AutoExtremist This Week: Kill Pontiac

[M_TYPE_X]

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With the departure by next fall of the recently returned GTO, Pontiac will be left with only one car that even remotely resembles their swashbuckling cars of the past - the Solstice two-seat roadster. The G6 is far too tame to carry Pontiac forward on its own, and everything else Pontiac has to offer - the Torrent (which is a badge-engineered Chevy Equinox) and the upcoming G5 (which will be a badge-engineered version of the Chevy Cobalt) - is too mundane to even ponder.



Weaksauce? "We've been here before"

[ZYAL8R808]

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[SimpleS14]

IMO....they (GM) need to bring a nice RWD sedan to the Pontiac line-up.

[delerium75]

IMO....they (GM) need to bring a nice RWD sedan to the Pontiac line-up.



I'd agree...I'd even go as far to say something on the Sigma platform...Priced below Caddy CTS (with perhaps a small bit of overlap), "Pontiac" it up enough so that that it isn't seen as competition from a CTS buyer's perspective but don't go overboard and make it a joke.

[Kratas]

No don't kill Pontiac...I've actually always liked them. G6 is one of the few American sedans I would consider purchasing if I needed one, and when's that Firebird/Trans Am going to show its head again?

PS Farewell GTO, you were a good car given no attention.