2008 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP V8 POV Test Drive/Review

[@salimjefferson6553]

I have a black 2008 grand prix gxp with the sun and sound package, which included a navigation system. People are always pulling up on me, asking me if I want to sell. No way I'm getting rid of this car. Four more years, it'll officially be considered a classic.

[@StormAutoAdventures]

Wow! Such a nice machine! Sadly, I haven't seen a Pontiac Grand Prix GXP on the road in quite a few years now. I never owned one, but I did have a 2008 Grand Prix GXP as my demo car for about six months when I was a car salesman for a Buick/Pontiac/GMC Truck dealership I worked at from 1999 until they went out of business in late 2011. I did own and love an even rarer - 2005 Bonneville GXP that I traded my fully loaded & mint condition 1996 Bonneville SSEi in for... Plus, I got a great deal on the GXP because I worked there. During our final couple of years, we changed our name to Buick & GMC Truck... It was so sad when Pontiac, Saturn & many others went under. Sorry for the long comment... Thanks for bringing back some great memories I had when that car was new! 👍 -Chris

[@famelivinent.897]

You’re correct it is a LS4 GM made em for the FWD “fast” cars of that era

[@StalePhish]

My mom had one of the lesser trims of this! As a 2004 in tan. I actually didn't know that this ever overlapped with the G8! I've still got my 2009 Pontiac G8 GT in blue since new

[@StormAutoAdventures]

Nice to hear that you still have your '09 Pontiac G8 GT! In 2014, I wanted a car that was under $5,000.00 I got lucky and found the nicest one owner and loaded - 1999 Buick Park Avenue in the nicest color called... Emerald Green Pearl. It had only 67k miles on it. It had a clean CarFax, no damage or accidents, and the original owner kept all of the paperwork, including every receipt for whenever the car had scheduled maintenance, or if anything was fixed or replaced on this car! He was a fanatic & kept the car perfect inside and out! He waxed it once a year & he followed the maintenance schedule having it all worked on at the Buick dealer he bought the car from. He even, and most importantly - Broke the car in properly for the first 1,500 miles when it was new, going over the recommended 1,000 mile break-in period. Right from the first oil change, he changed the oil using synthetic every 5k miles. He sold it to me for only $3,900.00 in the summer of 2014! I continued his tradition until I traded in my still mint condition, but now with over 120k miles - '99 Park Avenue in December of 2017 for my current - 2015 Infiniti Q50 3.7 Premium RWD with optional navigation. I actually made a walk around and interior video of my Park Ave sometime in 2017 with over 100k miles on it, if you want to see it? Anyway, I was surprised the dealer gave me $2,000.00 for my trade! They listed my Park Ave about a week later for freaking $6,900.00 and ended up selling it! I don't know if the next owner negotiated the price or not? But he or she definitely bought the car. Damn, another long comment lol. Sorry about that.

[@slimbruh]

i have a few of these, my mom had one that she bought brand new, it sat most its life and i got it with 29k miles on the odometer. runs to this day and its got 346k miles on it but it runs perfectly and looks brand new. always maintained this thing and its been super reliable

[@Jeddy_Boy]

I am glad to see you test drive grand Prix V8, most videos I see test drive is straight pipe and I want to see it in stock and oh my, on my headphones it feels like a truck

[@therandomman-_-6638]

I have an 06 Grand prix GT and I'm gonna get the gxp in a year or so because I love the car so damn much already and the look of the gxp is just perfect to me

[@pwnranger3496]

In 2007, you could get your Grand Prix 4 different ways. They still offered the GTP with the supercharged 3800 and GXP with the ls4. GXP stood apart from the other W Body v8 cars by offering wider front tires to compensate for the torque. You couldn't rotate the tires, but they offered better performance

[@515ventures3]

A 4 speed V-8 on a 2008 Pontiac sedan? Im guessing 12mpg!

[@dakotapippinGNR]

17-18 actually.

[@515ventures3]

@@dakotapippinGNR that’s hard to believe. Maybe the first 6 months in 2008. But not in 2024. Lol

[@nicholasking4676]

I have a mint black on black 2006 gxp drive the 402 in Ontario Canada 100km per hour(60 mph ) i get 30 31 mpg imperial gallon . The Corvette same era 6 speed get around 33 mpg. You have to drive it correctly to get good gas economy most dont lolo.

[@watchdogs295]

@@515ventures312 mpg in suv form maybe but sedans never really get that low

[@pwnranger3496]

The 5.3L had cylinder deactivation, so it got decent highway miles

[@itsisaac3874]

Wow that's freaking cool I was watching something else and learned that the 2008 grand prix and the buick lacrosse both came with v8s this is insane where can I find one

[@Ronniejamesleo]

Talked to a guy at the bar who has a black one. Only one I've ever seen before Dude got off his bar stool and was proud to show it to me.

[@chaad44]

Love the gxp’s 🙌🏼

[@Iamthestig42069]

I've had a few hot rodded GM fwd cars and the torque steer was never as bad as a bone stock mini S I had.

[@Chrid-c9k]

Can a 6’1 person fit ? Or comfortable to drive ?

[@DaVisitors1111]

My GXP was my BABY for a LONG TIME! I LOVED My Car! I did the Transmission of Course…But Get this, I Told my Insurance that I HIT A MAJOR POT HOLE on I-80 in a Major Downpour and THEY COVERED THE TRANS! 5800$ COVERED!! I Rocked my GXP until I HAD to get something more Economic. I Miss My Car! His name was LUCIAN!!

[@ajmihalko716]

Hopefully that transmission holds up for you

[@nicholasking4676]

Add a big trans cooler and new filter trans max synthetic fluid . Never flush that transmission . Do a transmission service every 35 k by suctioning out 6-7 quarts from the dip stick tube using a hand suction pump takes me 15 min on a warm transmission .

[@bryanmchugh1307]

Damn! That thing was scary fast

[@ryanadams3091]

I have an 06 gxp I love it! I'm 5 years in and a great car sharp looking over the lesser trims it's amazing just a shit transmission I'm going to be on my second before I know it!

[@0TheFather0]

I've had mine over 160 more than once.

[@Sniperboi22-o7k]

Beauty

[@oceancon]

5.3 is the Vortec

[@garrettdellinger4286]

Not this one, it's an ls4

[@oceancon]

@@garrettdellinger4286 yes you're right, I didn't think they had LS's in a transverse configuration.

[@garrettdellinger4286]

​@oceancon I don't blame you, this is the only transverse LS they ever made and it's one of the least known of the series

[@Kazanmapper-33]

It looks like a mix of something from the 80s and 2010s

[@aaron7671]

This platform came out in 1988 so it actually IS a mix of something from the 80s and the late 2000a

[@andrei_nolan]

😍😍😍

[@DaVisitors1111]

It’s an LS4

[@DaVisitors1111]

MAJOR TORQUE STEER!! And the only Lame thing is that the Front Tires are 255s and the rears are 225s

[@RyeitOut]

Love these but the engine was too powerful for the transmission

[@阿部崇]

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[@ChildMonica-b1z]

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[@NFA373]

This thing is just extreme cheap supra version