If I read your sig correctly your family hasn't been to a showroom in awhile... Maybe there's someone you missed there?

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f...8/#post1718414

^^ got the front page poll :D

i refuse to read any of the articles! but damn... they atleast drug out the killing of olds for a few years

well. when i get home from iraq i should be able to pick up a g8 for real cheap! this sucks though. i suppose ill keep my TA and stick it in my garage for some years it could become worth something.

Yeah, that's another sad thing. It doesn't look like they are going to do anything to commemorate the end of Pontiac. No special edition vehicles or anything, just 2010 see ya. Very sad.

pontiac's have been nothing more then rebadges chevys for 30 years now. its just taking them this long to cut the final string and put the last nail in the coffin. as much as i hate to see pontiac go i really cant say anything due to i didnt have any plans on buying a new car any time soon and personaly dont care for any of the current new cars being made.

pontiac died in 1979!

lol thats true i guess...

Really? So what brand will you buy from? What cars were drawing you into Pontiac show rooms before?
G6? G3? G5? Vibe?

G8 will most likely get rebadged with ME Chevy badges and show up in Chevy dealers as Caprice.

Buick is safe.
GMC is safeish

And Scott, here is your Regal...

http://www.speedheads.de/auto/zukunf...pc-5626-56.jpg

this was ins the 325hp turbo 6cyl AWD 6spd manual version that will start to show up in Europe.

With Saturn gone, Opel will be Buick in America.

al whats the "me chevy badge" mean

ME = Middle East.

Anyway, I had this big thing typed up, but i hig backspace and it went back 3 pages...****in computer

Anyway, what really would detract you from any GM dealer considering that any one of thoes cars could easily be swapped over to another brand in a model year?

so are they gonna rebadge the kidney grill, or put the chevy nose on all of them?

i might be more tempted by a g8 with the chevy badges honestly

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....mina-ss-24.jpg


No photoshop needed. Only problem is that it doesnt match the new Chevy twin grill design.

I'll take that Al.

al, i know about that car over there, but i was wondering if they are gonna use the fascias that they already made for pontiac or not, any current rumors?

I think they need more solid RWD cars. There going the right direction, like the CTS, G8, re releasing the camaro. Something they can sell as cop cars again, with lsx motors(how scary would an ls2 powered cop be?). I even like the new design and style of cars like the g6, impala, and the new malibu. They just need the world to start buying cars again. And the cobalt still needs a lot of work. The base model, anyway. The thing about it is...its just no fun to drive. The feel/handling is just not there. And the seats and seating position are kind of lame. That is one thing that i think makes cars like the corolla and civic stand out a little more. And the cobalt has a better motor than both too, more power, better power band, and i like the trans and clutch better too. They should at least offer a more sports oriented small car without the extra power or novelty items like the SS, just better tires, and a little stiffer suspension tuning and more bucket-ed seats

There was some article scaring everyone that Holden would lose $1 billion if they shut down Pontiac.
They could probably double sales by making it a Chevy. You now have a Camaro and a Caprice (id keept he C names tied together again, keep the relation going)
Keep the W body Impala as a fleet car, mass sales car untill next gen Malibu comes around and/or another car gets signed up for Oshawa to take up slack.

cobalt dosent need work, cobalt is done

The only people that really care about pontiac are guys that write on boards like this. A majority of Americans have turned their back on GM. The ONLY way to save GM is to cut back...and show the guys that are totally sold on hondas and toyotas that GM is making big changes. Buick needs to stay because it is a large source of income overseas. So far I think GM is doing the right thing. They need GMC for the heavy duty trucks, they are a large source of income as well. Cadillac will be the luxury brand while Chevrolet will go back to being the car aimed at the average joe...targeted at defeating the hondas and toyotas of today.

As far as the electric car, GM has had the technology to make a good electric car for a long time. They did have one, the EV1, which was killed by the powers above. The people who had them loved them. They are General Motors...they can make anything...rest asured when the Volt comes out it will be a great car. I just hope all this cutting back isn't too late.

ill buy that al....... unless

v6...... caprice
gt........impalla
gxp.......impy ss

I thought of the line up a few times.
Could be like Vette where there is no "LS" package.
But...
Caprice LS gets DI 300hp V6 with 6spd auto cloth
Caprice LT gets same engine, just leather
Caprice LTZ is the L67 V8 360hp 6spd auto aka G8 GT
Caprice SS is the G8 GXP complete with manual trans

works, but it would be fun having it be like your gen caprice, with the imp being the top model

even still, i dont see the point in cuting pontiac, who buys a buick anymore? the new enclave lloks eaxactly like the traverse and gmc, same thing as the silverados and suburbans. no if Gm just cut those 2 and maybe a model or 2 from pontiac, the G5 is pointless, thats a freggen cobalt in pontiac tags maybe the G6 too.

People overseas, mainly Chinese and guess what? There are over 1 billion of them and their money is just as good as yours.


OMG WORLD OUTSIDE OF AMERICA :willy:

g6/g6 coupe/g8/solstice/g5/trans am/bonneville/grand prix/gto just to name a few

im tired of this chevy/buick is the perfect car **** from people like you, i am and will continue to be a proud pontiac enthusiest, as well as my family will be, and why buy from a company that has destroyed your favorite brand? please tell me