NYIAS 08: 2010 Pontiac G8 Sport Truck

[chinamonty]

Originally Posted by MonaroSS

I wonder if anyone has a copyright on the name Dingo as in "a Pontiac took my baby"...

You could ask Meryl Streep I suppose. I would think Wombat- equally obscure to Americans, but maybe you could just call it the Devil and use the Disney character on it.

Maybe it should be called a Lutz

[johnstarnes]

Originally Posted by atomicshark

Good, how about we call it the Chevrolet El Camino?

I agree...if GM was once again going to resort to nose clips and rebadging, I think it would have made much better sense on many levels to give it a nose clip derived visually from the new Malibu and launch it as the Chevy El Camino. Not to seems to me to be a waste of a hallowed heritage and name plate while adding a confusing element to Pontiac's already less than stellar line up. Regardless of the name though, it may help GM's CAFE numbers while offering people a hauler that is not some behemoth based on overkill...who needs a giant truck for your average Home Depot run?

[SCCA1995]

Originally Posted by Col Klink

Just be thankful you are getting a powerful stylish Truck/Ute to begin with, if there is any taste left in the world it will sell like hotcakes.

You must have missed the fact the he could already have a powerful truck/ute. He doesn't have to wait for them.

[JoeT]

I can see it being named simply 'Pontiac G8 Ute'.

[RedVee8]

Originally Posted by JoeT

I can see it being named simply 'Pontiac G8 Ute'.

I hope so. If Ute is disrespectful to the Indigenous population of Utah then Pontiac G8 Utility.

[Col Klink]

Originally Posted by SCCA1995

You must have missed the fact the he could already have a powerful truck/ute. He doesn't have to wait for them.

Quite possibly but it probably looks like two square blocks of wood nailed together and has the fuel economy of an Abrahams - I don't have to wait either they sell them here now, both Ford & Holden make similar V8 Utes.

All I can say is that it should sell as many as they can send over.

[GM4Life99]

i think GM should not sleep on this 1 they should make a pontiac g8 st version(da ram air hood looks gr8) and also make a chevy el camino version with tons of horsepower,this will be a gr8 look for my favorite car company GM

[Desert Rat]

Originally Posted by Col Klink

Quite possibly but it probably looks like two square blocks of wood nailed together and has the fuel economy of an Abrahams - I don't have to wait either they sell them here now, both Ford & Holden make similar V8 Utes.

All I can say is that it should sell as many as they can send over.

Well the person you had quoted in your just be thankful you are getting them post happens to live closer to where they are made then you do.... LOL
I believe thats what SCCA1995 was getting at...

[Desert Rat]

anyone notice that for the intro at the NY Auto Show.... Lutz said that the cars were not concepts, they will be heading to a pontiac dealer near you this year... (about 2:50 into the video)
http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_story=2...065541fbaa94b8

This was for the introduction of the Solstice Coupe, G8 GXP, and G8 ST.............

[sdotjoe]

I think that bringing this over instead of the wagon is retarded.

"Thats all I gotta say about that."-Forrest Gump

[FStephenMasek]

Originally Posted by hotrod747

It has a bed like a truck... this is a truck! Case closed!

You are incorrect! It is a car-truck. That is a simple fact. It will ride, handle, stop, Etc. just like a car, but it can haul many or most of teh loads medium and full-sized pickup trucks haul.

[Desertws6]

This is my first post, so I hope it makes an impact.

First of all, you must market the vehicle. Period no exceptions!

+ YouTube Video

End the commercial with: Ute! now at your local Pontiac dealer, because Aussies can't have all the fun!

I do have one of the very first firebirds to roll off the assembly line, and one of the first of the last model year 02 WS6 T/A. I am a Pontiac fan period. If you are considering global platforms, then consider this as a replacement for the Firebird. It's a Holden A60 Coupe




This is one of the nicest cars that I have seen in a long time. Very nice touch with the seat harnesses and side exit exhaust.

If you build it they will come. The price must also work with demographics and peoples incomes.

[vt6banger]

I think they should use the thunderstruck ad

[Tony_the_Tiger]

- Why not call that thingie from down under the "GR8-UTE" . We can also bring back Tony the Tiger to promote it ......
- Now for you Firebird / Trans Am fans - Why couldn't GM modify the new Camero bodystyle to create a Pontiac version { make them all T-Tops and paint them all red ** for the people who will not buy Chevrolet - well mostly all red...........

[Tony_the_Tiger]

- As long as we are dreaming, Why not have a Chevy version of that car/truck thingie from down under - The "Monte Cargo".......