. Pontiac was on the chopping block. Very different environment today.
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I am sorry they are not going to be close, because of the reasons i outlined below. That R/T Pursuit is 33k, the SS is going to be OVER 45k once the GG tax is added. The SRT is around 46200 with the GG tax, sorry, but 1200 less expensive vs 12000 more expensive means it is SRT priced, not between. Then there is the red herring in the room, the SUperbee, which gives better than SRT performance for 43k with the GG tax. You get an R/T with the performance ROad and track package and Super track pack (better tires, gears, brakes, 2 mode sport setting) and the nav package which stickers at just over 35k, and it will be WAY closer to the SS in perfromance than you may think. You could also get the Daytona package with STP/Nav for 1000 less.
As for the G8, it was doomed because by the time it came out the Pontiac badge had been drug so far through the mud no one had any confidence left in the brand. It was too bad, i always said if it had been sold a Chevy it would have been a success. Now that is with a full lineup (V6, Gt and GXP equivalints) and a marketing sales strategy AND actually having the cars on the lot. The way the SS is being marketed and sold, it is basically doomed and i don't see how it could possibly come close to 10k units.