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Is This 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP SCCA T2 Champion Edition A Future Collectible?

When you think of small, lightweight two-door sports cars, you probably think of Britain or Japan, and for good reason. Britain helped popularize the sports car with models like the MGB and Triumph Spitfire, while Japan helped usher the body style into the modern era with affordable and reliable offerings like the Mazda Miata.

General Motors was a bit of an unlikely candidate to enter the small sports car segment when it debuted the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky in the early 2000s. Unlike Britain and Japan, Detroit wasn’t really known for producing small sports cars, but despite this, the Solstice and Sky were fairly well built, fun-to-drive offerings in their day.

The Solstice and Sky never really amassed the enthusiast base that British or Japanese sports cars did, though. As such, it seems the two have almost been forgotten by GM enthusiasts – but that could make a Solstice or a Sky a sound investment for the future.

We recently stumbled across a rather rare 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP SCCA T2 Champion Edition for sale by Gateway Classic Cars. The Solstice is already uncommon, but this is one of the even less common SCCA T2 Champion Edition models, which were built to celebrate Pontiac winning the SCCA T2 class in 2007. Limited to just 88 units, the Solstice GXP SCCA T2 cars featured a yellow exterior, silver hood stripes, unique SCCA ‘T2’ graphics and a special two-tone interior.

Unfortunately, this Solstice GXP probably isn’t the bargain you were expecting it to be. These little-known two-doors have held their value relatively well, with Gateway Classic Cars asking $29,500 for this particular example. This car only has 32,000 miles on the odometer, mind you, but $30k is still quite a bit of money. If you think that’s too much for a tiny four-cylinder sports car, then it should be pretty easy to see why it was hard for GM to move these cars even when they were brand new.

Check out the listing for this 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP SCCA T2 Champion Edition at this link for some additional information on the car and some more photos, too.

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  1. “As such, it seems the two have almost been forgotten by GM enthusiasts…”

    The car has held its value extremely well, and was the best selling roadster in America every year in production.

    GM may have forgotten, but enthusiasts didn’t.

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  2. The Solstice had a good average run. Sports cars in a lower price range are difficult to keep alive 5-20 years.

    Pontiac was in decline and had to sell as many Solstice they could. But once the market is saturated it declines in volume fast.

    The Miata generally is limited in sales to retain sales year to year with a mix of special paint and trim editions. If Mazda sold it like Pontiac did the Solstice it would have been gone long ago. Also global sales help keep it alive.

    Even then Mazda had to share it with Fiat to make the new model financially possible.

    People like to thing GM hates sports cars and their owners but the truth is it is a tough segment to make money in.

    Other than the Corvette and Miata few 2 seat Reasonably cost cars have a long run. The Boxster is getting to where it can join the group too.

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  3. I love my Solstice GXP. It has it’s problems, but mine is still running well. It was a learning experience for GM. I was sad to see them give up on it because I felt that with time they could have perfected their roadster. I was anxiously waiting the next version.

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  4. You’ll be waiting a long time. The only way I think they will ever make another one is as an electric car.

    And that is actually not out of the question. BEV3 can do it. And it leaves air space for the C8 to still be GM’s halo car.

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  5. I have one of these rare [88 built] , I also had a 2002 Boxster, in my opinion the Solstice is just as fast and the handling is just as awesome , no BS

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