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 guys at Vortech have let slip a tasty little video of a Pontiac G8. You know when Vortech and GM get together good things happen. Things like a blown LS3. The company is in prototype stage right now, so there are no power numbers, but sweet lord does this thing sound good. Weren’t we [...]
Somehow today turned into SUV day. I blame Berkowitz. Still, there’s no better day than today to announce the worst news I’ve heard in a while — There will be no 2010 Pontiac G8 ST. Which is really lame. True, we sort of knew this was coming. But still — mega sad. I was especially [...]
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 [...]
Aw yeah — it’s Australian for El Camino. And it’s definitely coming here. To America. Just like Mick Dundee, only without the big ass knife. Though it will have a (relatively) big ass V8. 6.2-liters, just like the righteous G8 GT. When, exactly? We’re hearing 12 months. How much? Pontiac spokeshole Jim Hopson is saying [...]
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 [...]
No really — we heart it. Read the review! But, predictably, the reports are saying that the G8 ain’t going to live to have children. This is the end of the line. Good bye. Luckily for me, a GXP Ute Camino ST version with a 6-speed manny-tranny will exist before GM pulls the plug in 2012 [...]
