the `good-bye` cars of 2006

**BigAl3** · 05-18-2006, 08:49 AM

anyone going to miss any of these? http://autos.msn.com/advice/article....tentid=4023981

**Joshua312** · 05-18-2006, 09:06 AM

Im suprised the RSX is ending production - the GTO in my opinion is a great looking car...The Phaeton to me was an oversized passat on the outside, but a beauty on the inside, it`s too bad it didnt have the exterior to drool over with it`s price tag. Oh well, with all these cars going away, Im sure we will see bigger and better things...

**SpoiledMan** · 05-18-2006, 09:08 AM

RSX never sold well and apparently doesn`t fit the "marketing strategy" going forward. There have been TSX coupe rumors but so far they are just that.

There is also news that the GTO is to be replaced.

**BlackMach1** · 05-18-2006, 10:23 AM

the GT was a planned limited production. Ford`s intentions were to kill it off before the 2007 model year because it won`t pass the new side crash standards that go in effect for the 2007.

**TigerMike** · 05-18-2006, 10:35 AM

I won`t really miss any on that list, except maybe the GTO. I do love american muscle cars (and fast cars in general, american or foreign), and even though I never owed a GTO, they are the kind of car you like to see roll by, just to hear the exhaust burble. It was a great car in concept, but needed a more in your face/radical approach, than looking like something run-of-the-mill from Oldsmobile. Something that elicited raw emotion and got your blood boiling at just the mere sight. I mean, look at the Solstice/Sky cars! They are flying off showrooms because of the unique design and reasonable pricing! And, with gas near (or at, depending on where you are) $4/gallon, the GTO just doesn`t command a market, except with all but the purists (shich apparently there aren`t many). Also, I think the pricing should have stayed in the mid to upper $20s. All JMO.... I will still miss it.... If anything though, given the limited production run, it should make the car quite the classic in years to come.

**jchetty** · 05-18-2006, 10:55 AM

bye ford gt :bawling:

**awahl63** · 05-18-2006, 11:14 AM

Not really gonna miss any of em

**holland_patrick** · 05-18-2006, 12:18 PM

One car they forget though...

**BigAl3** · 05-18-2006, 01:05 PM

i`ve always like the rsx, sad to see it go. it seems like the honda civic si seems to be the popular choice/alternative these days....

**imported_Chris223** · 05-18-2006, 07:46 PM

I`m kinda dissapointed about the Hummer... there goes the coolest looking, beastly and quite possibly best off road vehicle ever created.

**chml17l** · 05-18-2006, 08:12 PM

I`ll miss the RSX. I`d love to see a hotter version of the Civic Si in the Acura stable. Dumping the RSX for some cross-over SUV (RDX) sucks Acura. I would never pick a sports car wannabe SUV over a proper sporty hatchback.

**holland_patrick** · 05-18-2006, 08:21 PM

No one knows what other truck was CUT in 2006...

**imported_Picus** · 05-18-2006, 08:35 PM

I think Acura is trying to go more upmarket, so they cut the RSX since the Si is now very much over-lapping in terms of styling, performance etc... Now they just need to ditch the CSX in Canada.

**JaCkaL829** · 05-18-2006, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Picus

I think Acura is trying to go more upmarket, so they cut the RSX since the Si is now very much over-lapping in terms of styling, performance etc... Now they just need to ditch the CSX in Canada.

Yup, with Honda loading up the new Civics, I can see why sales for the RSX dropping, although I`ll miss them. They are still a very popular car(in my area), and I see them everywhere so it`s not like I won`t see them anymore. I`m wondering if they`ll sell them cheaper at the end of the year just to get rid of them?

I read the RSX is too cheap and is the "oddball" in the Acura family which is why they wanna drop it, and come out with a TSX coupe.