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Originally Posted by Kowalski  There was thread on a GM Forum about the Ford Falcon possibly being sold in the USA, and the yanks over there said No. They wouldn't buy one because it look like an Acura and it looks bland.
Just think about it, so the Monaro wasn't all that pretty, and despite the revision which added a pair of nostrils on the bonnet to make it look more menacing, Americans still didn't give a flyinf f*** about the Pontiac GTO.
They begged for a 4-seater RWD V8 Coupé from GM. Holden delivered that, and yet they said it looked too European for a muscle car. What's wrong with that? What does matter is that underneath, the Monaro was a proper muscle car. |
Well those people on that forum must be stupid because obviously, ford's "American" design isn't selling at all.
The reason people didn't give a crap about GTO was because of the fact that it was a Monaro. Many people knew that and those that didn't but were prospective buyers shied away from it because of the GTO badge. When people think of GTO think of old school muscle like the 'Stangs or Hemi chargers and not a rebadged Australian car with a generic shape. I'm not saying that the Monaro/GTO is bad, I drove one on track and it was fun and is definitely a bang for the buck. The problem was that they gave it a name of an Icon that Monaro wasn't. If they called the Monaro anything other than a GTO then it might've done better, but that GTO put a sour taste in people's mouth.
But I will say this, people on "American" forums are way too biased. They seriously have no idea about design, and the sad thing is that FoMoCo and GM looks at them and thinks that's the rest of the country thinks the same way.
Most people I know don't just buy japanese because they're reliable, but also because they look better than American cars.
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