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THE HOLDEN COMMODORE SS may be alive and well in Australia, but its American twin, the Pontiac G8, is on its last legs now that the Pontiac badge has been retired and GM CEO Fritz Henderson has ruled out shifting the car to another brand.
As a nod to the early passing of a potential hero [...]
THE PONTIAC G8 GXP, described by Pontiac as “the ultimate expression of Pontiac style and performance”, will follow the red Pontiac arrowhead into retirement rather than live on under the umbrella of another GM brand, General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson confirmed this week.
The death notice came during one of Henderson’s weekly web chats, arranged to [...]
GM HAS ANNOUNCED that some 35,038 Pontiac G8s – the Aussie-built sibling to the Commodore and one of the last models to bear the recently retired Pontiac badge – will be recalled, due to concerns over two electronic functions.
According to the recall notice, the first of the two faults is an incorrectly programmed brake pedal [...]
Photo by Alden Jewell.
As part of its sustainability plan, General Motors has moved to put the Pontiac brand out to pasture by 2010 – but for how long?
According to US news outlet ABC12, a Pontiac dealer has rounded up investors to take the brand off GM’s hands.
Jim Waldron, a Pontiac, Buick and GMC dealer in [...]
While Pontiac is well and truly dead, the Commodore-based G8 sports sedan sold under the American brand may live to fight another day.
Fight crime, that is.
Melbourne-based organisation, the National Safety Agency (NSA), is currently conducting negotiations with a number of law enforcement agencies in the United States, where its specially-prepared G8 has been shortlisted as [...]
While General Motors’ decision to bin Pontiac will have an undoubtedly profound effect on its US operations and employees, the ripples of GM’s announcement are already being felt here in Australia.
As the sole manufacturer of the Pontiac G8 sports sedan (essentially an SS Commodore in LHD clothing), Holden will lose a potentially huge export market [...]
After rumours last week told of an impending death for GM’s Pontiac brand, GM’s terse response could have been interpreted as saying that Pontiac had been granted a stay of execution.
Turns out the pundits were right: General Motors has formally announced in its updated Viability Plan that the Pontiac division will be cast off as [...]
Looks like General Motors isn’t going to lightly take the speculation that its Pontiac division is ear-marked for oblivion. GM released a media statement over the weekend, which, although short and sweet, makes a strong point about the future plans for the company.
The whispers that GM would be pensioning off its ‘excitement division’ took very [...]
General Motors is expected to announce the death of its Pontiac division next Monday, which will be just one part of its “faster, deeper” reorganisation plan.
Shutting down factories and sacking staff alone won’t save the ailing automaker, and with Pontiac failing to pull its weight in the showroom, it’s the most likely target for the [...]
You’ve got to admire the dedication shown by Street Legal Performance (SLP) in bringing the Pontiac SLP Firehawk to life.
Firstly, the current economic climate is hardly the best place in which to release such a vehicle and secondly, SLP has used the Firehawk moniker on something other than a Firebird.
For a rather hefty USD $51,435 [...]
General Motors has officially announced their plans to keep operations afloat in North America. After much speculation about the future direction of the company and its brands GM’s North American president, Troy Clarke, has said in an interview with Automotive News that General Motors will be keeping its promise to congress to drastically cut costs.
Clarke [...]
We reported back in the middle of December on rumours that General Motors was looking to drop the Pontiac G8 ST and it would appear - bummer - that things are firming up that way. Nothing’s certain, but there are now reports circulating the web indicating that those rumours will likely become reality and the G8 ST will [...]
That’s right, a 1986 Pontiac Trans-Am is officially Europe’s fastest street legal car. This black beauty is packing over 1400hp and has recently set an official top speed of 407.134km/h at Germany’s Papenburg test track.
That’s Bugatti Veyron fast and the best part is not that it’s substantially cheaper than the Bugatti, but that Paul and [...]
Despite the emergency USD$17.4 billion short-term bail-out loans for GM and Chrysler agreed to by the White House yesterday (US time), many analysts predict that bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler is all-but inevitable.
The two giant automakers are in such financial disarray, and burdened with such obligations, that the best that may be achieved with this [...]
As part of GM’s quest for federal funds, it had been mentioned that the Pontiac brand could be dropped completely to free up cash flow. News today suggests that GM may look to keep the brand intact but heavily reduce the vehicles offered under the nameplate.
