Word that GM plans to kill Pontiac hit some people harder than others, and the Fiends at Holden are no exception. The company was making serious bank under its contract to supply GM with Commodores to be rebadged as Pontiac G8’s. Now that Poncho is headed to the scrap heap, word on the Web is [...]

When most of us heard the news Pontiac was following Oldsmobile into the grave, our first thoughts raced to the amazing G8. We all knew there were going to be casualties in the economic apocalypse, but this? This was too much. If you were hoping GM would find some way to keep the mighty Poncho [...]

The Pontiac G8 GT is just a superb car, plain and simple. It has a pearl of a V8 engine, great steering, and slick sheetmetal. I know it’s missing the crucial manual transmission, but as a traditional “muscle car,” the auto makes a certain sense. As for the V6 model, it’s a fun car but [...]

If you didn’t know, some of us Fiends just love vans. Maybe it’s a 70s/80s thing (Whitesnake time), or that they’re just big enough to haul around light artillery. Last week we brought you info about a company in Australia that will sell you the parts to convert your Pontiac G8 back into its Holden [...]

Oh sure, the Pontiac G8 looks good. Actually it looks great. But a Pontiac G8? I still think it should have been the Grand Prix or Bonneville, but it may not matter all that much. But if you want to take the opposite direction and own the G8’s origin as an Aussie bruiser, for the [...]

Oh yeah. Basically the Holden Commodore SS is the upcoming Pontiac G8 GXP. Both have 6.0-liter engines, more than 400 horsepower and a Tremec six-speed. Only the G8 has big nostrils and the Holden is really killer looking. Above is the 60th Anniversary edition with Sub-Lime looking paint, 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels and a special badge [...]