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Originally Posted by All-Or-Nothing
Pontiac was a cash cow. Sales were horrible. Even the G8 wasn't a good seller. Bringing Pontiac would only cause GM to lose money again. Pontiac is dead for a good reason.
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GM had horrible marketing of the G8. And it didn't help that it debuted as a new model of RWD Thirsty V8 right when gas hit $4.50/ gallon. When gas started falling the economy took a huge hit, then shortly after that pontiac was announced dead. And oddly enough that is when everyone started buying up the G8s. They out sold Buick, and Saturn, and Hummer, and I think Cadillac the months after learning pontiac was going away. (rebates helped with that admittedly)
Any objective car review I have seen states that the G8 is the best Pontiac ever built, as far as fit/ finish, quality, and argueably design.
:( I am sad to see it only have a 2 year run. well 2.5 model years to be exact. 2008, 2009, and 2009.5
Just when pontiac was getting cool with the Solstice GXP, and the G8 GT/ GXP and even the G8 base (V6). They finally got away from cheesy body cladding and bam, GM is effected by the credit drying up. They had to make cuts, and Pontiac made the most sense.
I too would like to see pontiac back.
I've owned 3 pontiacs
And the G8 is several classes ahead of the previous two
2002 Pontiac Sunfire GT
2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
now: 2009 Pontiac G8 GT
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