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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 02:52 AM
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I seriously hope SLP is not doing this, If they do, This will be an insult to the Firehawk name and Legacy.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 04:06 AM
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oh christ!!! Like someone else said....a Firehawk is BIRD...nothing else. Then again GM went about stamping SS on anything and everything for a while there. I can't wait till these come out and some yuppie buys it parks next to my Firehawk and tries to compare our hawks....response being..."you sir, do not have a Firehawk by any means" I just showed my gf this, and she was like, "thats like Ford calling their Focus a Cobra, If its not a firebird it can't be a Firehawk"

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 05:49 AM
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I hope its BS,thats a retarded idea
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Hard Core Z28
Should be called Fire8 or G Hawk.
i'ld go with GX8
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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good for slp to fix up the g8 but donot call it firehawk thats all i really care about the firehawk name belongs to the firebird and nothing els.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Damn you!....sorry I'm pissed.

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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God I hope not
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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omg...i cant believe that slp and gm thought that this was a good idea. fcking retaards
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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A four door firehawk? what a disgrace to the firehawk name
Smart move SLP

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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SLP Get in here and confirm!
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 04:09 PM
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Thats it... the world is going 2 ****.. blasphemy...

im getting a lynching mob together and heading to the SLP HQ.. whos with me?

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by PhoenixDeath27
Thats it... the world is going 2 ****.. blasphemy...

im getting a lynching mob together and heading to the SLP HQ.. whos with me?
I'm in, bad bad move by SLP
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:10 PM
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It's true.. I was in the meeting room and heard it straight out of Dave Hamburger's mouth. I also have the brochure.

While it may be a "disgrace" as you guys put it to the Firehawk - or Firehank - name ... It will still be a performer. The highest tier will be a blown G8, and that will be available pretty darn soon.

Additionally they have been working a blower for the 4th gen SS's (and I'd assume Firehawks as well) It will supposedly clear the hood, so my assumption is it's a roots style blower since it seems to be much more common on factory cars nowadays.
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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Maybe if they cut two doors off..
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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Firehawk G8 OMFG whats next? The car looks stock with Firehawk stickers. This can not be true. F-Body Firebirds are the only cars that should be able to wear Firehawk badges. I can live with a SLP GX8 .

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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If this is true, I sign this thread as my petition vote against the whole idea, as a Firehawk owner I feel truely betrayed, and like the name of my car has just been stolen.


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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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I just drove the 12 hours back from Indy. This is real and we've been planning it for the last year.

I will comment more tomorrow, but for now the actual Teaser brochure that I gave away at the CamaroZ28.com banquet and at the track:





I cannot get into performance questions/answers quite yet, but lets just say the performance on our Supercharged model is more than impressive, 50 state legal and fully warranted.

The reaction was overwhelming with the exception of a few snide remarks from past F-Body Firehawk owners who obviously think we should have let the name die.



*Please note the circled "R" next to the Firehawk logo - The Firehawk logo/script is a registered Trademark of SLP.


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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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The name should die, it doesn't belong on a G8...but whatever...if marketing the name works then it works.
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