RIP Pontiac

[Tet]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30ponti...

[Vet Guru]

Very sad, My first yank was a Trans-am GTA in red I would still like that car now. And to me The 79 Trans-am Smokey and the bandit will always be the iconic looking car.

Well the General has killed off Oldsmobile,HUMMER,Pontiac and Saturn, I am still amazed how GMC is still about as they are just like ford/Mercury rebaged at least Pontiac had their own look and not just another chevy.

[ukzz4iroc]

Yeah RIP. Sad but just keep the sweet memories. For me it's a bit like this, if Elvis was alive today, he would be as cool as Cliff Richard Better to burn out than to fade away.

[ringram]

That was announced years ago.
Hardy news..

"On April 27, 2009, amid ongoing financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced that it would phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac

[LuS1fer]

It was announced a while back, now the deed has been done, that's all. No going back.

[Vet Guru]

ringram said:

That was announced years ago.
Hardy news..

"On April 27, 2009, amid ongoing financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced that it would phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac

The news was that they have sold the last ever new Pontiac not that the brand was dead.

[WJM]

I ran a 70 Trans Am at one point, mind you the Firebird and Camaro were pretty much identical apart from the engines even in those days. I'm not sure I really understood what Pontiac as a brand stood for. Caddy was sort of US Rolls, Buick also luxury maybe a US Jag, Chevy the sort of working mans car {apart from the Corvette}, Oldsmobile originally seemed to be aimed at older drivers like say a Rover { then came the Toronado}, not really sure how Pontiac was supposed to fit in though in the late 60s both Pontiac and Oldsmobile heavily featured muscle cars to get a more youthful image. I suppose that when you get a big group like GM doing a lot of badge engineering eventually some brands become meaningless as happened with British Leyland which had dozens like Riley, Alvis, Wolsey, etc etc

Bill

[chevy-stu]

swerni said:

In this era of retro muscle cars, I would have thought it a perfect time to launch a modern interpretation of that 79 Trans am.

I know I would buy one.

But then again, I am a sucker for that kind of thing

Like this ?


(But without the Kitt lights..)

[qube_TA]

Would love another Pontiac, I can see me with a WS6 parked on the drive.

[Vet Guru]

qube_TA said:

Would love another Pontiac, I can see me with a WS6 parked on the drive.

Nice wheels

[Bowler]

qube_TA said:

Would love another Pontiac, I can see me with a WS6 parked on the drive.

Twin Air Bags?

[LuS1fer]

And still they try but still they fail:

[Procharmo]

LuS1fer said:

And still they try but still they fail:

It wouldn't look so bad in black......Makes all the originals look even better though...

Chevy Stu's example was better by along chalk....