# Want to buy a coupe/roadster platform? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [May 11, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618 "2009-05-11T12:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/1 "2009-05-11T12:17:29Z")
General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said today the company will listen to offers for the Wilmington, Del., plant that builds the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice sports cars. The Solstice and Sky have been America’s top-selling budget sports cars – outselling the Mazda Miata on a combined basis – every year they’ve been on the market since 2007. Pontiac just now is launching a coupe version of the Solstice, but only around 1,000 are expected to be built before production ends when the Pontiac division dies. In 2008, Pontiac sold 10,739 Solstices while Saturn sold 9,162 Sky roadsters. Mazda sold 10,977 Miatas. Those figures were down from 2007 when GM sold 16,779 Solstices and 11,263 Saturn Skys while Mazda sold 15,075 Miatas. The plant also builds a low-volume version of the roadster for Europe called the Opel GT. But those cars could live on if GM receives an acceptable offer for the plant, the vehicles and the production equipment. ![http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2008/03/pontiac-solstice-coupe-2.jpg](http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2008/03/pontiac-solstice-coupe-2.jpg) I still think buying a coupe gxp in a year or two would make for a wise investment considering they will make less than 800 of them. I saw a Mallet Solstice at a car show last weekend, maybe Mallet should buy the plant and start selling that in volume. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/2 "2009-05-11T12:20:21Z")
Start making a hard top sky, and I would probably end up with one. Hopefully someone good comes around to pick up these cars. It would definitely be cool to have these stick around. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/3 "2009-05-11T12:22:20Z")
Group buy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/4 "2009-05-11T13:46:22Z")
nissan please… toyota and honda only make fggt cars now so it wont be either of them. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/5 "2009-05-11T13:50:37Z")
> [@BigRon"](#): > > I saw a Mallet Solstice at a car show last weekend Haha… one of the few LSX cars that make me gaga. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/6 "2009-05-11T17:46:37Z")
CTS-V coupe/roadster. 😃 X… ---
**Author:** ![jcruiza120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@jcruiza120](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcruiza120)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/7 "2009-05-11T19:45:34Z")
I’m all for these continuing production… Or just keep the Opel GT and sell that in the states? ![http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/02/01-opel-gt/_Opel_GT_1.jpg](http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/02/01-opel-gt/_Opel_GT_1.jpg) ![http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/02/01-opel-gt/Opel_GT_2_lg.jpg](http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/02/01-opel-gt/Opel_GT_2_lg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/8 "2009-05-12T04:36:53Z")
> [@bing](#): > > nissan please… > > toyota and honda only make fggt cars now so it wont be either of them. Just giving you a heads up, Nissan IS the car company coming out with the “CUBE”… yuk. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/9 "2009-05-12T05:28:15Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > Just giving you a heads up, Nissan IS the car company coming out with the “CUBE”… yuk. At least they still have some performance cars in their lineup. I don’t really forsee them buying this out though. Maybe the new fiat/chrysler should snag it. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/10 "2009-05-12T06:09:22Z")
![http://www.mallettcars.com/images/solsticeenginefetts.jpg](http://www.mallettcars.com/images/solsticeenginefetts.jpg) They throw a LS2, turbo LS2, LS7 and turbo LS7 into the car ---
**Author:** ![Janus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@Janus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/11 "2009-05-12T06:22:11Z")
I def hope someone picks them up… they’ve been one of the few bright spots for GM in recent years ---
**Author:** ![jimbo13kaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimbo13kaz/32/5117_2.png) [@jimbo13kaz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimbo13kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/12 "2009-05-12T14:20:21Z")
i can’t believe they don’t sell more of these, i think they look/drive amazing, if i was to get one though i’d probably wait a bit for the 2010 dodge demon… if that ever happens… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/want-to-buy-a-coupe-roadster-platform/67618/13 "2009-05-12T14:30:10Z")
The coupe is so hot.