<![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Still, I don't like this "most likely" crap. C'mon, kill this lame brained idea! Put a stake thought its heart! Or a steak though its gullet. Whatever it takes. Let's just get this dark period in Jalopnik's history behind us.

beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Thank goodness. Reason hath prevailed. Justice is served. Please pass the gravy.

beercheck

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I hate the news, but this article must be shown to my English teacher, post haste!

Leofan7

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> For everyone commenting on Chevy/Pontiac badge engineering. ....
It took a long time for the Honda/Acura
deal to work here. In every other country the Acura is a Honda. Like Honda NSX etc.
The difference is Chevrolet definitely has more worldwide awareness because of racing etc. Pontiac has none outside of North America.




avusone

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I'm thinking about opening an aftermarket shop, making custom nosejobs to turn NuCamaros into Firebirds/Trans-Ams and G8 STs into El Caminos.

EuropaBambaataa

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> fuck you bob

skulldriveshaft

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> .. so my "Typhoon" suggestion still has a chance? sweet.

suzq044

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I don't really understand. Is the car/truck dead, or just the name?
If its the name, I would remind Maximum Boob what a brilliant idea Ford came up with last year.
Instead of naming their misdsize sedan 'Taurus' and reaping the benefits of name recognition, they called it the '500.'
How did that work out for FoMoCo?
Get a clue, Bob.





biminitwst

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> never fear boys... if you want an el-camino badge... one can be fashioned

I'd be happy to carve and cast one, screw GM...

remember, you are the last word when it comes to what bedecks your ride

saeble

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> It's probably a good thing. There's too much retro styling and naming in the US car industry at the mo.
Maybe we should look to the future more. We all like that fuzzy feeling we get when the car companies give us a taste of yesteryear. Nostalgia is an important part of our history but do we want car companies controlling that?

Although that Challenger WOW! Timeless.
Shit I don't know, I think I need to take a pill and lie down.

LandofMinos and the Adventures of Governor Frontbottom

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> As a former english lit. major (who was more into being lit than being an English major) I must recommend this as operhaps the best adaption of Shakespeare into the modern vernacular! Matt, you should adapt Julius Caesar in its entirety and go for the Sundance Film Festival. If it worked for that goofy "Whining About Electric Malaise" documentary, This should be box office stuff!

PetroSapien

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> This friggin sucks.

Uncle Bo, ironically aestheticized

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Aw, what the hell? Boo.

Whatever, now the cool kids can all just put their own "El Camino" badges on the back of their G8 blankity blank.

Naters4

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> They could REALLY screw with their fanbase and call it a Ranchero, Rampage, or BRAT.

Heh, worse yet, how about G8 SSR?

Skunky

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Good thing I have El Camino badges in storage.

I am PREPARED.

This is the Post Of The Year
@Pope Dearthair the Awesometh:
This had better be Comment Of The Day.

As I, the COTD winner from an El Camino post commands you, oh Jalopnik.

Make this our COTD.

TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D.

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Everyone would call it the El Camino I would call it home seriously I would live in it or is the bed on it? Just give me a sleeping bag.

FrankGrimes

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> why do american automakers continue to destroy anything that may interest future car buyers?

Mazda Plainview

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> What the hell, you could call it Aunt Molly and I'd still think it was a great idea. Leave Lutz out of it, he's pedaling as fast as he can. And the Finance guys are hot on his tail...

DoctorNine

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Spectacular, Matt. This is why I read Jalopnik first every day.

ZZMarcus

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> As long as I win one, that's ok.

And if you've got a screwdriver and a connection to Murilee's Car Badge Emporium, you can still have your Camino Real.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Post. Of. The. Decade.

ddsurace

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Riiight. What is it with the world these days?

1. Max Mosely - thinks that he still is the president of the FIA - but he isn't (can't represent the FIA 'cause everyone thinks that he is a skeevy perv).
2. Kwame Kilpatrick - thinks that he still is the mayor of Detroit - but he isn't (the city council openly mocks him and gives him the "la la la, I can't hear you" treatment).
3. GM nixes the "El Camino" name from upcoming sport truck - but it is (and always will be called "El Camino" by those in the know).

Weird.



Placebo

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Matt Hardigree: I'd love to say it were mutual, but my heart is for Murilee, saucy wench of mystery, intrigue and leather bustiers, alone.

BeerDearthair

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Matt Hardigree: Group hug!

Tomsk

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Pope Dearthair the Awesometh: I love our readers.

