The Pontiac GTO is BACK from the DEAD!
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- The Pontiac GTO is BACK from the DEAD!
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The GTO needed to be more aggressively styled, and though it was based on a fairly conservative design, the HSV version demonstrated that it could be done. I was working at Holden during the GTO project, and some of the design proposals were amazing. A particular stand-out had 4 round headlights (predating Challenger) set into a retro grill, broken up by the Pontiac logo that led into a crease-line running the length of the hood, with scoops either side. Suprisingly however, the Americans insisted on the most conservative option, which I feel gave the car a jellybean quality. They wanted something that would fit in with the rest of their vehicle portfolio, rather than creating a standout design. The success of the Camaro, Challenger and Mustang that followed, proved that this was a flawed strategy.
That's America for you constantly ruining the designs of great vehicles. Everytime I see a new car coming out and it's completely different I wonder what the heck happened, take the mustang for instance been a 2 door for so many yrs to whatever that ev pos is
I couldn't understand why it didn't have HID headlights though. Even 25k cars in Australia started to add HID. That was main reason i steered clear of them as i didn't like the headlight makeup for such a expensive car.
@@tdog-jy1pp if you look at the gto from an American prospective you’re going to be disappointed this is an Australian car first, in Australia we don’t have radical designs we’re pretty tame we like 4 doors and big v8’s all the Americans having a big old sook in the comments makes me shake my head you guys just don’t get it you always want more don’t be disappointed that it looks lacklustre be disappointed at gm for rebadging an aussie icon as a American icon
That's American muscle ponny fbody Cars for ya
@@Man-bc8wv as an American I have always loved the look of the GTO/Monaro, but I love subtle/simple designs in general, new cars have so much going on that a lot of them look ugly to me
love to see the holden recognition from you mate! would love to see more of these australian made cars redesigned on your channel.
i loev holden cars australians are lucky
@@AhmadM25 thanks to GM, there are no Holdens in Australia anymore
@@jacksonboyd i know
@@jacksonboyd there are only rebadged buicks being sold as commodores now
@@tomogati7649 not anymore. The Holden brand doesn’t exist as of 2020.
Looks amazing, RIP to Pontiac and all other legendary car brands like Oldsmobile and all others that we lost during the financial crisis of 2008
George cockwalker globalist bush and obama.
Oldsmobile was gone in 2004, well before the bankruptcies of GM and Chrysler.
I'll be honest, the 2005-06 GTO has grown on me and they're aging very well.
Ya they cool I like them but not fan of the back
@John Jackson interior is way better than an fbody
@@real-reality3531 whaaaaat i have a gto and my favorite part is the fat ass
Although this looks much better than what GM put out in 2005, it is apparent that you were not interested in cars in 1965 or you would have loved them more. The first four or five years of the GTO were the best. Would love to have seen more elements from that era.
Stacked headlights baby! My landlord has a 66 with a 71' 455 6 pack in it, American Racing rims and 12,000$ metallic teal paint job (he's a Jacksonville Jaguars fan lol)
@Thor Odin son the gto wasn’t unpopular in the 60s. It’s literally credited with starting the muscle car era.
Always preferred the second gen. An original retro styled body around the '68-'72 would've been fantastic. The '70 model really could have worked well as a template.
65 and 68 fav models
@@shuruff904 i call those over unders haha
The ‘05-06 GTO is my favorite car of all time. Your redesign looks amazing. I would personally keep the small spoiler from the previous version. It adds a little bit of sporty-ness to the look. I would buy this in a heartbeat.
When I was 9 in 1965 my dad brought home a brand new fire engine red GTO .....My dad was a car guy. He owned a few repair shops and loved the hot cars. I wish he had kept the GTO and given it to me though when I was 16.
nah the g8 gt looked wayyyyyy better
04/06
@@FunFiction704 the rear end is ugly imo the front end i do like more than the gto's tho
@@OldDawg-mc3dy- That was my favorite GTO over anything made after that. The chrome steel bumper era cars looked the nicest. I'm a Ford fan but that '65 GTO was a great looking machine!
