The Progression Of General Motor's Italian Supercars - A Gallery

"McMike" (mcmike)
08/12/2020 at 14:59 • Filed to: None

The Original Collaboration - The GTO

The J2000 GTO homologotto

J40 Sunbird

J50 Sunfire

Pontiac Enzofire

DISCUSSION (28)

Grindintosecond > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:07

You know your going to put Itailan car fronts on GM cars now.....

Jim Spanfeller > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:11

WHY DO THESE WORK SO WELL???!!!

McMike > Grindintosecond
08/12/2020 at 15:12

What do you mean, “Going to?”

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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:13

Adding in the GM wheels to the shoops makes all of the fuckery tie up really well

facw > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:14

I still think the Sunfire is perfectly fine. Remove the Space Force logo and maybe do a little something with the headlights and it would be a totally acceptable Ferrari.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:14

3, 2, 1... lawsuit.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:14

These are hilarious but for real there was an actual GM x Pininfarina collab and it resulted in the Corvette Rondine:

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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Jim Spanfeller
08/12/2020 at 15:16

It’s like discovering a weird fetish you didn’t know you had. You like it, but are a little ashamed at the same time.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:16

I need you to put a Fiero front end on an F355 body. I think the reasons are pretty obvious.

Jim Spanfeller > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
08/12/2020 at 15:17

I unashamedly love the GTO/GTO hybrid, but the others are straight-up uncanny valley messing with me...

KnowsAboutCars > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:18

Dare I say the J50 looks better than the real thing.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:19

The Second one needs a full IMSA style upgrade. Big splinter, wide fenders, big ole wing, Budweiser paint job.

404 - User No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/12/2020 at 15:22

And who can forget the Allante:

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shop-teacher > McMike
08/12/2020 at 15:27

I would gladly drive all of those. Although the fake wire wheel hubcaps would have to go.

McMike > KnowsAboutCars
08/12/2020 at 15:37

I’ve posted these around the last two weeks or so, you’re not the first one to say that.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/12/2020 at 15:46

I was working on putting a 348 engine and transmission into a Fiero before dumping the project and getting out of Fieros altogether. So there is that.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > KnowsAboutCars
08/12/2020 at 15:53

You Daren’t.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > McMike
08/12/2020 at 16:10

Nothin’ with the 4th-gen firebird front end...

Then there was the Chevy Monza/Pontiac Sunbird’s copy of the 365 GTC/4

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Or the 79 Malibu G-body that looked eerily like a Ferrari 400

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Graft some slant-nose, ‘pop-up-up-and-down-headlights’ goodness on those GMs, and they are amazingly close to the respective italian designs.

I was just mentioning in another thread, how one used to be able to buy affordable “homage” cars to the expensive ones that were out of reach. The other example I used was Jaguar E-type to Triumph GT6, and Datsun/Nissan 240Z