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BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 11:47 AM

G8 ST- Not Gunna Happen
 
A very cool car has been canned for whatever reason. I dont beilve the cost aspect since its pretty much paid for, but the G8 ST is not coming to the US.

http://jalopnik.com/5124488/pontiac-...el-caminoagain

LTb1ow 01-07-2009 11:51 AM

fugly.

miketa95 01-07-2009 11:53 AM

It's still on pontiac's website

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 11:58 AM

Well, there goes my plan to replace all the Ranger's with G8 ST V6's at work...

baddest434 01-07-2009 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Shownomercy (Post 530741)
fugly.

fugly is RIGHT! ew

madness410 01-07-2009 12:16 PM

ah crap! my brother really wanted one of those

PolarBear 01-07-2009 12:25 PM

Hardtop solstice still coming out?

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 12:30 PM

Yes, still on.

BonzoHansen 01-07-2009 12:32 PM

So what's this about I hear them having stamping issues with the Camaro?

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 12:36 PM

One of the companies that were doing the tooling for Camaro went BK, and GM is suing them.

Blacdout96 01-07-2009 12:50 PM

doesnt matter weither it was gonna come out or not, it was gonna flop anyways like the GTO and G8's.

miketa95 01-07-2009 12:52 PM

please kill the g3 please kill the g3 pleaseeee

PolarBear 01-07-2009 12:55 PM

G3?
NM I see it now. That is way fuglier than any other Pontiac right now

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blacdout96 (Post 530779)
doesnt matter weither it was gonna come out or not, it was gonna flop anyways like the GTO and G8's.

GTO and G8 are not flops. Just cause they dont sell 100k units a year doesnt mean they are flops...

BonzoHansen 01-07-2009 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28 (Post 530774)
One of the companies that were doing the tooling for Camaro went BK, and GM is suing them.

Not the interior thing, I heard issues with metal stampings, maybe the hood?

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 01:45 PM

Havent heard. The stamping of the rear parts might be tough.

LS1Hawk 01-07-2009 02:10 PM

Think of all the great names: Firebird, GTO, Bonneville, Tempest, LeMans, Grand Prix, Catalina, Star Chief, etc., and now we got this G8, G6, G5, and God help me G3 ****? It's a shame what GM did to this brand.

GP99GT 01-07-2009 02:50 PM

thank god

maroman88 01-07-2009 04:21 PM

i could care less about the ST... but for the love of god WTF do we need another version of the Aveo for?!?!??????!!!!!!!!!?

WildBillyT 01-07-2009 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by maroman88 (Post 530854)
i could care less about the ST... but for the love of god WTF do we need another version of the Aveo for?!?!??????!!!!!!!!!?

So that GM can kill another platform for competing against itself.

Knipps 01-07-2009 04:46 PM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo :cry::cry::cry:

I might have to import my own now.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/car-ne...holden-ute.jpg

NJ346 01-07-2009 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28 (Post 530787)
GTO and G8 are not flops. Just cause they dont sell 100k units a year doesnt mean they are flops...

I just looked up some production numbers, and the G8 barely sold 12K units. Let's see, the f-body was canned at what? when production was 40K a year?(98 camaros had a production number of 50K for the new model year). I really thought the G8 was selling better than 12K. It's gonna take a while for GM to make any kind of money on that car with numbers like that for the first year.

Btw, the Gto actually outsold the G8 when comparing the first year sales. 15K to 12K. So I don't think it's looking to good for the G8 especially with GM's money problems.

MonmouthCtyAntz 01-07-2009 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shownomercy (Post 530741)
fugly.

Sure is.....

BigAls87Z28 01-07-2009 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blacdout96 (Post 530779)
doesnt matter weither it was gonna come out or not, it was gonna flop anyways like the GTO and G8's.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN (Post 530886)
I just looked up some production numbers, and the G8 barely sold 12K units. Let's see, the f-body was canned at what? when production was 40K a year?(98 camaros had a production number of 50K for the new model year). I really thought the G8 was selling better than 12K. It's gonna take a while for GM to make any kind of money on that car with numbers like that for the first year.

Btw, the Gto actually outsold the G8 when comparing the first year sales. 15K to 12K. So I don't think it's looking to good for the G8 especially with GM's money problems.

Comparing G8's sales numbers vs anything else from GM past or present is silly. The G8 is imported at low numbers, not built here in any NA plant.
GM actually makes a ton of money off of it since the 12k G8's sold here is a massive number when you factor in that the plant that makes them is built to make 80k of them a year for world wide production. More then half of Commodore sales aer outside Oz.

Only major cost GM has to worry about is shipping.

G8 has a few factors going against it right now, vs the GTO, but in no way a flop.
The 4th gen was a flop cause it was supposed to sell 150k units a year.


The "G3" was another car to appease the dealer network who wanted an gas sipping econo car on thier lots.
Problem is that the G5 XFE gets better gas milage then the G3...stupid dealers
Thats strike 2 for PBG dealers.

Frosty 01-07-2009 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GP99GT (Post 530818)
thank god

:werd: Ugly, no market...waste of $$$


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