Sometime in the early 2000's, Pontiac had released a concept image of a GTO redux that had stacked headlamps and a bowtie grill that was a huge homage to the classic 64 GTOs. It was a far more dynamic design than the watered down Holden we got.
As an Aussie and a long time viewer of your channel it was super cool to see a Holden (sort of). Would love to see you give your opinions on some more Holden’s and even some Aussie Fords (such as the Falcon). I’ve personally got a Holden VE Commodore Sportwagon and bloody love the design of it and have always wondered what your opinions of it would be!
Lucky. You guys always have the good stuff. The maloo, the Chevy SS on steroids, the falcon and pursuit, etc.
@@黒キツネ-九零二一零 its always funny to me Americans only ever care about our utes like its crazy to me you guys aren’t importing more VL turbo’s it literally has a rb30 and you guys would rather fall for a dirty old maloo
@@Man-bc8wv I looked up the vl and I just realized something, you Aussies are notorious for making sleepers. This, the commadore vs v8, lumina SS, the new commadores (g8 and SS), etc. And it's pretty unknown to us, like I didn't know there was a 2011 HSV GTS until I played Forza. Also, the hsv VF maloo is my dream ute (2nd is the 1970 El Camino SS or Ford pursuit) because of the way it looks, and it has that deadly ass LSA motor. Why hasn't Chevy made a El Camino off that thing is beyond me
@ChristopherH jeez. I heard the same thing has been happening over in Canada, and they can import a JDM r35 for God sake.
@ChristopherH tbf it was gms fault really because they started pulling the factories from aus which pretty much killed holden
I would've preferred a dual vented hood to be honest, overall pretty nice
Definitely more Pontiac with the dual scoops. I didn’t think this guy knows Pontiac and Holden are dead.
Please try to do the Opel Calibra or the Porsche 914, I would love to see them reinterpreted in a modern design
The 914 would be interesting
+1 for the Calibra
The Calibra Turbo was a great looking car at that time. Hard to believe they were only from 1994-1997 . So long ago now.
This GTO was still pretty clean looking, decent power, with some nice aftermarket wheels they are clean but I wish Pontiac still existed, idk how they went out of business they've built some really amazing cars a modern 2022 gto would be badasss
I agree. LONG LIVE PONTIAC! Plus I like their arrowhead logo more than the lame Chevy Bowtie logo and it makes an GM unit look sharper. The Pontiac G8 definitely looks sharper than its original Holden Commodore. But by the same token, for the glory of KNIGHT RIDER.
The '67 Pontiac GTO is one of the very best looking cars ever made imo (Only beaten by a '70 Chevelle). For a car that helped to usher in the Muscle car movement, the GTO deserved a lot more effort than just rebadging an existing car.
It didn't just help, it quite literally started the muscle car era. But yes, as an owner of a '67 GTO, I'd have to agree haha.
The 2001-2004 Monaros with no bonnet scoops and no rear wing spoiler were a clean design. The worst design flaw was that the rear windows did not wind down or even tilt open towards the back. If it had been a pillar-less coupe it would have been even better.
Cool redesign. That car deserved a lot more love in its day.
I have an 04 and people still break their necks to look at it. There is nothing like it on the road today, but it still looks modern. The design is indeed timeless. I've seen some widebody kits on them and they all look ugly because it has a bubble butt, widebodies just don't fit with those bubble butt rear fenders. The car is already wide so it doesn't need a widebody kit. All the car needs is to be lowered a bit, add a front lip and the rear diffuser from 05, that's about it. It still is the best handling GM car that I've driven, its mainly because of the driver position to hood visibility, you can see the entire hood so you can calculate your steering better. Lots of cars don't have this and you have to get a feel for the car and learn the length of it, you cant actually see it like you can with the GTO. Corvettes suffer this badly. GTO is a great car, that people are still discovering today, too bad they only made so little of them. I'm part of a lot of GTO forums and groups and we see the crashed ones get listed for parts, we are slowly watching the numbers dwindling lol.
