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Originally Posted by mgescuro
How??
You want a Pontiac Captiva? Pontiac Rodeo? Pontiac Barina?
What you want to say is "Pontiac needs Zeta."
But Zeta simply isn't enough, is it? That's not enough to make the dealership base happy because it only caters to a small amount of people.
Pontiac G6 -- the fleet queen.
Pontiac G5 -- the ultimate rebadge
Pontiac Torrent -- an answer to a question no one asked
ETC
We can desire performance RWD cars -- coupes, sedans, and roadsters. And for a time, GM led us to believe that THIS was the direction they were going to take Pontiac.
Then the crap cars reared its ugly head. Now Pontiac Wave is coming?
It's obvious you can't trust GM to do what is necessary to support Pontiac as the performance brand.
What you're essentially stuck with is G8 and Solstice. And that's not enough.
The key to creating the BPG channel was to give dealerships sufficient products while Buick, Pontiac, and GMC were downsized. But downsizing isn't happening is it?
There's inconsistency here.
if GM can't figure out how to keep Pontiac the performance brand, then it needs to be shut down.
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The torrent is on the way out I am pretty sure. Not sure when, but it won't be around much longer. I really think the only reason the G5 and smaller cars are coming to pontiac has more to do with keeping BPG dealers needing small fuel efficient cars that are selling now happy. You can't just pull cars like that, that are ALSO right for Pontiac outta you bum hole!!
What would you say if the first small car with mini type size(smaller lighter than NG Cobalt) with a little 1.4l turbo and better than NG Cobalt mileage was the second car to get this new small engine?? Give a GXP version the 2.0L Turbo from the cobalt SS and it's weight advantage by being the smaller car would be superior. Don't do a coupe or sedan, only a hatch so it has OK utility to replaces a bigger car ok. What they are doing with GM DAT and the Beat could spawn a similar vehicle with more sporting attitude for Pontiac.
Chevy could get something more along the lines of Trax or Groove or just something totally different that fits Chevy better. Really to me the Beat was more a pontiac styled vehicle overall than a Chevy anyhow and if it was racy in tune, it would make a good Pontiac.