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    Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?

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    Image of Jeremy Randall Jeremy Randall
    01/24/09

    In reply to 2010 Pontiac G8 Sport Truck: The El Camino Is Back!
    Guys, this car is NOT AMERICAN!


    It's an AUSTRALIAN MADE AND DESIGNED Holden Commodore SS Ute. We've had them here for years and years. So here we have Pontiac coming to Australia to revive their dying car lineup.


    Interesting, isn't it?

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    01/27/09

    @Jeremy Randall: you don't keep up with car news much do you?


    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of ricky_b ricky_b
    12/16/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    PRAISE JESUS!!!


    Last thing they needed was to import an ugly resurrected retro like this. I guess they finally reviewed their notes from the older cousin, Mr Chevy SSR.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/16/08

    @ricky_b: The SSR was a failed attempt at a "Halo" vehicle, expensive and mechanically complex for the sake of mechanical complexity. The G8 ST has the potential to move some serious units, and doesn't have needlessly complex systems like the SSR's hardtop. Chevy should also have learned from the failure of the Lincoln Blackwood that a hard tonneau that is not readily removable will render the cargo box useless.
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    Image of rgspb rgspb
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    Our sales are in the shitter, lets make a whole new model that nobody would really want! And lets make some really bad design decisions with it like we did with the Solstice/Sky/GT's convertible top that will keep even more people from buying it!

    This is why the big 3 are in trouble!
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/16/08

    @rgspb: not from 'round these tubular parts... are ya.....?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    Who is this "Auto Insider" with all his bummer news?

    And disparaging comments?

    Is this a blog Stig, who lurks behind an alias?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/15/08

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: He does bring a lot of bummer news, doesn't he? He's rapidly overtaking Didorosi as #1 on my shit-list.
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    Image of TriShield TriShield
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    The G8 sedan is a flop itself, with the money already invested in the US body parts and crash cert for these Holden fullsize why not just sell the wagon and Ute here too?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    12/15/08

    @TriShield: From my conversations to dealers, (and admittedly this is in oil-rich Alberta) the G8 itself is not a flop. The G8 V6 is a flop. Dealers around here are backordered, and fighting tooth-and-nail for G8 GTs. A dealership near me took delivery of a G8 GT last Wednesday, and called me because they knew I was interested. By the time I got there that afternoon, it was sold. But they have 3 V6 models on the lot, and my local dealer has 2 V6's that they've had since July. In that same timespan, they've brought in 4 GTs and sold them within a few days.
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    That's okay, I've always wanted it to be a Sportwagon!


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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    12/15/08

    @I SAWED MOMMY F*CKING POLAЯ CLAUS: Preach it, brotha!


    That's the car Pontiac should be selling.

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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/16/08

    @I SAWED MOMMY F*CKING POLAЯ CLAUS: and i'm spent. OH, and AMEN!!!!!!!!!


    good to see you again polar..

    we miss you 'round these parts.

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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/16/08

    @chrystlubitshi: sadly... (if i were able to afford it) i'd buy one in the US and instantly redo all the body work to holden badges/spec (same with the G8.... if i could just afford it... damn it...)
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    I'm just really hoping that GM goes into the furnace, and a newly independent Pontiac and Caddy come out the other side.
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    They can totally sell 5000 of those a year in the US.


    Don't give up now.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    Tell me. Why wasn't this offered as a range of models, from six-cylinder/stick-shift/steelies to the full-on raging ST? Why wasn't it branded as a Chevrolet or GMC? Why wouldn't handymen and light contractors, confident with the size of their penis, choose a more fuel-efficient, easier-to-load truck?


    Oh. Right.

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    Image of LucettaMusca LucettaMusca
    12/15/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: "Why wouldn't handymen and light contractors, confident with the size of their penis, choose a more fuel-efficient, easier-to-load truck?"

    Because there are less than 5,000 of these in the US. Why the hell do you think that NOBODY buys Ford Rangers?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/15/08

    @LucettaMusca: Nobody buys Rangers because Ford (or Ford's dealer net) refuses to sell regular-cab two-wheel drive strippers with the hose-out interior to anyone but fleets.
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    Image of RetardedSparks RetardedSparks
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    This is SOOOO much GM's problem on 2 levels:

    1) They can't conceive of the product if it's not in a brand pigeon hole. WHY does it HAVE to be a Pontiac? Get over the brand bucket thing, puhleeeez. If you like the vehicle, make it a Chevy. Why is that so freakin' hard?

    2) The vehicle makes no sense. GM cannot rebuild it's company on wierd little niche vehicles. The ad budget alone for this thing would be more than they could ever hope to make in profit, not to mention the grief of all those 1-off parts having to get in the supply chain. Now, killing the good-looking, good handling, G8 sedan is stupid. too, because that is exactly the vehicle it is WORTH all the grief and expense to bring over..

    Geez... do I have to fly out there and run the place myself?
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/16/08

    @RetardedSparks: dude... why even make it a chevy? just bring the holden name over hear... spend 20 seconds at the start of all commercials showing the shared chassis vehicles over the last 40 years... and explain... "GM 'Down Under'" to the average US populace... and take a shot... if that doesn't work... well then... put chevy or pontiac badges (or make some of us happy and just make 'em Olds) see how it goes then...


    people will realize that there are more than just a few companies out there... or... wait... no there really are just a few car companies out there... and the "american" based ones sell better cars every where but here... and the majority of people might want something else... still in the range of stuff offered by the 'bigger than realized' 3... but not available here... and maybe someone up there on cloud 7 will hear their little prayers...


    ((((((*gets on knees and asks for a 2009 focus RS*)))))

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    GM, you fuckin' idiots.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    For only 5000 units a year, why would Pontiac even bother? It's not like this would be a halo car...
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    Image of silverjunkee silverjunkee
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    Maybe they realized they shouldn't be betting their future on nostalgic 'mericans pushing 40 who remember the original (like me who borrowed the neighbor's El Camino to haul my drum kit around).


    Everyone, repeat after me: the 1960s and 1970s was a long fucking time ago and has been over for a long time.


    Move along.

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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    12/16/08

    @silverjunkee: hey man... that sounds like a good reason for an update to me... those older ones are gettin' pretty scarce and kind of icky looking if they're to be had for cheap.......


    WINNER of a concept/idea... why not give it another go..

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    Image of HSimpson HSimpson
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    If the congress saw that photo there would have been no multi billion dollar bailout
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    12/15/08

    @HSimpson: Listening to some of the discussion, I worry that they fail to recognize that people actually buy interesting cars.


    Congress keeps harping on next-gen/green/alt-fuel/hybrid cars as the sustainable future for Detroit.


    I have to wonder where the demand is going to come from, when a simple 4-cyl econobox still beats all the above on cost-of-ownership (purchase price + maint + fuel - resale).


    I hope the net result of a bailout is the canceling of any and all domestic models I might actually want to buy. (Trucks, G8, Camaro)

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/15/08

    In reply to Report: 2010 Pontiac G8 ST Delayed, Possibly Cancelled?
    Man. This is sadness. Truly.
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