5th gen firebird? FutuTe GTO?

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 05:39 PM

As much as I like camaros, I have always had more of a soft spot for pontiacs. The first car I have memories of riding in as a kid was an 89 trans am. Does anyone know exactly how dead the possibility of a pontiac based on the zeta architecture is?

*Milk 1027* · 03-29-2009, 05:42 PM

As far as we know there is less of a possibility to see a firebird than there is to see a Z28.
There's a couple of threads about this around here.
Use the search feature on the top menu to look for it.

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 05:44 PM

:( I wanna transam with ls7 or lsa etc.... or even ls3. I ditch my camaro for 1 any day. Sorry to upset ppl but imo transam has always looked better than any camaro has.

Vash · 03-29-2009, 05:45 PM

While it's a sad reality. GM needs to close Pontiac down and consolidate brands IMO*.

The days of selling a car with 5 different names is over. It's simply too expensive in terms of marketing and the Japanse and Koreans don't do that as much as GM and Ford tend to.

There really is no need to have anything other than Chevrolet and Cadillac IMO*. The rest should be merged.. even GMC needs to go into The Chevrolet Motor Company.

You have to be a LEAN MEAN fighting machine! Like Dewey OxBurger! (Movie stripes).

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 05:48 PM

I agree, they shouldn't have 5 brands selling the same same car but.... Pontiac offers some good cars no other American gm brand does. G8, Solstice... why close them? Why not just have them sell unique cars?

nepopolus · 03-29-2009, 05:50 PM

because you can just as easily have chevy make the g8 and solstice.

Camaroyoung · 03-29-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boat

:( I wanna transam with ls7 or lsa etc.... or even ls3. I ditch my camaro for 1 any day. Sorry to upset ppl but imo transam has always looked better than any camaro has.

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Your entitled to your opinion. IMO the transam doesn't come close in looks to any camaro!

Blizzard · 03-29-2009, 05:55 PM

I would love to see a Firebird version but odds are it wont happen. I wish tho when they close Saturn they change the Solstice to look like the Sky.

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 05:55 PM

But chevys never have as good exterior or interior design as Pontiacs imo. WHy not just turn pontiac into a LEGIT excitement and performance division and dum everything else? DUMP GMC, Dump Buick etc.. Then give pontiac the firebird and let them make it better than camaro...

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaroyoung

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Your entitled to your opinion. IMO the transam doesn't come close in looks to any camaro!

Really? Camaro styling is always boring and bland imo. I love how the trans ams had popup lights. That would be awsome in the current zeta platform.

mfr1950 · 03-29-2009, 06:04 PM

Having owned 5 Firebirds,YES I would like another.... With the cash flow at GM these days I don't think there is any possibility... I'm sure i'll be extremely happy with my Camaro!!!

Cyberfan · 03-29-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Boat

But chevys never have as good exterior or interior design as Pontiacs imo. WHy not just turn pontiac into a LEGIT excitement and performance division and dum everything else? DUMP GMC, Dump Buick etc.. Then give pontiac the firebird and let them make it better than camaro...

Buick is the car that usually rates at the top of GM cars in reliability- reiliability has been the bugaboo for American cars vs. Japanese competitors.

I would also like to see the Firebird, as my DD is an 02 Trans Am Firehawk and my last one was a 95 Firehawk. I might prefer it to the Camaro (but who knows what it would look like, so it's silly to talk about that).

But it doesn't make sense to have 2 pony cars at a time when the General is just trying to survive and compete with the Japanese car makers. That will be the emphasis of the new CEO who replaces Rick Waggoner. So I am not waiting for a Firebird.

The Boat · 03-29-2009, 06:24 PM

:( Im gonna replace the Chevy logos on mine with the pontiac emblem!!!

Camaro Lives On · 03-29-2009, 08:20 PM

Sorry, but it's been confirmed many times that the Firebird is gone, and the Trans Am name is doubly gone (lost the license to the that name). I would also love to see a new Firebird, but it just simply isnt gonna happen (unless you a custom car bulider that wants to take a 5th gen and make it your own personal, one-off Trans Am).

03-29-2009, 05:39 PM	#1
The Boat His seafaringness Drives: yugo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: the somewhere in the pacific ocean Posts: 128	5th gen firebird? FutuTe GTO? As much as I like camaros, I have always had more of a soft spot for pontiacs. The first car I have memories of riding in as a kid was an 89 trans am. Does anyone know exactly how dead the possibility of a pontiac based on the zeta architecture is?

03-29-2009, 05:42 PM	#2
Milk 1027 Camaro➎ moderator Drives: '13 BLK 1LE Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AZ Posts: 13,567 View My Garage	As far as we know there is less of a possibility to see a firebird than there is to see a Z28. There's a couple of threads about this around here. Use the search feature on the top menu to look for it. __________________

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Blizzard Searching for the truth Drives: 85 K-10, 13 1LE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Macon, GA Posts: 636 View My Garage	I would love to see a Firebird version but odds are it wont happen. I wish tho when they close Saturn they change the Solstice to look like the Sky. __________________ 2013 1LE 1SS RS TPW 4/29

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The Boat His seafaringness Drives: yugo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: the somewhere in the pacific ocean Posts: 128	:( I wanna transam with ls7 or lsa etc.... or even ls3. I ditch my camaro for 1 any day. Sorry to upset ppl but imo transam has always looked better than any camaro has.

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Vash Drives: 00 Blazer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 5,100	While it's a sad reality. GM needs to close Pontiac down and consolidate brands IMO. The days of selling a car with 5 different names is over. It's simply too expensive in terms of marketing and the Japanse and Koreans don't do that as much as GM and Ford tend to. There really is no need to have anything other than Chevrolet and Cadillac IMO. The rest should be merged.. even GMC needs to go into The Chevrolet Motor Company. You have to be a LEAN MEAN fighting machine! Like Dewey OxBurger! (Movie stripes).

03-29-2009, 05:48 PM	#5
The Boat His seafaringness Drives: yugo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: the somewhere in the pacific ocean Posts: 128	I agree, they shouldn't have 5 brands selling the same same car but.... Pontiac offers some good cars no other American gm brand does. G8, Solstice... why close them? Why not just have them sell unique cars?

03-29-2009, 05:50 PM	#6
nepopolus Drives: 08 z71 silverado camaro comin Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: west chicago Posts: 12	because you can just as easily have chevy make the g8 and solstice.

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mfr1950 Drives: 2011 challengerR/T , 2010 Ram R/T Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lafayette Indiana Posts: 1,186	Having owned 5 Firebirds,YES I would like another.... With the cash flow at GM these days I don't think there is any possibility... I'm sure i'll be extremely happy with my Camaro!!!

03-29-2009, 06:24 PM	#13
The Boat His seafaringness Drives: yugo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: the somewhere in the pacific ocean Posts: 128	:( Im gonna replace the Chevy logos on mine with the pontiac emblem!!!

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Camaro Lives On Force RECON Drives: 2005 Saab 9-5 2.3T Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 1,687 View My Garage	Sorry, but it's been confirmed many times that the Firebird is gone, and the Trans Am name is doubly gone (lost the license to the that name). I would also love to see a new Firebird, but it just simply isnt gonna happen (unless you a custom car bulider that wants to take a 5th gen and make it your own personal, one-off Trans Am).