[ocnblu]

I was hoping for the full hardtop, as in the orginal concept. I don't like the removable hardtop, it looks too much like the Miata. I hate the wing, and the color is too brassy. They should have left the arrowhead in the side vent. The hood vents look like Viper, yes, but they also resemble McLaren (sp?) Turbo GP.

The Ecotec is capable of making plenty of power, and even all-aluminum, I bet the V8 is nose-heavy... not good for neutral handling, imo.

The rest is fine.

This post has been edited by ocnblu: 25 October 2005 - 06:25 PM

[97regalGS]

ocnblu, on Oct 25 2005, 07:18 PM, said:

I was hoping for the full hardtop, as in the orginal concept.  I don't like the removable hardtop, it looks too much like the Miata.  I hate the wing, and the color is too brassy.  They should have left the arrowhead in the side vent.  The hood vents look like Viper, yes, but they also resemble McLaren (sp?) Turbo GP.

The Ecotec is capable of making plenty of power, and even all-aluminum, I bet the V8 is nose-heavy... not good for neutral handling, imo.

The rest is fine.

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the rest... you mean the door handles and side view mirror?

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

Could this be a preview of the Blue Devil motor????

The front is nice, no doubt a preview of the tuner Solstice, the hood vents look a little cheesy to me and the arrow head should've been left on the fender. The wheels STILL look too small (Definately don't look like 19 inchers) and are too chunky/plain. The side skirt looks like it came out of JC Whitney. The top would look a lot better if it didn't overlap the side windows so much and the window frame should've been left silver/chrome IMO. The wing just needs to go.

I hope it looks better in other pictures and maybe I'll warm up to it. Especially knowing that this is the same terrible GM PR gray photography.

[CaddyXLR-V]

Josh, on Oct 25 2005, 07:58 PM, said:

MY how RIGHT you are FOG! 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

700 Whp? How detuned will the production version be? Do you know if GM will get over the 700 mark? Or will it be closer to the 650 that seems to be coming out alot lately? I really hope its over 700, not that 650 is anything to be embarrassed about though.

[SoCalCTS]

This once again proves that General Motors just doesn't get it!

The Solstice has such positive press and looks so great and now they roll this hideously ugly POS out to tarnish the Solstice before sales even take off.

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

[raven05649]

SoCalCTS, on Oct 26 2005, 01:43 AM, said:

This once again proves that General Motors just doesn't get it!

The Solstice has such positive press and looks so great and now they roll this hideously ugly POS out to tarnish the Solstice before sales even take off.

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

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First off I don't think anything with the Solstice name on it is a POS. Next its not hideous. Its a thing of beauty. I do agree the color is wrong for this tuner, but overall its gorgeous.

Of course this is my opinion.

[Cremazie]

I'll take one in black! I really love that front end, in black I it would look mean!

[Cadillacfan]

SoCalCTS, on Oct 26 2005, 12:43 AM, said:

This once again proves that General Motors just doesn't get it!

The Solstice has such positive press and looks so great and now they roll this hideously ugly POS out to tarnish the Solstice before sales even take off.

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

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Dude. Chill out. It's just a SEMA concept. Which means, Pontiac designers had little to do with it. They probably got an design studio like WCC to take car of it. Remember the HHR concept? Same thing So, it will probably never see the light of day.
Besides, you know there were people out there that were actually going to do this to the car. GM brought it out first to help support their aftermarket add on sales.

[ToniCipriani]

Weekend Racer? Weekend Ricer's more like it!

Although I have a feeling this is a preview of the Solstice Turbo. Look at the extra outlets. And at least they finally came up with a hardtop add-on.

[dfelt]

B) SWEET, I like the Color and all the body modifications. Would be a fun car to ZIP around in.

[blackviper8891]

Some of you guys have some serious problems....

[Derek77]

The add on body part are not as tacked on as some of you think they are. They looked well engineered and more importantly FUNCTIONAL!! It needs the extra cooling and the extra downforce. The roof looks to be removeable. Change the color or look at more pictures before calling it a POS.

[chris]

that's not an LS7, nobody could fit an LS7 in that car.

[nzr]

It's growing on me.

This post has been edited by nzr: 26 October 2005 - 02:16 PM

[RBB]

Compare the front facia of this:



to this:



That's the GXP nose with a deeper grill.

Agreed with those that say the side sills and spoiler is a bit much. I think, however, those have as much chance of seeing production as did the add-on bits on the SEMA Aveo from last year.

-RBB

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

On second glance I'm beginning to warm up to it.

I'm just more of a stealth guy instead of an add-on queen. Kinda like Chip Foose as opposed to WCC. Nice and sleek and elegant as opposed to "trying to hard"

[avant1963]

This top shows the biggest design flaw of the Solstice, the trunk.

Now with the hard top on, those that live in the NE that would buy the top aftermarket for the winter have a completely useless trunk.

I wondered why GM designed the Solstice top/boot/trunk like they did. Did they think it looked cool that it was an opposite clamshell like the hood?

This design makes the Miata superior when it comes to living with the car everyday. The Miata allows the driver to drop the top without getting out of the car (and if you think this isn't a big deal, try living with a convertible like me for 8 years. The convience of the power top on my Camaro (especially since I was able to disable the "only works in PARK" device) allows those quick top-ups when it starts to suddenly rain waiting at a red light or rolling slowly in traffic. If I had to get out of the car each time I needed to put the top up/down I would use the top a lot less) and the fact the Miata has a useable trunk makes it a much more useable (but not as attractive) everyday car.

I watched a Solstice owner use the top, and it is easy, but to access the trunk with the top up, you have to detach the two buttresses, push the top back and then open the trunk. Poor, poor design to get to a storage space that could barely hold three bags of groceries. Try doing that in a downpour.

I love the Solstice, but this poor execution makes me think more than twice with replacing my Z28 Convertible (that I use as an everyday car to get me back a forth to work 60 miles a day) with one. Since the interior space is pretty small, if I had to bring my laptop to work, I would most likely want to put it in the trunk, but with the Solstice steps, that might not be practicle.

Just some random bitching about an otherwise awsome vehicle. And the SEMA car looks great for what purpose it was designed for.

[91z4me]

chris, on Oct 26 2005, 01:11 PM, said:

that's not an LS7, nobody could fit an LS7 in that car.

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LS7 has the same external dimensions as the LS2, LS4 and every OHV V8 Gm has made since 2000. It WILL fit. But the question is what was done to make kappa stand up to the abuse of the big V8?

[ToniCipriani]

CSpec, on Oct 25 2005, 06:10 PM, said:

It looks toyish to me. Why did they pick wheels that don't fit the wheel wells for a SEMA concept?

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I think that's the only one they have lying around. If you look closely they are the ones from the Cobalt SS Sedan concept from last SEMA.