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Curtain Call for Pontiac Vibe

June 22, 2009

The sad tale of Pontiac winding down its existence as a brand continued today with the announcement from GM that the Vibe would cease production by the end of August. The Vibe is produced at the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California, where its sister car, the Toyota Matrix is produced. Production of the Toyota Matrix [...]

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Is There Hope for the Sky & Solstice?

May 12, 2009

Saturn will be either sold, or shut down. Pontiac has one more production year left, and the story ends there. It’s a pity when perfectly good cars like the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky are destined to vanish from the automotive landscape. For fans of GM’s two seater sports cars, there is a glimmer of [...]

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More GM Cancellations: Pontiac G6 GXP and Cadillac STS-V

May 10, 2009

As Autoblog  continues to get news of the 2010 GM Online Order/Reference Guide, we here at The Garage will continue to keep you informed. Last week we reported the Chevy Cobalt SS 4-door will not live to see 2010, but the coupe will continue on for now. Read on for the obituaries…
Pontiac G6 GXP

By now we [...]

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End of the Road for Pontiac

April 27, 2009

It was a poorly kept secret in the days leading up to GM’s press release Monday morning at 9:00AM. Pontiac is officially on its way out, the General planning a phase out to be completed by the end of 2010. Ever since GM submitted its Viability Plan to the US Congress, asserting that there were [...]

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GM to announce death of Pontiac brand on Monday?

April 24, 2009

We’ve been waiting patiently to review the upcoming Pontiac Solstice Coupe. Over dinner in Chicago earlier this week was the fact that GM has gone deathly quiet in regards to the new 2 door, not to mention a bunch of other topics.
We’ve all had the nagging feeling that Pontiac wasn’t long for this world, [...]

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Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pontiac

April 18, 2009

From the 30 Years of Champions collection

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Pontiac Sobers Up, Cancels G8 ST

January 7, 2009

The auto blogging community have been buzzing that the Pontiac G8 ST, a reincarnation of the old Chevy El Camino, has been cancelled before it even went into production. The ST had been on the auto show circuit, and was a totally green-lighted project.
In fact, it seemed there was never a question about the G8 [...]

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The Task of Shrinking Pontiac

December 15, 2008

When GM was called to submit a plan to Congress on how they planned to make themselves a leaner, more competitive company, they declared they had four core brands-Chevy, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. GM appears committed to keeping Pontiac around (for now), but as a niche brand. So what will that leave us with? With [...]

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From the Excitement Division: The Pontiac G3

September 22, 2008

I want to make one thing clear-I do not hate Pontiacs. As a dyed in a the wool car guy from birth, I am   sometimes asked “So what was the VERY first car you were ever driven in?” It was my parent’s 1967 Pontiac GTO convertible, all 400 cubic inches of V-8 power, turquoise/white [...]

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Catch The Vibe: The Canadian Launch of the 2009 Pontiac Vibe

March 13, 2008

Pontiac is launching the 2009 Vibe here in Canada with a bit of reality TV style fun. Beginning in a couple of weeks, 4 teams of journalists will be piling in to a bunch of Pontiac’s killer hatch and traipsing around Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in an attempt to become the top team. Armed only [...]

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