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10-31-2010, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Goodbye Pontiac
As of today they're officially done  The contract expires today.
A big thank you to GM for ****ing them up, for ruining the name.
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10-31-2010, 04:59 PM
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eh, im just gonna wait to get a 5th gen trans am, when they make them again in a few years
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10-31-2010, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mays Landing, NJ
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Yeah, it's being released again with the Catalina right?  
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2010 Infiniti G37x-Moonlight White w/Graphite interior. Stock...for now. Xpel XR Black tint(hey it's a mod lol)
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10-31-2010, 05:20 PM
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meh. good riddance.
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10-31-2010, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Wait, if there's no pontiac how will they make a 5th gen firebird. Are you telling me I've been saving up money for nothing?
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10-31-2010, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsar
Wait, if there's no pontiac how will they make a 5th gen firebird. Are you telling me I've been saving up money for nothing?
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theyll bring back the arrowhead brand just for the firebird, thats what the internet says, so it must be true.
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10-31-2010, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Delran
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i like the ram air grand am....the aztek is gross but very versatile
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10-31-2010, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
i like the ram air grand am....the aztek is gross but very versatile
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agree
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10-31-2010, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Medford Nj
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsar
Wait, if there's no pontiac how will they make a 5th gen firebird. Are you telling me I've been saving up money for nothing?
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yeah, and...
I been saving my money to buy the rights and re-open pontiac as an independant company! launching a 5th gen Trans Am along with the Flagship Monch TA backed by DKM to really hit the market with!!!!
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11-01-2010, 07:24 AM
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Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: brick/pt. pleasant beach
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wah
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11-01-2010, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Galloway, NJ
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Give it 20 years when GM give up the patent for Pontiac and some fan nut tries to buy it and botch it up big time....
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Uh yeah, after they surprized buttsecks us at Pearl Harbor?
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11-01-2010, 09:49 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Hazlet
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My Pontiac left me stranded this morning. I think it was upset to hear the corporation was closing, so it protested. It's hard to push a sedan home!
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11-01-2010, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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From an NY Times article last week...
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Mr. Wangers, who was born the same year as Pontiac and never thought he would outlive it, recalls the time that the German luxury carmaker BMW sent a team of engineers, designers and marketers to meet with Mr. DeLorean’s team and study how the brand did so well.
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...how things changed.
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11-01-2010, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Pontiac had a great image and an ability to attract young buyers.
But everything that you could apply to GM in the 1960's has zero use now. Zero.
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11-01-2010, 01:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Pontiac had a great image and an ability to attract young buyers.
But everything that you could apply to GM in the 1960's has zero use now. Zero.
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Wow, you almost made that sound like a fact by adding in that second zero. Thanks for your opinion!
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11-01-2010, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: south & north nj
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thank you gm for destroying a great brand
rip officially...
and rip to a great history in racing, especially the dominance they had in the 00's in grand am and nhra to close out their existance
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11-01-2010, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston/North
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Thank you GM for killing the brand which was simply a repackaging of something else offered by your own company, in turn competing against yourself.
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dumbass.
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11-01-2010, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Garden State
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Well at least I got mine. The way I look at it let the past be the past. GM is still making some good stuff that a Pontiac fan would appreciate.
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11-01-2010, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Blackwood, NJ
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I have my 02 WS6 and a Firehawk. Will be looking into getting a 04-06 GTO in the future as well. Those cars will be a hard car to purchase in the future.
Everybody is complaining about GM getting rid of Pontiac. I say thanks to GM for making Pontiac cars as they are a big part of my life. It sucks that they wont be making anymore of them but it also makes me appreciate my cars alot more.
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11-01-2010, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Featherburner
Wow, you almost made that sound like a fact by adding in that second zero. Thanks for your opinion!
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Glad I could make you feel warm inside.
The death of Pontiac should have been something that happened before I was born. Once GM got down to 30% market share, they needed to shed weight to focus the brands.
Before this goes quazi political, Pontiac's death was decided in 2007, with an eventual wind down by 2013-14.
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11-01-2010, 10:33 PM
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13 Second Club / Moderator
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Glad I could make you feel warm inside.
The death of Pontiac should have been something that happened before I was born. Once GM got down to 30% market share, they needed to shed weight to focus the brands.
Before this goes quazi political, Pontiac's death was decided in 2007, with an eventual wind down by 2013-14.
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Why then did they make the G8 a Pontiac, when they knew it was going down? I know it was never planned to be a long production car, but they could have easily made it a Chevy or a Buick and improved brand image.
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Except Jersey mike, great kid, but the way he looks at me makes me feel like im in danger
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11-01-2010, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by qwikz28
Why then did they make the G8 a Pontiac, when they knew it was going down? I know it was never planned to be a long production car, but they could have easily made it a Chevy or a Buick and improved brand image.
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The G8 was planned to be a part of Holden's line up from jump street. So that was set in motion before the deal to kill the brand.
Holden has been hurting to fill the void, which is why there is a large push inside GM to get a VE2 car here now.
And we will...give it another year till we see a Chevy badged RWD sedan here.
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