1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP from North America - Comments

28th Oct 2000, 23:48

"Great looks + performance + price"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The rear child safety latch wouldn't unlatch. I don't blame GM though, because my 10 year old daughter always seemed to slam the door way too hard, and eventually the lever inside popped out of place. Simple fix at the dealer.

General comments?

All around great car. One of the best I've owned, which says a lot. In the last 15 years, my family and I have owned two Chevrolets, three Pontiacs, a Hyundai, two Hondas, three Fords, a Triumph, three Nissans, a Mercedes, two Porches, a Chrysler, a Mazda, and two Dodges. We currently own a Honda Civic, a Dodge Durango, a Chevy Blazer, a Mazda Miata (my other car) and this Grand Prix, my daily driver.

The lease is up in Feb/01, and I think I just might buy the car. I love driving it, and even my 18 year old son likes to borrow it because the stereo is so good.

I'm not one of those fools who think Japanese is automatically good and American is automatically bad. This car is good, solid, all around construction and engineering, at a good price.

I will say that the dealer will make all the difference here, and Toyota & Honda dealers are the best, and GM dealers generally just suck.


4th Jan 2001, 16:43

It is hard to find a car which gets great gas mileage on the road and great acceleration.

The car has been solid. I have 40,000 miles on it.

I don't like the leather seats as they are too stiff. I use an insert to cushion the seat.


4th Feb 2001, 23:57

Your son doesn't like to drive it for the radio... it's got 240 ponies and 280 pounds of torque, that's why he likes to drive it :-D


8th Nov 2003, 15:42

HAHA! I was going to say that too! Your son likes it cause it's a fast ride!

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