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Originally Posted by DGthe3
you feelin' alright? I can understand thinking that way about BMWs. But Pontiacs . . . well they are many things but classy isn't one of them. Thats one of the reasons I bought a grand am over an alero, I didn't want my car to be considered 'classy' or 'refined' in any way. Not saying Olds was classy, but it was more upscale than Pontiac.
Anyhoo, I seem to have sidetracked things. Lincoln MKT
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As far as performance cars go, I see Pontiac as classy in style without being ostentatious. Hummers, for instance, are ostentatious with all of the chrome and the ridiculous size of those things. They are flashy. Pontiacs have a subtle flashiness to them in that you can identify a Pontiac from any other brand. Their collective identity is obvious. Every Pontiac I've had the pleasure of riding has had an attractive interior with features that are usually slightly ahead of the times. For instance, I remember my grandma's Grand Am featuring a little screen with a picture of the car from above that served to diagnose any problems with the car. Such a diagnostic system was not standard in my Saturn. Those sorts of simple improvements impressed me. At the same time as the little things, like the front end design, the grille, and the features drew my attention, the big picture is that Pontiac was not designed to promote parts that don't function. Another way of explaining this perspective—let's look at ricers. They add cosmetic features to draw attention to otherwise undeserving cars. Pontiac cars do not tend to feature huge wings, enormous rims, or other cosmetics that draw attention to the car. They are focused on performance alone with a distinctive style. That is classy, as I am defining it. Pontiac has class in that it focuses on its objective of being a performance brand with the cars it produces. Obviously, there are plenty of exceptions—G3 comes to mind—that contradict the trend, but I still see Pontiac as a performance-oriented brand rather than a cosmetic-oriented brand.
Obviously, this is all just my opinion.