BARELY A WEEK ago, GM’s new product chief Bob Lutz was telling the world that the Pontiac G8 would be born again as a Chevrolet Caprice. Now, it appears that’s not the case.

Lutz has announced on his Fastlane Blog that the “G8 will not be a Caprice after all”, and that the idea of bringing [...]

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ADDING TO SPECULATION already sparked by GM’s new ‘creative’ products chief Bob Lutz, a source within General Motors told Automotive News that plans are afoot to bring the discontinued Pontiac G8 back to American showrooms - but as a high-priced, low-volume flagship sedan badged as a Chevrolet Caprice.

The insider also said that GM intends to [...]

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HOLDEN WILL BE bumping up V6 production at its Melbourne engine plant by a whopping 14,000 units over the next four years, largely thanks to a newly-brokered (and highly lucrative) supply contract between Holden and GM’s Chinese arm, Shanghai General Motors.

The deal will see output of the Holden-made high-feature V6 engines more than triple, and [...]

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NEWS SURFACED YESTERDAY that Bob Lutz, now with a new product role in the ‘New GM’, had reportedly confirmed continuation of Holden’s G8 export program to the US - but with the Commodore badged as a Chevrolet.

However, while Lutz was reportedly keen to spill the beans, Holden’s official response is a little more guarded.
“There’s [...]

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MARK REUSS, Holden Managing Director, confirmed this morning that Holden will “continue normal operations” and will be “unaffected” by the filing overnight for bankruptcy by US parent, General Motors.

Speaking at a press conference at Holden’s Port Melbourne HQ, called in response to the announcement from GM overnight, Mr Reuss said:
“We’re safe, we’re part of the [...]

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HOLDEN MAY HAVE lost a lucrative market when the Commodore-based Pontiac G8 got canned (along with Pontiac itself) late last month, but the Australian branch of the General Motors empire is still doing it all it can to claw back some export revenue from its Stateside parent.

GM’s luxury arm Cadillac has placed an order with [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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