There are MacPherson struts with coil springs, a lower A-arm and 20-mm solid anti-roll bar up front, and an independent, tri-link coil-over strut setup with a 17.2 mm hollow anti-roll bar in the back.
There are anti-lock disc brakes behind every one of the 18-inch forged aluminum wheels on the slightly (9 mm) lowered body, with P255/45R18 99W tires at the front and P225/50R18 94W tires at the back.
A 9-mm reduction in the ride height may not seem like much, but it does -- as Bunnell says -- give the GXP a more aggressive and hunkered-down stance, and that's in keeping with its overall intent. So are the new front fascia with the chrome-ringed grille inserts and lower air inlets, the rear fascia, and the rocker extensions. The car just looks tighter and more competent that the current Grand Prix models.
In order that everyone knows that the car going sedately along beside them at the legal speed limit would be capable of so much more if only the traffic laws were forgotten for a while, GXP badging abounds on the outside and inside of this latest Grand Prix.
Inside, the GXP gets those suede inserts for the leather seating, brushed aluminum trim accents (which Bunnell calls a GXP hallmark), brushed aluminum-style doorsill plates, and a unique instrument gauge cluster with the GXP logo, presumably to remind the driver how much more the car would be capable of and so on.
Price on the GXP has not been announced, but the most expensive 2005 Grand Prix already costs $34,190, so we can expect the V-8 model to sticker somewhere In the high $30,000s.
For those keeping score, this is the first Grand Prix to run a V-8 since the 1987 model year, though except for various measurement similarities and the badging the two cars will be nothing alike.
There are anti-lock disc brakes behind every one of the 18-inch forged aluminum wheels on the slightly (9 mm) lowered body, with P255/45R18 99W tires at the front and P225/50R18 94W tires at the back.
A 9-mm reduction in the ride height may not seem like much, but it does -- as Bunnell says -- give the GXP a more aggressive and hunkered-down stance, and that's in keeping with its overall intent. So are the new front fascia with the chrome-ringed grille inserts and lower air inlets, the rear fascia, and the rocker extensions. The car just looks tighter and more competent that the current Grand Prix models.
In order that everyone knows that the car going sedately along beside them at the legal speed limit would be capable of so much more if only the traffic laws were forgotten for a while, GXP badging abounds on the outside and inside of this latest Grand Prix.
Inside, the GXP gets those suede inserts for the leather seating, brushed aluminum trim accents (which Bunnell calls a GXP hallmark), brushed aluminum-style doorsill plates, and a unique instrument gauge cluster with the GXP logo, presumably to remind the driver how much more the car would be capable of and so on.
Price on the GXP has not been announced, but the most expensive 2005 Grand Prix already costs $34,190, so we can expect the V-8 model to sticker somewhere In the high $30,000s.
For those keeping score, this is the first Grand Prix to run a V-8 since the 1987 model year, though except for various measurement similarities and the badging the two cars will be nothing alike.