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    RIP Pontiac

    Soon if not Monday I'd bet.


    REPORT: General Motors to kill Pontiac on Monday

    According to a report from InsideLine, General Motors could axe Pontiac as early as this Monday. Although IL isn't citing its source within GM, it did contact the General's PR man, Tom Wilkinson, who said, "There's nothing I can share with you at this time... Officially, nothing has changed with Pontiac's niche-brand status, until you hear differently." Not very clear, but not particularly positive either.

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    Could be worse. It could've been Saab.
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    I thought Pontiac would've stayed around. I see GMC and Saturn joining Pontiac in the grave sooner or later, with Saab probably being sold.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rockefella View Post
    I thought Pontiac would've stayed around. I see GMC and Saturn joining Pontiac in the grave sooner or later, with Saab probably being sold.
    Add Hummer in the list "to go in way or another" too.

    Next candidate after all those? Opel/Vauxhall.
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    GM is 'temporarely' closing several plants this summer for nine weeks....I wonder how many will be permanently mothballed.

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    good...very confused brand. need to streamline
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    The Indian's will be happy about this news.

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    What kind of a niche did Pontiac belong to?? its cars are almost the same as chevrolet's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverhawk View Post
    What kind of a niche did Pontiac belong to?? its cars are almost the same as chevrolet's.
    Same damn thing if you ask me, except some minor cosmetic changes, such as... different hubcaps, speedometers, grill and badges. That's pretty much it.

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    I never ever liked Pontiac. In fact, I dislike ever Pontiac I can think of ever except for the G8 which is a Holden.

    Bye Pontiac, you won't be missed.

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    its played to a very specific market segment for a long time, and its a shame to see them go down. but thats what these types of situations do, thin the herd. a little bit of economic darwinism to make things better in the long run.
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    I beg to differ.
    Though most of Pontiac's cars were rebadged trash, I liked them in their role of American importer of Holdens and I like the Solstice, a lot.
    Better than the ugly-assed Sky, and the good-old Uncle Sam in me would definitely get one over a Miata. If I wanted a Miata, I'd get an Elan...
    But I digress. I would rather see a consolidation of Saturn, Pontiac, and any other flailing appendages rather than see Pontiac sunk.
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    This is all GM's fault, they couldn't give Pontiac an identity over the last ten years: Was it a slightly more upscale Chevy or was it a hip, young, performance brand?

    Frankly I liked it as the latter: The G8 GT looks cool and was a decent performance sedan and the G8 Sport Truck was ridiculously stupid but was gonna be awesome!!!

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    a collective meh is chorused from petrolheads the world over...

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    What the hell are they doing at GM? Pontiac is finally producing some great cars, and now they want to kill it off while keeping GMC, the brand that does nothing but sell you a Chevrolet Pickup for $20,000 more?

    Jesus, I smell stupidity in Detroit.
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