Chip said:
OK, so we have heard that the Solstice F/I motor is another year out. Will that mean that the Sky will have the F/I option when it is introduced? If the base Sky price is 25K will you pay another 3-5K for the extra ponies? At 30K that puts the car in the S2K, 350Z and a few other nice cars price point. I am starting to question the price issue a bit more carefully. I love this car, but @ 30k...Well time will tell!
We got a clarification on the Solstice forums what the following year meant. It'll arrive as part of the 2007 MY Solstice. Which means the end of 2006 begining of 2007. The Sky more then likely wont get the forced induction motor till then either as a 2007 MY refresh (since it's already considered a 2007 MY).
Personally the forced induction version is what I really want too. I have to agree with you on the price thing. I've done some comparisons of various other GM cars to try to get a range, and I've come up with the option will cost anywhere from $3k to $6k. As you said for a car starting at $25,000 this makes it almost $30,000. As I've stated on the Solstice forums too, if the car ever actually costs that much I'm looking elsewhere. I'm not paying $30,000 for a car with extremely limited trunk space, and more then likely power less then that of other $30k cars. At that point the Lancer Evo IX will be out, which for $30k I'd rather have. It might not look as good, but it's a 4 door sport sedan with far more ltrunk space, and I'm betting at least 50 more HP and Torque.
swatthefly: Yeah, exactly. The $3k - $6k price range will really depend on how much power the system creates, and what other options GM adds on. For $3k I really only expect the force induction system and a couple other changes to distinguish it form the normal Sky. But for $5k-$6k there better be some realy significant changes to make it worth it.
No matter what they need to add dual exhaust to the Sky RL/Solstice GXP because it'll look so bad ass.