Susan Docherty, vice president of Buick-Pontiac-GMC, recently hinted that the Pontiac [...]
While many Aussies need little convincing that our local V8 sedans are entirely ‘the business’ when it comes to RWD bang-for-your-buck, it’s always nice to receive some real-world confirmation. Proof of that fact has recently arrived courtesy of our burnout-loving friends in America. There are reports circulating that they’ve managed to muscle a Pontiac G8 GXP around the Nurburgring in a highly [...]
It was bound to happen sooner or later and here it is: the first conversion kits for the Pontiac G8 and G8 GT that replace the US models’ front end bodywork and badges with that of our SS Commodore or HSV Clubsport.
JHP Vehicle Enhancements in Australia is responsible for the kit and is providing G8 [...]
Joining the Pontiac G8 GXP Street concept at SEMA this year will be Pontiac’s version of our trusty SS ute, the G8 ST. This ’show special’ will reportedly be close to the production model slated for release in late 2009 and provides a glimpse into what options may be available when the G8 ST hits [...]
Much like our beloved Holden does just about every year down here in Australia, Pontiac will take the opportunity presented by SEMA to unveil a seriously slick street-worthy show special - the G8 GXP Street Concept (although Holden usually keeps its specials secret until the day of the unveiling).
Aesthetically, the GXP Street Concept bears a [...]
While it’s still nearly a year away from going on sale in the ‘States, GM has now hinted at a starting price for the Commodore-based Pontiac G8 ST “pickup truck” (it’s a bloody ute, for cryin’ out loud).
GM communications manager Jim Hopson said in a recent interview that GM “expects G8 ST pricing will start [...]
Word on the wire is that Pontiac’s upcoming hi-performance sedan, the G8 GXP, will be largely built around the HSV Clubsport R8’s mechanicals, meaning our Yankee pals across the Pacific will soon be able to sample the delights of a Corvette-derived 6.2-litre LS3 V8 mounted in the nose of the Aussie-built, Holden Commodore-based RWD [...]
After months of work and 18,000 odd customer-submitted suggestions, Pontiac has finally named our Holden Ute as the Pontiac G8 ST. Inventive, huh? Sifting through 18,000 submissions is no easy task on its own, but then each possibility had to be checked and cleared for trademark infringement before the ‘ST’ moniker was finally selected.
Perhaps even [...]
It appears that Ford Australia is not the only colonial outpost of the big American manufacturers to be given the red light for developing future large rear-wheel-drive sedan platforms.
Automotive News is reporting that a GM source has indicated that a similar program led by Holden has been shelved. Under the plan, Holden would have [...]
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While we Australians are served a diet of lukewarm, insipid and frankly boring car commercials along with our daily meds to ensure compliance, our friends in North America are treated like adults and have the pleasure of watching car commercials like the one above; designed to make them feel [...]
When we saw Holden’s stunning Coupe 60 concept at the Melbourne Motor Show in February, the first thought that came to mind was ‘New Monaro’. As it turns out, Holden have not shown a lot of interest in confirming a possible return of the Monaro, preferring to take the line that the Coupe 60 was [...]
In addition to confirming the Pontiac ‘Sports Truck’, GM also confirmed that there is a Pontiac G8 GXP on the way. A hi-po version of the Pontiac G8 GT, the GXP will be getting the LS3 6.2-litre V8 currently found in the Corvette and rumoured to be set for an appearance in our home grown [...]
Over the weekend, GM formerly announced the export of the VE Commodore Ute to North America. Due to arrive in the States in late 2009 the VE based Ute is currently being referred to as the Pontiac G8 Sports Truck.
Mirroring our own Commodore Ute the G8 Sports Truck will feature the same 270kW/361hp 6.0-litre V8 [...]
“The best Pontiac ever…” According to Edmunds Insideline thats the goss on our home grown muscle sedan, the VE Commodore SS, dressed in Pontiac drag.
“Forget for a moment that in every performance categorythe G8 GT walks all over the Charger R/T. Go ahead and overlook the G8’s more aggressive decoration and attractively sinister countenance. Just [...]
Could the new VE Commodore based Pontiac G8 include an LS3 Corvette engine option? Well, the folks over at G8GT.com seem to think they have the evidence to suggest that it will. Pictured above is a pic posted from GM’s inventory controls website and the LS3 appears to be an option.
Holden and HSV fans are [...]
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