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mikedrawcar
06/19/09

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The best way for GM to get rid of Pontiac is for those last G8's to be raced through production with stunt drivers anxiously waiting by to take the wheel as everyone runs out of the building, drivers flooring it out of there on ramps to jump over a moat full of crocodiles, sharks, and swimming lions as the building explodes behind them, only to land on flat pavement on the other side, destroying the suspension and somehow creating a leak in the trunk and blowing the power window motors, thereby signifying the testosterone-laden, sports-driven conception and production of the Pontiac brand, only to fall flat on the harsh reality of reliability and brand management gone haywire.

But man, it would be great to look at.
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
06/19/09

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It could be worse: last Pontiac could have been a G3.
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Maymar
06/19/09

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I suppose having a G6 as the last Pontiac is no worse than the Alero being the last Oldsmobile.

But if it's not too much to ask, is there any way to do something a little special with the last G6? Bring back the manual transmission (it was an incredebly rare option for a couple years)? Toss in the turbo Ecotec from the Cobalt SS? Just don't build a typical fleet queen?
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It's a Camaro
06/19/09

@My A Arm: What would have the highest potential for profit? Fleet queen or turbo stickshift?
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Maymar
06/19/09

@kumbayacars: Oh, no doubt there - it's just wishful thinking for Pontiac to end with a bang instead of a whimper. Given how Pontiac "invented" the muscle car, and through some illicit parts bin rummaging, it'd seem sort of appropriate.
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BraappBraapp is losing faith in the commentariat
06/19/09

@My A Arm: Oh I don't know if that's accurate. I think just because they put a big engine in the LeMans doesn't qualify the GTO as the first muscle car.

Look at the 1950 300 series Chryslers
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Maymar
06/19/09

@BraappBraapp makes his pipes glow red for the ladies: Which is why I used quotation marks.
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.357
06/19/09

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Having the last Pontiac as a Toyota is like having Tom Cruise as the last samurai. It's a disgrace.
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Flathead Smith
06/19/09

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Alls they have to do is slap a Chevy bowtie on it, it's not like they don't have experience at doing that kind of thing.
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hoodoo1966
06/19/09

@Flathead Smith:

here you go, the G8 is a Chevy Lumina in South Africa

[www.chevrolet.co.za]
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tonyola
06/19/09

@hoodoo1966: It gets even more interesting - the G8/Holden sold in Korea as a Daewoo Veritas:

Who said badge engineering was dead?
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@tonyola: So Daewoo gets a Holden, Holden and Chevrolet get Daewoos, but Chevrolet doesn't get a Holden?

Oh, I'm sorry, the Camaro. The fucking Camaro. Just rebadge the damn G8.
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SwainPacilus
06/19/09

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Bring the G8 to Buick call it the Grand Sport
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Maymar
06/19/09

@Alfisted: I've also seen the proposed Century for the V6, Regal for the V8, and GS for the GXP.
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Flathead Smith
06/19/09

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The Aztec should be the last Pontiac. That way folks will actually have something point at and say, "that atrocity is what did it, that's what killed Pontiac".
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@Flathead Smith: The G6 isn't much better, mind. At least it wasn't a becladded Grand*...
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/19/09

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What's the point in offering the G6 for fleet sales next year?
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Maymar
06/19/09

@FromaBuick6: I'm assuming either union agreements, or to finish off their supply of parts. Or, GM just hasn't completely weaned themselves off the fleet sales tit.
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.357
06/19/09

@FromaBuick6: So the last Pontiac isn't a Toyota?
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@FromaBuick6: Old habits die hard. See: W-body.
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Ash78, cube farmer
06/19/09

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Poor
Old
Naysayers
Think
It's
A
Carpocalypse
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pauljones
06/19/09

@Ash78: And sadly, they are correct.
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Scandinavian Flick
06/19/09

@Ash78:
People
Only
Now
Think
Inauspiciously
About
Cars
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Number_Six
06/19/09

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Couldn't they rebadge it as a Chevy Nova?

/Obscure NUMMI Nova reference
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Bauhaus
06/19/09

@#6: Oh, I totally got it. I had a college friend who had one of those - the 1st-gens, before the "Geo" badge showed up. We went to school in Baltimore, and during the 3 years she had it there, it was stolen at least twice. Completely stripped, both times.
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acarr260
06/19/09

@#6: I thought we all agreed not to ever mention that part of the Nova's life again.
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Number_Six
06/19/09

@Bauhaus: That is one seriously bad streak of luck.
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Hoser Dave
06/19/09

@#6: Even more obscure

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UDMan
06/19/09

@Hoser Dave: Dave, you almost got it. take the period out from between the < and the IMG.

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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@#6: There's two around here, both with horrible paint. The total shitbeater has "Genuine Chevrolet" lettering along the top of the windshield that nearly made me piss myself with laughter, while the other one looks like the owner masked off the windows, painted it flat black, then threw some small cans of yellow/orange/white paint on the driver's side (the only angle I've seen it from).

I saw a primo five-door Geo Prism in ubiquitous light blue a week or two ago, too. That was neat.
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@Flathead Smith: They're ending it with the G6; that's bad enough...

'Least it's not a becladded Grand*...
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@#6: No, that's Baltimore.

/mostly kidding
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@Tony Agee: I dunno, the Malibu's at least as good as the Camry.

Too bad they're likely to "upgrade" you to the Rolling Stale Marshmallow that is the W-body Impala.
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Number_Six
06/19/09

@Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: Did the US get Asuna? Tee hee.
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@Taco#6 putting on the ritz: You mean the one with the umlaut? Thankfully, no, that abortion (and Passport before it) were saved for Canada. As were the GMC/Pontiac Trackers, the Pontiac Firefly/Corpest, etc.
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UncleBenny
06/19/09

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Come on GM, kill off the G6 too and bring over one last shipment of G8's, it would be the best way to get rid of Pontiac.
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MushyHeirloom
06/19/09

@UncleBenny: Agreed. The G6 is mediocre, really, and hardly a Pontiac. The G8? Well, let's just hope they bring over the standard/GT models as Impalas in a year or two.
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Alfisted
06/19/09

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Don't remind me. I passed at black G8 GT on the way to work this morning. Damn, that's a nice looking car.
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Scandinavian Flick
06/19/09

@Alfisted: I was just drooling over a black one at the dealership last night. It was kinda hidden off to the side a bit, and looked so sinister, and almost elegantly beautiful. My automotive lust was quickly turned to a deep seated depression over what could have been...

I really want one in black... bad...
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Scandinavian Flick
06/19/09

@Alfisted:
Ooooh... lookie what I just found...
[sfbay.craigslist.org]
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