If you happened to be under a rock all weekend, you may have missed our official unveil of the Pontiac G8 sport truck (soon to be the Pontiac G8 El Camino - remember to get over and Vote El Camino!) for all the world to see. If you're a site regular, you know this is kind of a big deal. Given that, we decided one measly midnight post on a Saturday wouldn't cut it for a site like Jalopnik, so we're going nuts and declaring it Maximum El Camino Day today. We had so much fun with Maximum Wagon Day that this seemed like the only logical way to celebrate the greatest thing to ever happen to our world of car-truck-crazy enthusiasts. Stay tuned for the rest of the day for all manner of -camino, -chero, -ampage, or other suffix-style truck-car delights. Just follow along at the Maximum El Camino Day tag for all the fun before we see the official in-person reveal of the new 'merican-Mex hybrid later this week at the New York Auto Show.
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Maximum El Camino Day: We Celebrate The Pontiac G8 Sport Truck, Return Of The "El Camino"
7:30 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Choose Life
Choose Freedom
Choose American
Choose El Camino!
This time, Osama's going down!
I don't check my RSS reader most weekends, today is a good day indeed. I'm going ot test drive one the second it comes out and as long as it's reasonably prices and handles well I'm buying it.
El Sportwagono después, por favor!
Out of the Land of Oz, it's the "Second Coming!"
Just to let you 'Mericans know, us up in the great white north aren't able to vote for the name. So, there are a few names you are not allowed to call this vehicle out of respect for us.
1) Canyonero
2) Patriot (yes, I know Jeep owns this name, but derivatives of this are strictly prohibited)
3) Freedom (though, I am sure Ford owns this as part of their 'F you!' naming strategy).
4) Any names that can be connected in anyway to the military
5) Any and all words or combinations that appear in the Star Spangled Banner
Actually, I am going to make this easier. Just vote El Camino. We will be happy here and thank you for it by not sending you so much snow next year.
En El Camino un hombre esta vendiendo gato frito. Yo tango mucha hambre y comprare.
Actually, I HAVE been under a rock all weekend, and seeing things like that mess make me want to go back.
Maximum El Camino Day is a day which will live in infamy......... V8 roarin', tire smokin', who-gives-a-shit-about-gas-prices infamy.
Baby Jesus graces us with his presence! Not only can we drink copious amounts of Green Beer today, but now we can dream of mullets and hours of CCR on mp3.
This is the smartest thing GM done since I don't know when
@JantheMan: Let's just hope they don't blow it by bastardizing their heritag...again... and calling a Pontiac "El Camino".
@PhoneticLorin: I've got enough room under my rock if you want someone to hide with...
umm.. Caballero Sprint Diablo
Ya have to be a true connoisseur of the brand.. and professional grade hoon. It should come standard issue with truck nuts too.
Being an Irish resident, can I first of all condemn the consumption of green beer as idiotic.
Also, being an Irish resident, I faked my address to call this bad-boy an El Camino, even though I'm never even likely to see one. You're now talking to Philip Dunlop of 43047 Bork Close, Falaffalaf, California. Pleased to meet you.
I'll be screwed if I actually do win the new El Camino, mind you.
In 2008 Vote UTE for a Change!
There is no way in hell GM will call this the El Camino. Stop wasting your votes.
Gentlemen, Start your mullets!
G8 --> G Ocho --> Gaucho --> South American Cowboy.
Pontiac Gaucho.
I'm just hoping for a couple of vids of some circle work.
@beercheck: Dude, that was awesome.
Should this fail to sell and further jeopardize GM's future, we can all start referring 'El Camino G8'.
"to"
Needs 2 rear facing seats in the bed.
Take that, NHTSA!
I'm still baffled as to why this needs to be a Pontiac.
Whatever.
All Hail the New Truckcar Overlords!
Since it's a bastardization, neither American, nor a Chevy, why not just call it the Dingo.
@beercheck: Actually, that is pretty clever. Too bad to 'Murican ears, the word 'gaucho' sounds like a steer choking on a rubber ball.
@Mojonaut: Hi I'm Yousef Yoogali from 45 Not Parramatta Road, Not Sydney, Utah. I voted too
@LandofMinos: Hey, that's just thirty-seven-and-a-half-thousand blocks from where I live!
@Mojonaut: You should come over for a beer. Might as well walk.
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