True, it was just five short days ago that we reported (along with lots of others) the impending death of the both the G8 and the Solstice. That’s right, the internet had us thinking that the General’s “Excitement” division was all set to kill off it’s two best cars. In fact, I would argue that the G8 and Solstice are Pontiacs only cars worth thinking about. But, we believed the rumor because GM has a long history of doing exactly this — killing off entire lines of cars just before things get really interesting. Well, not so says Pontiac, according to their blog. That’s right — Pontiac has a blog. They even go all Mark Twain with the whole, “rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated” headline. You see, the rumors aren’t true. Here’s what Pontiac’s saying, “The latest is that we’re cancelling [sic] the G8.  Interesting idea…just launch what most people think is one of the best cars we’ve ever built, bring two more models (G8 GXP and G8 ST) to the market over the next year…then cancel it. Here’s the straight scoop.  The G8 is a solid part of the Pontiac portfolio…period.” Same for the Solstice? You betcha: “Interestingly, the Solstice was the target of the “cancellation” rumor here a couple of months ago, yet the Solstice Coupe starts production in January.  Sense a pattern here?” So… good! However, the Pontiac blog didn’t address the most plausible part of the death rumor. Namely that once the G8 and Solstice run through their planned production cycles there will be no replacements. Meaning come 2012 Pontiac might be out of the exciting, RWD game after all. Just sayin’. [Source: Pontiac Underground]