Twenty years in the past, Pontiac marketed its automobiles with a “Gasoline for the Soul” tagline. This tv industrial from 2004 proudly exhibits the then-new Grand Prix Comp G, the Bonneville GXP, after which the GTO – which makes a dramatic entrance by doing a power-slide into the middle storage bay.

The Choose of the Day is a low-mileage 2006 Pontiac GTO listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Amherst, Ohio. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Nicely taken care of,” the itemizing says. “By no means pushed within the winter months – this was all the time a spring / summer season automobile.”

The ultimate technology of the GTO was actually a badge-engineered variant of the Australian-built Holden Monaro. It went into manufacturing in late 2003 and was discontinued after June 14, 2006. Right this moment’s featured automobile comes from the ultimate mannequin yr and exhibits solely 26,206 miles on the odometer. In response to the trim tag, it was manufactured in April 2006, simply two months earlier than the ultimate unit rolled off the road. It was painted in a really applicable coloration of 507G, in any other case generally known as Spice Crimson Metallic. Scorching certainly!

No muscle automobile is full with out enough supply of energy below the hood. This automobile receives momentum from a 400-horsepower LS2 6.0-liter V8 mated to a four-speed computerized transmission. The drivetrain was rated at 16 miles per gallon within the metropolis and 21 on the freeway, which wasn’t unhealthy for an enormous V8.

Talking of period-correct Pontiac promoting, a print advert from 2006 says in regards to the GTO: “Think about a 2+2 coupe so muscular it seems to be shrink-wrapped. Think about the dealing with of a competition-inspired suspension and brakes that you just management from an inside awash in fragrant leathers and brushed nickel. Designed to redefine efficiency for one more technology and to set the business on its ear.”

The vendor says, “This automobile was bought in 2015, and since then, solely 2,300 miles have been placed on the odometer. At all times saved in a climate-controlled storage.”

In case your soul may use a dose of pleasure, and a few “gasoline,” as Pontiac referred to as it, this automobile ought to fulfill your wants properly. The asking value is $29,000 or greatest supply. Price noting: that determine isn’t far off from the automobile’s unique retail value of $32,995.

Whereas it might look like a tall ask for this automobile, the actual fact stays that it’s 18 years outdated, and you can be arduous pressed to seek out one other instance with fewer than 30,000 miles on the odometer.

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