Most times when I watch your redesigns about halfway through I am saying "what the hell!" but by the end I am thinking "yeah that's nice", same for this one.
I totally agree. This is one clean and timeless design. My favorite modern muscle car ‘06 Pontiac GTO!
I liked the redesign except for the hood scoop. I would definitely prefer the '05 style dual vented design. Awesome update overall, though!
Na lol
The Holden version and Pontiac version were both put in 05 nfsmw too
As a huge fan of the Monaro, you have designed an amazing and totally plausible modern version of it! Well done, I love it!!!!
A guy at one of the apartments complex’s I worked at had one of the 2005 GTO. It was the top of the line and when he started it up it sounded like thunder and you could feel it under your feet.
My 04 still turns heads...18 years of fun driving. Sleeper looks and getting rare to find. Keeping it for my son.
My mom still has hers. she bought the last manual transmission left on the lot in 06 she has left it stock and it still smells new inside it might have 50k miles on it. She only drives it to get it inspected every year and replace tires every 2 years and she had to replace the brakes a couple times other than that its flawless.
Not a popular opinion but I’m was and still am a huge fan of these GTOs. The power and sound were ridiculous.
In Australia, many people love these cars... Myself included!
I hope you do a VZ SS Commodore or HSV VZ Clubsport, it's easily one of the best looking commodores that they made recently, and most of the styling of the GTO was based off the VT-VZ runs
Nice work! If Holden had updated this before their closure, this would just have been re-made as a 2 door VF HSV Clubsport.
That body style was around in Australia since the VT Commodore in 1997 which is why it was dated in 2004.
I would love to see the 98 cutlass redesigned. It's my project car and I need ideas for cosmetics. I have performance taken care of, but I like style as well. Subtle, sharp style.
love this design you did if i still had mine i wouldve loved to do a custom build that looked like this
The first time I saw the Vauxhall Monaro was on Top Gear, and I immediately fell in love with it. Still my absolute favourite muscle car to this day.
I drive a 2003 Pontiac Bonneville (SSEi) and used to drive a 2005 (SLE). Very similar design language to the GTO, almost a sedan version of the GTO. It was eventually replaced by the G8. I’d love to see what a modern version of that would look like.
You created a Dodge. Good job. But I kinda like it.
The only Dodge influence I see is the hood and the wheels and that's it
How the wheels and maybe the hood. Everything else is not dodge related lol
What????
Looks nothing like a dodge.
maybe you shoudls tudy a thign or two about car design
Had an 06 gto for a few years. Absolutely loved it. Fell apart on me tho and parts were impossible to source.
Gto is one of my favorites to see in a parking lot cause they’re always super clean and not a lot of people realize what’s under the hood
I owned an 05 6 speed in Torrid Red with the SAP body kit for 12 years. I sold it in 2020. It was an awesome car and I would mind owning another one some years down the road. Love your redesign!
I really, really appreciate that you understand the design of the Pontiac GTO. The GTO was meant to be a sleeper based on contemporary family cars, which the 2004 GTO is, and the '60s GTO is also just that. I believe that GM did the new GTO right.
Little details make a big difference. Congrats, incredible job!!
The best iteration of this gen Monaro is the skunkworks concept car for the 1998 Sydney Motor Show, followed by the HSV Coupe 4.
they need to make it like the 1968 GTO model that is 1 of the best versions of that car and that would be the most appealing to all the Mopar heads out there
your ideas give me great things to build, I love them and want to become a mechanic that re-does cars like you do on computer
Great work. I would love to see your take on a modern Trans Am evolution from the 90-2000s generation, but free from the current Camaro.
While this is an overall amazing redesign of the Pontiac GTO, which must've taken a lot of time, I still feel like it suffers from the same problem as it's predecessor.
The design, just like the 04' GTO, remains a bit conservative and not exactly aggressive. It looks something like a mix between a Grand Prix and a G8. But there's also something about the front portion that seems a bit off, seeming somewhat warped, but also reminiscent of the Pontiac Aztek.
