In my humble opinion, GTO boats are built and assembled at the highest quality. Not to say the other builders are not as good, but GTO stands by their products with no BS. Their hulls are second to none. The people are excellent to work with and try to make you feel as comfortable as possible when making build decisions. Maintenance is also top notch. I have already learned the lesson of getting what you pay for, nuff said.
I have a 16x8 ft shallow hull with a rake, powered by a mas 427 pushing 600hp, 2.68 with 3 blade set at pos 3. The boat runs and runs fast. Only thing I would do different with my next boat is make it a deck over. GTO gets it done and they are also lookers. Engines are also top notch and have the best replacement policy in the business.
Make sure you take them all on a test run before you make a decision. GTO also has a rather large used boat selection from other builders that were mostly trade ins. Very rare to see a used GTO boat forsale and when they do they are snatched up pretty quick.
Not a GTO mark, just an extremely happy return customer.
Regards,
Jesse James