[BigAls87Z28]

Good point Trex, but I think that Pontiac needs to define performance. When Tahoe and I interviewed some Pontiac people durring NYIAS, they didnt really have a great grasp of what performance was. There is no consistancy.
Now yes, a lot of cars can pull some really good numbers performance wise now, but the overall feel of the car should be edgy. The style, stance, and look of the car needs to show it. GM needs to either sacrafice the sales numbers for a niche brand, or maintain the course and have a bunch of cars that really dont define a brand, but just to appease the dealer network.
Marketing is another big thing, and you are right it has to be different then just debuting a big engine in a midsized car.
Nissan has an image of performance and sportyness with powerful engines, but they also have a design style all to thereselves. Be it ugly or not, its marketing, its design, and its cars talk in one voice. Each car talks the same language.
The Versa to Sentra, Altima, Maxima, 370Z, Murano, they all are on the same page. Same goes for thier trucks.
Saturn has this, Chevy's getting it, GMC has it with its trucks, but the rest of the GM brands dont have it. Buick is all over the place. You have 2 cars that are boring and bottom of thier class, and then you have the Enclave.
Saab has a cool 9-3 but the 9-5 looks like its in drag with 9-7x just blah
Pontiac has 3 Chevys, a Toyota, and a Saturn counterpart. G8 is the only unique Pontiac car.
Caddy...I wont even go there

Future wise, it seems GM has a loaded a new clip and will start firing once again out new and fresh products starting with Camaro this September.