2006 Pontiac Solstice

[Chip NoVaMac]

Both the Solstice and Sky have good looks. And the pricing on the Pontiac seems to be in the right range, though a touch high for me. For if they were able to do the same as the PT/Cruiser and have a version at $15K for el-stripo that would have been nicer.

Car history is littered with cars that with the right price, would have been best sellers. But in the end being mere footnotes. The Buick Regatta and the Ford Thunderbird come to mind. The SSR from Chevy will probably join them. Then the history will show that cars like the VW New Beetle, PT/Cruiser, and the Solstice/Sky(?) were hits because of their pricing.

The problem with some cars is that the base has no reality to a decent ride, compared to their base price. The PT/Cruiser is a case in point, $15K - but try to find one that you would like driving for less than $20K.

My Subaru Baja probably is a good study of how manufacturers should approach pricing. The base vehicles have almost everything that a driver could want at either $20K or $25K depending on the power (and leather) that a driver would want. Sort of how the Scion series is priced. You add what you want to the point that you want to spend to make it your own.

 

[michaelrjohnson]

I remember a long time ago (early-mid 90's) when Pontiac had a concept car that was a sexy roadster (back then)... I thought it was the Solstice, maybe not. Either way, it sure took them a long time to get it right. But based on aesthetics alone, the Solstice is a winner.

 

[roadapple]

passed one of these yesterday and was wondering if anyone has taken delivery yet, you know just in time for fall and everything?

 

[Xtremehkr]

I like how both of them look. I'm looking forward to reading some reviews about them. Hopefully they perform as well as they styling suggests they can.

 

[Deepdale]

This car is incredible.

Superbly designed and mouth-wateringly sexy.

 

[bousozoku]

I was at the Orlando auto show recently and got these shots fairly up close and thought that someone might have an interest.

 

[Jon'sLightBulbs]

So the question is: this or a Miata? Do you

a) date the hot new chic at work with a slamming body but who isn't quite as articulate*

b) ask out the plain jane who you've known for a while that doesn't look quite so nice, but that everyone knows is just an all around nice girl?

Life is a parable!

*in bed

 

[bousozoku]

So the question is: this or a Miata? Do you

a) date the hot new chic at work with a slamming body but who isn't quite as articulate*

b) ask out the plain jane who you've known for a while that doesn't look quite so nice, but that everyone knows is just an all around nice girl?

Life is a parable!

*in bed

Miata, there is no question about it for me. Pontiac was never that great and their time as a standout is long gone.

You just reminded me--I forgot to sit in the new Miata although I remembered the RX-8.

Don't you think the Solstice in real life looks a little cheap, as if it was made by GM?

 

[Abstract]

Everybody believes the Sky and Solstice are nice cars.

It's not going to sell as much as it should because it's a Pontiac, and a GM. They're gonna have to make cars that not only look good, but drive well and are reliable if they're going to revive their reputation. Right now, it doesn't matter if GM comes out with the best car in the universe for the price of a Honda Civic........people will buy the Hondas and Toyotas.

 

[jdechko]

Looks like an old chevy truck had it's way with a PT cruiser, and this is the result.

HAHA... thats great. It's too bad they didn't make that into a commercial.

 

[Bibulous]

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[SharksFan22]

Great car and I love seeing GM be a little agressive by breaking out from their normal mold. It also offers a reasonable alternative to the Miata, which while I don't own one, can state that when I test drove one, it was probably the funnest car for the money I've ever driven. However, there's that whole "it's a girl" factor associated with the Miata.

Definitely a great value for the money, but could use just a little more power.

 

[bousozoku]

Great car and I love seeing GM be a little agressive by breaking out from their normal mold. It also offers a reasonable alternative to the Miata, which while I don't own one, can state that when I test drove one, it was probably the funnest car for the money I've ever driven. However, there's that whole "it's a girl" factor associated with the Miata.

Definitely a great value for the money, but could use just a little more power.

Well, standard Camaros always had the hairdresser/secretary stigma associated with them. I would think that the Solstice will be the legitimate heir to that, since it will probably often be labeled "cute" rather than sexy or aggressive. It looked rather cheap in person but that could be my prejudice. If it's a typical GM car, it has more money thrown into styling treatments than to actual engineering execution.

 

[Sun Baked]

You guys are right, GM is finally breaking out of their mold of taking and exciting prototype and keeping it when they translate it into a production vehicle.

For decades they would take a nice prototype and make it bland, and something that looked like it was crapped out of GMs bowels after the prototype was digested and destroyed.

Ford has turned their corner, hopefully they can keep it up and GM can really get a decent start.

They got to do something after trucks and SUVs, which weren't really exciting anyhow.