General Motors is recalling more than 38,000 Pontiac G8 sedan in a move to reprogram airbag modules for the front passenger seats. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Pontiac G8′s airbag modules for models built for the 2008 and 2009 model years may not be in compliance with federal standards for head [...]
Pontiac has been dead since April in 2009. It was a rather unfortunate event, one that left many enthusiasts scratching their heads and even on their knees crying for it to come back. And because of Pontiac’s death, you’d think that the brand loyalists would lose interest in GM, thinking it was a bad move [...]
Still upset at General Motors for killing of the Pontiac and Saturn brands? According to a new report, nearly two-thirds of Pontiac owners and almost three-fourths of Saturn drivers has left General Motors to other automakers as they bought new vehicles in 2010. GM got rid of Pontiac, Saturn and Hummer as a part of its [...]
It’s April 27, 2011 - on April 27, 2009, General Motors released a chilling press release for Pontiac fans saying they will be axing the brand from their portfolio. “As part of the revised Viability Plan and the need to move faster and further, GM in the U.S. will focus its resources on four core [...]
It’s been nearly two years since General Motors filed for bankruptcy and shuttered many brands including Hummer, Saturn and Pontiac. Pontiac was arguably the most important brand due to its size. In 2008, Pontiac was the 12th most popular brand in the United States, fitting between Kia and Mazda. So where are previous Pontiac owners [...]
We’re not sure why, but some guy ended up submitting the winning $132,000 bid on a 1963 Pontiac ambulance that supposedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after his assassination. The ambulance was auctioned off at the Scottsdale, Arizona Barrett-Jackson auction but the authenticity of the vehicle is still in question. McKeel Hagerty, [...]
Conan O’Brien is back – and if you didn’t know that then we’re pretty sad for you. With all the buzz surrounding his return to late night television, the folks at The Hollywood Reporter decided to do a little study on the viewers of each late night celebrity. While we could care less about the [...]
Since Pontiac is now a dead brand, there is no way that we’ll ever see a Trans Am successor. However, if your Heide Performance Products (better known as HPP), you’ll just end up creating your own retro-inspired Chevrolet Camaro-based Pontiac Trans Am. At the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas next week, HPP will reveal [...]
General Motors announced today that within the next couple of months, the Detroit automaker will no longer be selling vehicles from the brands it is eliminating. Executives said that there are about 2,000 Hummer, Pontiac and Saturn vehicles left in its inventory. During the month of April, GM sold 52 Pontiacs, 373 Saturns and 481 [...]
Certain GM owners will be joining Toyota owners on the recall lines as 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles have been targeted for recall due to a power steering failure issue that is tied to 14 crashes and 1 injury in the United States. Those vehicles to be recalled include the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, 2007-2010 [...]
