Back in 2004, General Motors reintroduced the Pontiac GTO nameplate with a fresh fifth generation. Based on the third-generation Holden Monaro, some criticized the new Pontiac GTO for its subtle styling, which was seen as at odds with the flamboyant, muscle-bound attitude of previous generations. Production of the fifth-generation Pontiac GTO came to a close in 2006, but what would a more modern version look like? Now, one digital artist has dreamt up an answer to that question with the following rendering.
Recently posted to social media by Instagram user @wb.artist20, this modernized Pontiac GTO rendering takes the final fifth-gen model and adds to the look with a host of contemporary touches, all while keeping the aggression and performance promises expected of the storied GTO nameplate.
Up front, we find the modern Pontiac GTO rendering rocking familiar fascia styling cues. The grille section includes two slanted intakes, which point down towards the nose center line while also sandwiching the Pontiac logo in the middle. The GTO logo is placed in the driver’s side grille section.
Next to the grille, the headlights were restyled into wide, rectangular shapes, stretching around the fascia and into the front fenders. Signature lighting elements were added along the upper edge of the housings, leading the eye towards vertical styling lines that nicely frame the fascia, while restyled fog lamps also add to the pointy front end.
In the profile, the modernized Pontiac GTO rendering rocks more-pronounced fenders, as well as plus-sized, split-spoke wheels wrapped in thin, low-profile tires. The rear end was reshaped to be more squared-off than the rounded tail section of the original fifth-gen, lending the GTO an extra dose of muscle car attitude.
Draped in orange and black, this modern Pontiac GTO rendering may very well have the right stuff to carry the GTO nameplate.
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I’m not a fan of these “rendering”, but this one is really nice. Build this one and offer it in that color too!
With Camaro third place & in a creative dead zone maybe a Chevrolet Pontiac GTO would be a good breather replacement?
Ideally this model would be smartly styled and allow for both ICE and EV offerings . A more modern design, one that attracts millennials while not turning off Pontiac fans would be best
@Steve Colmar: Or, and hear me out on this, what about as a Buick model and call it the GN? Like you said, offer in both ICE and EV.
Hideous.
i like the fact that Camaro’s arent very common, because when I drive my Camaro I feel like one in a few that’s on the road. Whereas I see Mustangs EVERYWHERE, so its starting to look regular to me.
Me gustarÃa ver un nuevo concepto de Trans am
Fxckn Beautiful. Bring back the classic Pontiac sports cars!!!!
Pup a bow tie on it build it , leave the grille . Make the damn cars look different from each other , not just one a little bigger . ( And the Hummer is not going to save GM’s ass ) Won’t last 5 years .
YUCK!!! These 04 to 06 SO CALLED GTO’s look NOTHING like a gto! The only thing theyre good for is putting their drivetrain in an 1969 gto. The REAL ONE!!
Yea they were. But if this rendering was a real car I’d buy it. It’s got that retro futuristic Camaro look but with GTO styling. I love it.
Wish they had this body kit type available most of the body kits that I’ve seen for the 04 to 06 GTOs aren’t very attractive love the nose and Hood
You mean the ’69 Tempest with a big engine and stripes?….
Only if the bottom hadn’t fell out in ’08 we still could of had the G8/GTO around. As I mentioned before Pontiac can come back as a performance E/V competition for Tesla or / and GMs performance division again. Don’t think so?, a certain GM female CEO worked there all her career until Pontiac closed and Hummer came back…
You mean Mary Barra the CEO? She started her position in 2014. From 2014 to 2020 GM has done some incredible things. Starting with the 6th gen Camaro, greatest Camaro of all time. Turned an old fat muscle car into a real modern sports car. Then the C8 Corvette, the C7 was already a masterpiece but now it’s a mid engine super car, while still keeping the same low price tag. You can all have your opinions but I think a certain female named Mary Barra did a good job from 2014-2020. Btw I’m not a fan of Hummer EV either but you can’t dismiss the other good things.
Ugly. Honestly it looks like the love child of a bmw, dodge stratus, and eagle talon. It’s attenpts to keep curves up front and then delete them for a sharp straight edge on the rear quarter panel, failed. It’s far too abrupt. It keeps all the ugly elements of the Grand Am and amplifies them by 100.
If anything like it is ever produced I will gouge my eyes out so I never have to see one. A similar thing would happen to my ear drums if the NFL ever chose New kids on the block for super bowl half time show.
Nothing real changed from 2006 to now, this might sale from 2 more years then it would be killed off AGAIN. The concept GTO from 2003 looked better than anything PONTIAC put on the road and should have been build maybe the Brand would still be in business today
Somehow they made it uglier than the real one. Lmao.
I have owned 3 goats/ GTO, 67,69, 71. ALL AWSOME CARS. WISH I STILL HAD THEM. IF GM WOULD BUILD ONE TO LOOK LIKE 69 OR 71 I WOULD DEFINITELY BUY ONE. I HAVE SHOPPED THE OLD DAY GTO AND THERE NOT CHEAP! BUT AWSOME CARS!!
This is what GM needs in their line up. Something to get the pulse of the average American driver ready to challenge the roads the hills out there. Get back into Auto Cross and just Heart Pounding driving. Great style. Proper number of doors 2. Hopefully large enough for a taller person to fit into comfortably. I want one?
Come on, that looks too simliar to the junk they tried in 04 and 06. Build a GTO simliar to the 69 or 70 with todays power and you would not be able to meet the demand. The true legend would sell like hotcakes. Somebody from GM just use your head. Who ever was the lame engineers in 04, 06 help sink Pontiac. Look at today muscle cars that are simliar to the 60 or 70 cars, they keep selling. Why, because the guys from those years now have $$$.
It’s the same thing with Camaros. The 90’s and 2000’s Camaros were hideous, straight butt ugly. But then the 5th gen Camaro in 2010 looked like the 60’s 70’s Camaros, from the Transformers movies and the Camaro was one of the hottest cars. I’m not a fan of the 90’s Pontiac’s either, but personally I think this rendering looks amazing.
The 90s and early 2000s was a very dark time for cars. Personally I think ALL CARS from that era were fxckn hideous, not just GM. Every single car made in the 90s and early 2000s were frickin disgusting, I don’t care if it’s a Ferrari, BMW, or GM, EVERY CAR FROM THAT ERA WAS DISGUSTING.
Exactly!!! Thank you! Someone with some common sense, finally!!
So they took an existing rendering of the RA6 GTO and tweaked it a bit… The original tender is far better looking. And you’re never going to please these old farts, they’d rather set points on a distributor and tune carbs than actually appreciate a good car when they see one.
You wouldn’t know a good car if it ran your ass over and backed up. I’ve got a 69 ram air 3, 4 speed gto judge that I will take any day over your ugly 04-06 fake gto. I removed factory parts (and kept them) to put a msd ignition system, tremec 5 speed, and FAST fuel injection.