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 [...]

The Pontiac G8 and Chevy Camaro are the end of the line for the General’s (awesome) Zeta patform. What a shame.  We’ve told you how awesome the G8 GT’s chassis is. Thing is, GM knows it, too. But, the global financial maelstrom and GM’s particular brand of trouble (plus environmental concerns) has forced them to [...]

I. While we may not be getting the Pontiac G8 ST, Brit importers already have the Holden version, called the Maloo, on the grey market.  It may have a silly name, and even sillier paint schemes, but it’s hard to argue with a 425 hp kangaroo killer. All that power, and Autocar claims it can [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Two things I love: Australian cars and old advertisements. Today’s POTD is both. Those are Holen EJ Specials. You can tell they’re “Special” because unlike the standard EJ these two sport white roofs. A bit more chrome, too. Of course you could opt for the Premier model which had leather bucket seats, four armrests and a [...]

If you read our Fiend vs. Fiend about the Mazda RX-8 R3 you’re well aware that Levy and I were a few ticks past smitten with the rotary powered wonder. So, for today’s POTD I was thinking I should go with a nice first generation RX-7. But to channel my own inner Murilee Martin, that [...]

Lieberman: I knew the formula going in. Big V8, rear wheel drive, well sorted chassis, designed and built in Australia before being tarted up with a Pontiac badge. We’ve seen this before, too. Bob Lutz did the same thing with a Holden Monaro when Pontiac rebadged it as a GTO. Yet even though that car [...]

That’s a Holden Monaro. Looks to be about a 1971 or 1972. Second generation for sure. With a mean-ass blower and scoop sitting atop a Chevy small block (350). Ever since the G8 COTW, many of my car-dominated brain cells have been turning their attention to the otherside of the world and the continent/nation that [...]

Holden’s in house tuning division — HSV — has turned its eye on the company’s Sportwagon, resulting in this delicious piece of down-under sheet metal. How delicious, you ask? Try the same LS3 V8 that powers the mighty Corvette is tuned to 425 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of neck-snapping torque. The car is available with [...]