Is this the car that killed Pontiac?
April 28th 2009 08:44
Is this the car that killed Pontiac?
Well, not on its own anyway, it had a lot of help! The Pontiac G3 was a hastily nose lifted Chevy Aveo which was no more than a facelifted Daewoo Kalos! The G3 is apparently as popular as the Zastava Yugo was, actually strike that, the Yugo is probably more popular!
Who could forget the car that looked like Michael Jacksons nose, the Pontiac Aztek. Hopefully the guy who authorised that for production, has done the honourable thing today and committed seppaku on the steps of GM Corporate head office, they do still have one don’t they?
The current shape G6 also suffers from a similar condition, depending on the angle you view the car from it looks like a Jell-O mould or it has melted in the sun!
Even in the seventies and eighties Pontiac sold some monsters autos , the Astre for instance, which was a re-badged Vega. The X-car arrived in the form of the Phoenix and then the J Car AKA the J-2000. Remember them? Didn’t think so!
Whatever happened to the glory days, the Trans Am, the GTO, the Bonneville? All gone, left only as a distant memory to guys from the dim past.
The best Pontiacs of recent years were the Australian designed ones, The GTO and then the G8 arrived to much fanfare from the American motoring press, and unfortunately they were largely ignored by the American buying public, why? Well certainly the old “It isn’t really American” cry by old time Pontiac buyers didn’t help. The GTO (or Monaro) especially was badly treated by past GTO owners, the shame of it is, that instead of whinging about the car, they should driven, supported and bought it!
The G8 is another example. Car and Driver compared it to the BMW 5 series and said that dollar for dollar this car was a good as a Five series and yet here we are today seeing the car drive down the green mile!
Dead man walking!
Well, not on its own anyway, it had a lot of help! The Pontiac G3 was a hastily nose lifted Chevy Aveo which was no more than a facelifted Daewoo Kalos! The G3 is apparently as popular as the Zastava Yugo was, actually strike that, the Yugo is probably more popular!
Who could forget the car that looked like Michael Jacksons nose, the Pontiac Aztek. Hopefully the guy who authorised that for production, has done the honourable thing today and committed seppaku on the steps of GM Corporate head office, they do still have one don’t they?
The current shape G6 also suffers from a similar condition, depending on the angle you view the car from it looks like a Jell-O mould or it has melted in the sun!
Even in the seventies and eighties Pontiac sold some monsters autos , the Astre for instance, which was a re-badged Vega. The X-car arrived in the form of the Phoenix and then the J Car AKA the J-2000. Remember them? Didn’t think so!
Whatever happened to the glory days, the Trans Am, the GTO, the Bonneville? All gone, left only as a distant memory to guys from the dim past.
The best Pontiacs of recent years were the Australian designed ones, The GTO and then the G8 arrived to much fanfare from the American motoring press, and unfortunately they were largely ignored by the American buying public, why? Well certainly the old “It isn’t really American” cry by old time Pontiac buyers didn’t help. The GTO (or Monaro) especially was badly treated by past GTO owners, the shame of it is, that instead of whinging about the car, they should driven, supported and bought it!
The G8 is another example. Car and Driver compared it to the BMW 5 series and said that dollar for dollar this car was a good as a Five series and yet here we are today seeing the car drive down the green mile!
Dead man walking!
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