Pontiac Closed, and Nothing of Value is Lost

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Pontiac Closed, and Nothing of Value is Lost | PriceWheels Blog

Apr 24th, 2009 by Ross Edwards
According to Edmund’s Inside Line, General Motors will officially pull the plug on its Pontiac division on Monday. Though the source hasn’t been cited, the move seems likely considering GM’s December plan to reduce Pontiac to a “specialty” brand, focusing on performance cars, and the company’s new directive to create a more viable plan in order to receive more government support.

Inside Line’s contact inside GM chose to remain anonymous, and when the news source contacted GM, their PR man Tom Wilkinson said “There’s nothing I can share with you at this time. Keep your eyes on our media site. Officially, nothing has changed with Pontiac’s niche-brand status, until you hear differently.”

Translation “Yes, but we’ll be announcing it on Monday.”

I’m sure the internet and local car meets alike will be afire with muscle car aficionados wailing about the loss of GM’s last real hope, but really, when Gm closes Pontiac on Monday, what will be lost?

The Solstice and G8 are the only cars Pontiac has right now that are worth saving, and both will probably be on sale as Chevrolets before Pontiac’s body is even cold. Really, what makes more sense? Trying to re-brand the company that made the Grand Am and Bonneville as a sporty nameplate, or selling the G8 and Solstice alongside Chevy’s cars that already have a reputation for performance, like the Corvette, Camaro, and Cobalt SS?

[ray_sir_6]

Pontiac was the only GM brand that had anything I wanted, or shared platforms with it.

Pontiac Solstice Redline Coupe
G8
GTO

Those were the only 3 GM products I considered buying.

[Memphis]

hope this is bullshit

[EVILZ33]

if its for the good of the pack i say gm should go for it. only car i liked was the g8 and soon itl probably come as a impala or some shit.

[97talon]

Yeah, the g8 is pretty nice. I can see them getting rid of some of the models but cars like the g8 and solstice will sell.