Matt Hardigree

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Pope Dearthair the Awesometh: Congratulations, good Sir, you win one (1) intarnets-based COTD.

FЯeeMan

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Yeah!!!
A stupid notion not just a stupid name...
If you want a freakin pickup, buy a pickup.
If you want a freakin car, buy a car.




CEman

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @theeastbaykid: "Ute Maloo, El Caballero." That's like a whole sentence in some other language.

@Lounatic: And look at where that got them...

FЯeeMan

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I may be the only Jalop to say so, but I can't really say I'm heartbroken that the name El Camino is being dropped.

Wait... I'm doing it wrong. Let me try that again. Ahem:

G8 was born free as El Camino; so were you. They both have fed as well, and they can both endure the Jalop's hoonage as well as the other.

For once, upon a raw and gusty day, the troubled 16th Highway chafing with her tours, El Camino said to me, "Dearest thou Dearthair, now leap on with me onto this angry road and hoon to yonder point?" Upon the word, accoutred as I was, I plunged on, and bade him follow; so indeed he did.

The engine roar'd, and we did buffet it with lusty Kumhos, hooning it along and taming said road with hearts of juvenility!

But ere we could arrive the point proposed, El Camino cried, "Help me, Dearthair, or I fishtail all over hell's half acre!

I, as Stig, our great ancestor, did from the Top Gear track upon his abilities the old GTI W12 Concept bear, so from the turns of the 16th Highway did I the tired El Camino. And this vehicle is now become a Jalopnik god; and Dearthair is a wretched creature, and must bend his body if El Camino carelessly but nod on him.

He had a malaise when he was in the eighties; and when the fit was on him I did mark how he did rattle. 'Tis true, this "god" did shake! His coward lines did from their tastefulness and style fly and that same nameplate whose legend doth awe the world did lose his luster. I did hear him groan:

Ay, and that engine of his that bade the journalists mark him, and write his praises in their magazines, alas, it cried, "Give me some power, Mr. Goodwrench," as a sick Rover.-Ye gods, it doth amaze me, a vehicle of such a feeble calibre should so get the start of the majestic world, and bear the Jalopnik adoration alone.

In other words... The legend of the El Camino is better than the actual vehicle ever was. Let's leave the legend alone, let the El Camino live on in our memories, and move on to a new car.













BeerDearthair

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Is anyone suprised? "El Camino" is a name, names are old-fashioned. Honestly, I never once thought GM would choose a cool sounding, instantly recognizable, and memorable name over some random, forgettable jumble of letters and numbers.

Looks like the first-ever Pontiac G8STGTPLX is set for launch.

ranwhenparked

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Just get a front end from a Middle East market Lumina.

Unevolved 8.04

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> How about El Chamillion?

You know ... LOOKS like an El Camino ...

Get it? Get it??

(Why do I feel like a third grader trying to tell an off-color joke?)

DonSchenck

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Murdoc: Someone will probably start re-popping them as soon as the new El Camino rolls onto showroom floors.

TheTooth

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> It can't be that hard to find el camino emblems, if I had one that would be my first modification.

Murdoc

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Doesn't matter... everyone (or maybe just me) will call it an El Camino anyway. Doesn't matter what those fools decide to name it.

They're probably still feeling the sting from the GTO debacle. If they had called that the G7, people would have lined up to buy it. That would be their theory, anyway, I'm sure.

That said, they do need to make a real El Camino with a bow-tie and a selection of engines from great to small.

TheTooth

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @crazygutgut: yer right.. it aint a caballero either.

But there was a pontiac el-camino..

in 1966 and it was a factory concept..

[www.chevelles.com]

WheatKing

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Wanh Wanh.. it wasnt an el camino anyways, besides a pontiac is not an el camino...

crazygutgut

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @lascauxcaveman: We could call both of them the G8 Sport Truckaminos.

Bee1

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> How about the pontiac G8 SUCXV (that'd be sport utility car crossover vehicle)

WheatKing

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> They have taken the El Camino name from us. We have been pricked, and we do indeed bleed......

OldeEnglishD misses Polar

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @graverobber- Same great taste, new low price!: Absolutley. "G8 Sport Truck" (or whatever) for the scoopy, slightly silly looking Pontiac ute, and el Camino for the plainer, cleaner, nicer looking Chevy version to follow.

The universe is back in balance.

lascauxcaveman

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Autogrog-
Cars.com has all but confirmed that the "El Camino" moniker has been nixed... ...regarding use of the Chevy-associated nameplate on a Pontiac vehicle. Frankly, we agree with this decision.

