# 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP spy shots - 240 hp turbo engine **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2007-pontiac-solstice-gxp-spy-shots-240-hp-turbo-engine/2554 **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2007-pontiac-solstice-gxp-spy-shots-240-hp-turbo-engine/2554 "2005-09-20T18:05:06Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 34
### Author: ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue) #### Post date: [September 21, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2007-pontiac-solstice-gxp-spy-shots-240-hp-turbo-engine/2554/34 "2005-09-21T10:18:56Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#): > > You don’t want the RS… Ford has one-upped themselves and made a newer, faster version, called the ST. It uses the Mazda 3 (and Volvo S40) platform, with a 220HP version of Volvo’s turbocharged five cylinder engine. Rumor is that it is 10 second faster around the 'Ring than the RS was. (This info comes from the July issue of Motor Trend. Oh, and we are not getting the Focus ST.) ack, that was the one I was thinking of. yeah, why we don’t get that is beyond me. 80% of the mechanicals are US certified, ford could sneeze out the $3M or whatever to certifiy/emissions qual everything else and bring a legit sport compact over. haven’t they been watching acura/honda/toyota/scion, not to mention dodge and chevy? the focus st that we have is a joke compared to an RSX-S or an SRT-4. the decision to move SVT upscale was made under colletti, and he’s gone. bring back the budget muscle, I miss the SVT focus/contours. or maybe they just want to let the mazdaspeed 3 eat marketshare? :shrug: --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2007-pontiac-solstice-gxp-spy-shots-240-hp-turbo-engine/2554)._