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Dad Plays in a Pontiac: Part Two - The G6
In my first post about a recent Pontiac-sponsored trip to the Bondurant Racing School I didn't get to tell you about my stylish new Piloti racing shoes. You didn't know there is such a thing as racing shoes, and neither did I. The rounded heel and thinner sole really do make longer driving hauls move comfortable. Pontiac picked up the tab, and I am thankful for my favorite new footwear.
I tested three version of the Pontiac G6 on the same autocross track on which I had earlier tried out the G5: the sedan, the coupe, and the convertible. The G6 sedan interior seemed to be the same as the G5. A very roomy back seat, conservative styling with out being stuffy. Some numbers: G6's start with a 4-cylinder 156 HP engine in the base model, which gets 30/22 MPH. Only the sedan has this V4. The next two sedan trims are the GT and the GXP, names shared with the two trims available in the coupe and convertible. A powertrain with a 214 HP V6, netting 26/17 MPH, is the centerpiece of the GT trim. The very sporty GXPs is built around a better tuned 252 HP V6 which also gets 26/17 MPH.
The basic G6 sedans is that it feel like an incremental step up from the G5 -- read the G5 story for more. The GT and the GXP trims own all the G6 excitement. I folded the convertible's hard-top down before I even started the engine in. I loved slalom-ing through the autocross cones under full steam. The same Stabilitrak system I described in the G5 review performed even better with the coupe's and convertible's front-wheel drive and racing suspension. Topping out around $30K (unmodified), the non-sedan G6's are in the affordable "dad's fun car" category.
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