Other than that though, I'd say you've done a pretty great job, but personally, I'd have added a spoiler on the redesign as the car seems a bit "nude" without it.
This is glorious mix and matching different cars Aesthetics and exteriors
I have a 04 GTO as my daily driver. Over 190K miles of fun. My compliments to Holden and its employees for build a great car.
they fucked up on quite a few things tbh like the master cylinder, clutch line, wiring harness behind the glove box on quite a few rubbed through, gas lines have made a few fires, and the tires are too small for the power and you cant go bigger without rolling the fenders
This and the terminator cobra are timeless masterpieces
I liked the headlights before you added the new teggy lights those looked awesome but other than that it's a really sick looking concept
I have always loved Pontiac and I’m really glad to see some modern Pontiac redesigns!
More elements (stacked headlights anyone?) from the 1st and 2nd Gen GTO would've been cool...at least lower the thing lol
Edit: still looks cool, great job with your blending and stretching skills, as well as getting your angles on spot!
this looks amazing, this is why i love watching your videos, if they came with a new GTO it would probably look something like this
Hello Sir, What editing software did you use for editing the GTO?
Funny thing that Commodore was based on Opel Omega, a limousine that stopped production in 2004. So, the Pontiac is a rebranded Commodore, which is a rebranded Omega with some crazy engines :)). And Omega was sold in the US as Cadillac Catera
I had an 04. Red on red with the 6 speed. Good times.
I have been waiting for this request,Thank you Sketchmonkey.
Its a holden designed by gmh australia
Made at holdens elizabeth factory in South Australia
Then exported to the rest of the world based off the vt/vx/vy/vz holden commodores
this redesign looks killer but you should have used the head lights off of the last facelift for the camaro
It s pontiac, not camaro
Nah those are lame imo
Superficial this may sound, but I definitely love the Pontiac logo. The 4-pointed star inside the Arrowhead dart makes it look even more beautiful. Kinda reminds me of both the Christmas Star and the Wishing Star from Disney's Pinocchio. In a way, I like to think the Pontiac logo fits perfectly within the Tesla logo.
You should do a 2008-2014 ford falcon fg, they are so common here in Australia and for what they are I reckon they deserve better lines, like a wide body kit
I have to say your scratching are great. But when the GTO first talked about I had envisioned the 97 grand prix turned to a RWD and some external updates like your hellcat hood.
If it comes back it'll look like the first few generations. Probably like a cross between a camaro and a challenger with that unique gto grill
My Grandpa has a 2006 GTO, manual with the LS2 and its sick. Would love if GM brought it back some how.
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The 04 GTO looks like a Pontiac sunfire from that angle
Wow...you actually pulled it off ! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I was so glad to see you change those headlights at the end!
As a Pontiac fanatic I'm sad GM basically just put a noose around Pontiacs neck and said jump.
Dude that is awesome great work.
At the time of the gto and G8 sisters were coming to the U.S. I was hoping they would also send over the maloo as the G8 ST (sport truck) that was my poster car on my wall in middle/high school.
I have a 2006, I dig the redesign. Looks good.
I’ve got a black 1984 Jaguar XJS H.E. 2 door coupe V12 50k miles red leather let me know what you’d do to add updated looks pro touring build I’m looking to update it & 3-D print modern bumpers could you do a mock up?
I had a lumina SS LS1 then a caprice SS LS2. Loved those cars.
I Have a 2005 Midnight blue GTO And I'll never get rid of it. That Redesign is Fantastic!! I Would Def buy it, only thing I'd question is the Hood looks sweet but it's from a Dodge no disrespect to them but I'd like to see something raw Original for the GTO
I bought an ‘05 new. Black on black 6sp.
Always been a GTO guy, and when the rumors that it was being reintroduced for ‘04 came up i was intrigued. I was very disappointed by the styling Of the ‘04..just like you said: very little to do with the heritage (one of the visual differentiators fir a ‘64 GTO from the tempest lemans it was based on was the hood scoops and every Goat Thereafter had them)
I gave the ‘05 another look because of the LS2/6sp manual option, but the new hood/dual exhaust styling upgrade were ‘good enough’ for me.
