27 Apr 2009, 08:20 am
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Its Official Pontiac is done.
Pontiac Officially Scuttled, G8 and Solstice Will Go Down With the Ship | PriceWheels Blog
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Pontiac Officially Scuttled, G8 and Solstice Will Go Down With the Ship
Apr 27th, 2009 by Ross Edwards Edit |
On Friday we reported that GM will be eliminating the Pontiac brand entirely, rather than going forward with the original plan, which was to keep it as a performance oriented nameplate. We tried to temper this bad news with some hope though, by putting forward the idea that GM wouldn’t be silly enough to get rid of the Solstice and G8, Pontiac’s only remaining exclusive sports cars (The Saturn Sky is mechanically identical to the Solstice, but with Saturn’s fate already sealed, the Solstice would have been alone).
Unfortunately, our optimism was premature. The G8 and Solstice will not be rebadged and sold under another GM nameplate, according to The New York Times and Jalopnik, who each covered this morning’s conference call with GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson.
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Looks like I was wrong, they are dropping the G8. Stupid stupid move if you ask me, it's one of the 5 GM vehicles I would actually consider owning.
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