As we speak’s Good Value or No Cube Solstice is one in all two the vendor is providing on the market, nevertheless it’s by far the extra fascinating of the pair. Let’s see if its worth piques our curiosity.
Colin Chapman famously engineered his Lotus vehicles to go quicker by “including lightness.” The builder of yesterday’s homage 1964 Lotus Seven took a barely totally different strategy by including a Lexus V8. Sadly for the vendor, the automobile was burdened beneath the load of a $20,000 asking worth, one thing nearly all of you felt was an excessive amount of, handing the home-built a 60 % No Cube loss.
A enjoyable facet of the package automobile tradition is sussing out the place the builder sourced sure components. The place did that windshield come from? How about these taillights? Whereas far be it from a package automobile, at this time’s 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP T2 SCCA Championship Version does share a slew of components with different GM choices of the time, and a superb time might be had by all, declaring issues just like the Chevy Cobalt instrument cluster, GMC Envoy backup lights, and Grand Prix entrance fog lamps. Much more components bin dumpster diving was concerned within the creation of the Solstice and its sister automobile, the Saturn Sky (and the varied Opel, Vauxhall, and Daewoo variations), however we’re right here to debate this specific automobile as a result of it’s an version that occurs to be rather more distinctive.
It begins out with this being a GXP mannequin, which suggests it has the warmer, turbocharged version of the GM company 2.0 Ecotec DOHC 4 beneath its hood. That’s good for 260 horsepower and the identical variety of torques. Right here, that’s mated to the usual five-speed handbook. That’s all properly and good, nevertheless it’s not what makes this automobile distinctive. What does is the extraordinarily lengthy tag appended to the mannequin’s title—“T2 SCCA Championship Version.”
That implies that this automobile celebrates Pontiac’s 2007 SCCA T2 Sequence Championship and makes this one in all simply 88 vehicles the corporate constructed for that self-aggrandizing. Together with the complete title that requires two breaths to finish, the Championship Version is identifiable by its yellow paint matched with silver strips, two-tone black and grey inside, and “SCCA T2 Champion” embroidery on the seat backs. Should you’ve ever jonesed to personal a Solstice, this is without doubt one of the finest editions to purchase.
However ought to anybody purchase this specific one? In accordance with the vendor, it has 88,000 miles on the clock, almost new Michelin tires, and is reportedly freed from mechanical malfeasance. It additionally has a clear title and a passing grade from the state security inspector. Aesthetically, it suffers solely from a tear within the driver’s seat aspect bolster. Apart from that, the automobile comes throughout within the photos as being in completely acceptable form.
It needs to be identified that this vendor really has two Solstices (Solsti?) up for grabs. Together with the SCCA automobile, they’ve a black GXP that appears simply pretty much as good however suffers from having comparative ubiquity and an automated transmission. That’s why we’re acknowledging however not participating it.
As an alternative, let’s discuss this one in all 88 Solstice and its $12,995 asking.
What’s your tackle this uncommon little bit of Pontiac historical past at that worth? Does that appear honest, contemplating the mannequin’s historical past and current state? Or, just like the automobile’s full title, is that simply an excessive amount of?
You resolve!
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