You guys should beat them up... Jalopnik is so much better. And El Camino is still the best name choice for this thing by far.

ttvick

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> The Pontiac brand is toast anyway (so sayeth Sweet Pete @Autoextremist.com).

There is a good chance Chevy will eventually sell this thing.

goatrope

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @TriShield: WE don't, it's them in the towers/dungeons of Michigan...

I'd love to drive a full blown HSV Commodore, just let me and I will, honest!

om nom de plume

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I guess I shouldnt have voted for mulletmobile, sorry guys.
Never thought one vote would make that much difference.
I'm so ashamed



htrodblder

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> calling it a truck, albeit with sport as a pretense or not, makes less since then El Camino.

om nom de plume

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> "But Bob Lutz, he was ambitious."

And I hold ambition of so light and airy a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow.

Solo_Racer

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @Mad_Science: That someone is JHP www.jhp.com.au who sells any Holden part you desire, including the Chevrolet badges Holden enthusiasts put on their cars Down Under.

Personally, both the Commodore sedan and the Ute here should have went to Chevrolet in the first place with no styling changes which is the way they are sold in the rest of the world.

Why do Americans insist on ruining or changing an already good thing?

TriShield

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @DonSchenck: Well Chrysler did it with the Aspen name from Dodge.

Lounatic

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Ute. Maloo. El Caballero. The only three acceptable remaining possibilities in my book.

theeastbaykid

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I still think it is dumb to bring this over as a Pontiac. With the Malibu doing very well and poaching current Impala customers, bringing the Holden in as a Chevy is a good chance to take the Impala a)a little upscale b) RWD .

Mokers

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Someone's going to make a killing with replacement badges.

Mad_Science

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Ooh...! Ooh...! Now let's do Macbeth... oops, bad luck to say that out loud... I mean that Scottish play...

"Out out, damned Lutz...!"

charles_barrett

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> The only other name I approve of is "Ute"

SRekauqh

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> It seems as if the Pontiac nameplate also will not survive. So the G8 ST may never appear and will end up being sold in the same intended showrooms (but now just containing Buicks and GMCs) as a GMC Caballero. Give it a year or two there as the Caballero and then it will be badge engineered to fit Chevy showrooms as the El Camino.

1972ranchero500

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> You can't call a Pontiac an El Camino! After all, it isn't "Catherine Zeta-Smith". Sheesh.

DonSchenck

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> "...because of internal discord about a Chevy nameplate being applied to a Pontiac vehicle."

I'll grant that El Camino might not be the best name with which to market this vehicle, but what if the best name with which to market it was a Chevy name? Would internal slap-fighting prevent Pontiac from using it?

Bumblebee

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit...
Arse.

al_beaton

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Of course this leaves the door open to a proper El Camino with a bow tie on the tail gate. I would imagine that Chevy dealers are screaming for some sweet Aussie lovin'.

graverobber- Two BEER minimum

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> uh, edition, yeah right

eastaboga

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> Just for that I'm not going to buy one!

PLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLPLP!!!!!1!!!!


POLAЯ is taking his work underground. He can't let it fall into the wrong hands again!

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> The 2009 Pontiac G8 El Camino Jalopnik addition, I get 10 points on the backend for the crossmarketing idea, hell at least Lutz knows who you are now

eastaboga

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> I assume that a Vetteamino will henceforth be known as the VetteG8? Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

mr.chophoppers

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> no sense of humor and/or no cojones.

Goety

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> "most likely out" means it ain't dead yet. Just at Death's door.

It further means that "El Camino" has made it to the final 10.

I'm all for them naming it something other than "El Camino" if and only if they plan to badge one as a Chevy sometime in the future.

Why they decided to bring a ute into the states as a Pontiac in the first place seems to defy logic. Other than it being a "performance" car.

Fine, don't name it El Camino, but do give us an El Camino.

smalleyxb122

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> @no_slushbox: Different Shakespeare play.

Yah, so they can't stomach calling a Pontiac a Chevy name, like they've never done that before. And they can't brand engineer a vehicle either.

pryndyl

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> SO the superdelegates get to decide, did anybody show them the vettamino??

eastaboga

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> What's in a name? That which we call an El Camino by any other name would smell as sweet.

no_slushbox

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> So GM is approaching this as all votes in the country are approached: Pretend popular vote matters but just got where the money and power points...

USA #1!!

om nom de plume

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> BOOOOOOOOOO.

Paul Y. -- Now With More Sodium!

]]> <![CDATA[El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead]]> WTF?

pryndyl

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