# G8 GXP **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200 "2008-03-18T06:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/1 "2008-03-18T06:53:46Z")
> **[2009 Pontiac G8 GXP Revealed, Gets Corvette LS3 Power And A Manual Transmission](https://jalopnik.com/367820/2009-pontiac-g8-gxp-revealed-gets-corvette-ls3-power-and-a-manual-transmission)** > > Wow, how prescient were we to know to repeat the prescience of High Performance Pontiac magazine? Hmm, probably about as prescient as they were to have posted on the new 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP to begin with. But we digress as we're now officially... 6.2-liter LS3 and a six-speed Tremec TR6060 manual transmission 0-to-60 mph performance of about 4.7 seconds, and a quarter-mile time of 13.0 seconds at 108 mph ![http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/03/2009-Pontiac-G8-GXP.jpg](http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/03/2009-Pontiac-G8-GXP.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/2 "2008-03-18T07:04:47Z")
Now thats more like it :tup: Next question is pricing…? Jeller ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/3 "2008-03-18T07:07:06Z")
Huge :tup: to GM on this one. ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/4 "2008-03-18T07:08:49Z")
Looks good, any idea what the MPG numbers will be, I know the vette gets 30 or so on the hwy, hopefully this will be close ---
**Author:** ![RLB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rlb/32/5196_2.png) [@RLB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RLB)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/5 "2008-03-18T07:09:18Z")
Nice nice ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/6 "2008-03-18T07:10:12Z")
> [@93dx--hatch](#): > > Looks good, any idea what the MPG numbers will be, I know the vette gets 30 or so on the hwy, hopefully this will be close My GTO gets mid 20’s on the highway at 75-80. GTO has the same HP/TQ but a little less weight, so I would guess low to mid 20’s for the G8. If you’re looking for gas mileage, buy a Prius or a TDI. This is a real performance sedan, something I thought America didn’t know how to make. (_oh wait, they don’t know how to make it, so they stole it from Holden ;))_ ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/7 "2008-03-18T07:33:21Z")
Can’t wait to see the pricing! ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/8 "2008-03-18T08:04:04Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > This is a real performance sedan, something I thought America didn’t know how to make. (_oh wait, they don’t know how to make it, so they stole it from Holden ;))_ Eh… _Yeah, I saw your " 😉 "…_ ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/9 "2008-03-18T08:28:44Z")
My V weighing in over 4,000 lbs with me in it, gets 26 or 27 MPG HWY going 80 MPHish back and forth to Buffalo. 6th gear killer Granted around town is in the mid teens, but thats more or less driving style. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/10 "2008-03-18T09:17:47Z")
3.70’s with the m6! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/11 "2008-03-18T09:23:25Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > My V weighing in over 4,000 lbs with me in it, gets 26 or 27 MPG HWY going 80 MPHish back and forth to Buffalo. 6th gear killer > Granted around town is in the mid teens, but thats more or less driving style. god, I got 24.5 in my wrx driving around 80 mph. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/12 "2008-03-18T10:14:40Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > 3.70’s with the m6! 🙂 I think it is 3.73’s, but close enough I miss it right now thats all I know. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/13 "2008-03-18T10:47:23Z")
isn’t it still gonna be FWD? :gay2: cool for what it is, but i bet they’re gonna charge way too much, and everybody that wants this will hopefully smarten up and go with the CTS-V instead… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/14 "2008-03-18T10:55:06Z")
> [@90NA300ZX](#): > > isn’t it still gonna be FWD? :gay2: > > cool for what it is, but i bet they’re gonna charge way too much, and everybody that wants this will hopefully smarten up and go with the CTS-V instead… WTF are you talking about? LS3, RWD, 6 speed. The car pictured is what’s coming. You can go out and buy a G8 GT today that’s RWD with a 361/385 HP/TQ. The GXP will be 402/402, same platform, but with a 6 speed manual. I’m guessing pricing around 35, maybe 37, which is 25 less than a CTS-V. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/15 "2008-03-18T10:58:04Z")
few things here. there was a question mark in my post, asking if it was going to be FWD. i’m not a grand prix buff, sorry, i don’t know these things offhand. secondly, i see nothing in the original post about price of this car, or whether it will be FWD or RWD, so i’m making assumptions/speculations based on past grand prix/bonneville like cars that pontiac has put out. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/16 "2008-03-18T11:06:11Z")
^ Ok, first thing, it’s not a grand prix. Start there, then do some reading on the G8 and get back to us. 🙂 I’ll even make it easy: [http://www.pontiac.com/g8/](http://www.pontiac.com/g8/) > **[Car Reviews - New Cars for 2016 and 2017 at Car and Driver](https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/performance_files_tested_by_c_d/2008_pontiac_g8_gt_road_test)** > > Research 2016 and 2017 cars on Car and Driver. Our new car reviews and car buying resources help you make informed decisions. Car and Driver car reviews are designed to help you to make a smart purchase. IMHO, this is a ground breaking vehicle for GM. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/17 "2008-03-18T11:10:03Z")
Word. This is a completely different platform. Grand Prix is dead… long live the G8 :tup: ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/18 "2008-03-18T11:19:47Z")
> [@90NA300ZX](#): > > few things here. there was a question mark in my post, asking if it was going to be FWD. i’m not a grand prix buff, sorry, i don’t know these things offhand. secondly, i see nothing in the original post about price of this car, or whether it will be FWD or RWD, so i’m making assumptions/speculations based on past grand prix/bonneville like cars that pontiac has put out. This is nothing like a GP :bloated: "I don’t want to know about the new Mustang because it is just another Focus: :cjerk: ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/19 "2008-03-18T11:26:47Z")
This car is gonna be sweet! You know the 09 Camaro will have to be faster! :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200/20 "2008-03-18T11:27:16Z")
I think I heard right under $28k for the base model… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-gxp/45200.md?page=2)