just talked to my salesman & he said it's looking more like the 08 model which might be available spring/fall 07...says that's been the latest they've heard thru GM. Which is too late for us, but the more I research, the more I see this may not be the car for her. Who knows tho, she's a sensible driver, not crazy & not speedy...that lil accident she had 6 weeks after getting her license knocked some sense into her lol!

 

I hate to be a party-pooper, but I do know sometimes the dealers are behind on news... I worked at my Uncle's car dealership for years a long time ago, and sometimes they wouldn't get new news for awhile.

Link to news release

 

How about a new(or old) GTO. Another fav from the muscle car era. '07 or '67 either way nice car. if you like pontiacs.

 

This is an interesting thread for several reasons. I have a couple of thoughts on this . . . .

First, I would not put too much stock in the salesman's prediction. GM is notoriously slow to bring new products to market and even if they use every CAD/CAM trick in the book, fall '07 is about as early as it could be -- I'd guess six months later.

Second, GM almost never gets a new model "right" from the word Go. Their cars are notorious for teething problems -- eg., the '84 Corvtte, alot in between, and now the C6 Corvtte -- its never anything big, always just minor, usually electrical, nuisances, lots of them. Point is: be wary of buyng a new GM model in its first year of production, or if you do, buy a nice demonstrator with about 5000 miles (let the dealer go through all the headaches of sorting it out).

Third comment: based on experience (my own as a kid) and of raising three kids plus watching neighbors raise theirs: a Kid always tears up their first car in about two or three years, new or not. Not saying they wreck it necessarily (but a lot do) but they just seem to wear the thing out, they are very hard on a car as they learn to drive and do a lot of stupid little things that you never hear about that just beat the hell out of it. It only last a few years, new or not. So, for that first car, something durable, strong, and safe, but cheap, too, is ideal. I got all three of mine a used car at first -- what I called a sacrificial goat -- and then bought them something new, and really nice, two to three years later. Worked out great.

 

"Sacrificial goat" Classic, Lee!

 

just came accross this thread again. Mrs. 06Vette what did ya'll decide on.

 

hey hey...don't need til Jan 3, her 18th b-day BUT we think it's the G6 convert, we have to order by Nov 1 to get it in. Technically it's not her 1st car, she's been driving a suburban for close to 3 years now. I drove the G6 & was impressed at the size, the weight (4600 lbs), how solid it felt. Hopefully this will be a total surprise, she has an idea we may buy her something smaller than the suburban for when she goes off to college in the fall, just wont be expecting it this soon.