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Originally Posted by 6sigma
As someone who bought a V6 manual, I really like the idea of the LT1. It seems to offer all the things I'd like while keeping the square all-seasons. I live in the midwest with 4 full seasons and don't want to hassle with wheel/tire swap and expense for this car. I think the hard part may be keeping the options low to keep the price away from SS territory. I see this like the old LX 5.0 fox body - base model but with the big engine - great idea!
If the LT1 comes with the same Goodyear A/S runflats as the V6 RS it will be severely traction limited. The V6 is already too much for those tires and quite hard to launch. I bet 0-60 times for the LT1 won't be good on factory tires (although I don't really care about 0-60). Maybe they will upgrade the tire though - who knows.
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You can't really compare this to the old 5.0 LX's or Firebird Formulas. The only difference in those cars compared to the GT's and Trans Am's were cosmetic. They had the same performance underpinnings. This is going to lose some of that in addition to the cosmetic differences.