Archive for 'Pontiac'

The Pontiac Trans Am that will never be: Lingenfelter 455 T/A Concept in real life

Just last week we introduced you to the Lingenfelter 455 T/A Concept, a car that will make its world debut at the 2009 SEMA Show later this week. We now have our first real look at the car before its official SEMA debut thanks to CARandDRIVER.
Besides the new redesign and the 20-inch honeycomb wheels, the [...]

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Lingenfelter turns 2010 Camaro into a Pontiac Trans Am for SEMA

We absolutely love the new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro and we respect the old Pontiac Trans Am as a true American sports car. However, you will never catch us transforming a perfectly good 2010 Camaro to pay tribute to the Pontiac Trans Am. Well, Lingenfelter seems to disagree.
At the 2009 SEMA Show next week, Lingenfelter will [...]

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DeLorean to save the Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe

With the death of Pontiac and now Saturn, GM’s rear-wheel-drive based Kappa-platform has been left to die – until now. According to our friends at Jalopnik, DeLorean Motor Company is planning on using the Kappa-platform for its upcoming car.
“JZD always said that the best memories of his automotive career were at Pontiac, and that connection [...]

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Chevrolet plans to unveil RWD police car Monday, may be based on Pontiac G8

Chevy plans to announce this Monday that it will be offering a new model for police use, likely to be based on the Pontiac G8. Chevy will outline their strategy to convention of police chiefs in Denver, Colorado, said the division in an e-mail today.
According to Automotive News, GM CEO Fritz Henderson told an [...]

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Holden VE Commodore SS V-Series Special Edition bring back Pontiac G8 memories

While we’re still mourning the death of the Pontiac G8 sedan, Holden has launched two special edition models of the Commodore, which the G8 was based on. The two models, based on the SS V-Series Special Edition sedan, Sportwagon and Ute, get styling treatments that are reminiscent of our beloved Pontiac G8.
The models ditch the [...]

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Videos: Fritz is too busy, Bob Lutz answers questions from “Tell Fritz” website

It seems like General Motors CEO can’t keep up with all the questions pouring in from his “Tell Fritz” website, so our main man Maximum Bob Lutz decided to step in. Bob Lutz answers questions about what we can expect from GM advertising, how the automaker plans to attract the younger audience to Buick, why [...]

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Keep Hoping: Pontiac G8 won’t be revived as the Buick Grand National, two more Buick sedans on the way

The Pontiac G8 is one car that many keep hoping will see resurrection. At first, there were rumors that the much-loved G8 my be revived as a Chevrolet Caprice. General Motors’ Bob Lutz even confirmed that the Detroit automaker will go ahead with a Chevrolet based on the Pontiac G8, only to disappoint us later [...]

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GM to convert Pontiac/Buick/GMC stores into Buick/GMC duals, only 17,000 Pontiacs left

During a live chat on GM’s FastLane Blog, general manager of Buick and GMC Susan Docherty said that the company will convert 3,000 dealerships that sold Buick, Pontiac and GMC brands into 2,000 Buick/GMC duals by October 2010.
“All our franchise agreements will be renewed then, and we’ll only offer one contract: a dual Buick-GMC,” Docherty [...]

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Reviewed: 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe GXP, it goes pretty fast and now it’s gone for good

It’s true – less than a year since production commenced on the 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe, it has ceased. July 29, 2009 marked the last day of production for General Motors Company’s Boxwood plant in Delaware, which is responsible for making GM’s Kappa-platform, the Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Sky and the recently introduced 2009 Pontiac Solstice [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe GXP is growing on us, Iacocca Mustang commercial flies you to the moon

By now we shouldn’t even be doing introductions to our Miscellaneous Thoughts posts (believe us we’re not close to wrapping up this day right now, but it’s time for a little break).
2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe GXP: After a week of driving, we are slowly starting to fall for the 260-hp little bugger. There may be [...]

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