It was a hell of a good car. But some weird quirks that had to do with making the Aussie design hold up to US crash requirements. Fuel tank Moved in between the rear seat and trunk made the trunk tiny, for example.
I kept mine for 5 yrs.
why didn't you square up the windshield and make the A-Pillar flow into the fender/hood line?
I had an 04. Probably the best car I’ve owned. I loved that car
Your redesign looks really good my one complaint would be the hood, maybe reduce how much the vent pops out so that it's more in-line with the rest of the body. I've always seen the body of the 2004+ GTO's to be very smooth in transition from front to rear.
the hood scoops also collect water so theres that
Wow, that looks simply incredible!
Hood had dual scoops to mimic the original goats. The redesign should have included something based on that and definitely not the charger hood. Wheels were the 17" option. Nice render
Looks good, I feel like the bumper could be stretched downward a little more
To make the Pontiac GTO, they took the perfect Holden Monaro (my favourite car since 2002) and then said "how can we make it ugly in the front end?". Then succeeded.
Glad you appreciate how beautiful this car really is.
You should definitely do the pontiac g8 gxp
Now, with rumors of Pontiac's resurrection, swirling across the American TH-cam, I believe this GTO can be a dream becoming true
In those times of GM empire this big coupe had little cousin in Europe called Opel Calibra and it was one of the most elegant tear-shaped cars....
I can tell you rn, that car wouldn't ever have a problem cooling the engine with that amount of intakes. But fr that design looks really nice
The 2017 Holden GTS front headlight could of been good too
+ four door GTO with frog-eye headlights 🐸
Loved this car, not over-stylized. Wedge shaped. Nice interior and it brought Muscle cars back.
Fun fact: Holden built a convertible prototype it looked uckin awesome 👌
As an owner of an ‘03 CV8R, I can confirm that a front wheel with that much dish isn’t gunna work.
Jeff Lutz GTO is badass and looks incredible
The title might be a little clickbait. People will click on this video thinking that the Pontiac GTO is coming back when in actuality the video is about you just redesigning it on Photoshop. Naming it "I try to redesign the Pontiac GTO" would be perfect because that's what the video is about.
Other than that, great video. I always love your redesigns 👍
Your design looks incredible!!! Nice work!
There was also a GTO in Test Drive Unlimited! I had a 2004 Phanton Black Metallic GTO, loved that it didn't attract a lot of attention.
I think a G8 update video would also be probably cool, all though with basic cosmetic upgrades it still looks pretty modern
Love the redesign. You should try a modern take on the ford Falcon
I love my two GTOs. They are amazing and fun to drive.
Te quedó hermoso viejo, deberías de trabajar en una compañía de autos porque esto es talento!
Here in Brazil it was sold as a chevrolet omega, with a v6 engine, here in Brazil it is an Australian omega
I really wish you would have implemented some type of wing back onto it like a duckbill or something it just looks to blank on the rear end
I am not a GM man, but there are some nice cars that came out for Chevy, Pontiac and GM. I do like what you have done here to the GTO.
We also have a sedan it’s called the HSV VT or SS VT I wish they made the VE HSV as a Monaro and I bet that everyone would love to have one of these now
O MY GOD it turned out awesome
Hey I’d like to see a modernized Pontiac G8 GT. Apparently the ‘14-‘17 Chevy SS (which I was privileged to own at one time) was mb supposed to be the modern version of the G8 but it’s kinda a totally different car in my mind.
Some one at my work has a nice 45th anniversary purple GTO
V8 are dying if you could make something like this or bring back with a 4cylinder turbo daily version and faster version like a 86/brz or type r that be awesome
Amazing is an understatement. Very good design! You should redesign 94 Acura Legend Coup and a second generation Infiniti FX50. Would love to see what you come up with!