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Well, I for one am sorry to see Pontiac in this state. While much of
their product
of late has been poor, I really did like my 2000 Formula WS6, and I did
like the
2004-6 GTO, and I do think that the G8s are very good cars.
I can't just write Pontiac off because of some lackluster product in
recent years.
Maybe it's because the 5 Firebirds that I've owned over my lifetime, and
the many
great Pontiacs that I didn't own, but felt inspired by. I still
remember the day I
saw my first '69 Trans Am. I was only 14, and that car's image seared
itself into
my conciousness as I saw it cruising our small town streets for two
summers before
vanishing, back in the early 70's.
Over the years Bonnevilles, Venturas, GTOs, Tempests, LeMans, Trans Ams and
Formulas, as well as Safari's, Grand Prix' all made lasting impressions
on me that
will never go away. They remind me of a time when Pontiac was the brand
name
that oozed excitement and power.
I'd like to think that the General can get back on it's feet, and when
it does, that
some really special cars carrying the arrowhead emblem will still be
among the
product line. Sadly, some of the people running Pontiac and GM since
the 70's
were better at running investment companies or building appliances. They
weren't car guys. Car guys understand the passion people have for the
automobile.
Clearly, GM's management seemed to lack that understanding at times.
I don't think that the last interesting Pontiacs went away with the loss
of it's own
unique V8. The third and fourth gen Firebirds are proof. So were the
Fieros,
Solstices, GTOs, supercharged Grand Prix, and now the G8s. These were all
"driver's cars" in the truest sense.
Long live Pontiac.
-Bob Cisneros
http://firstgenfirebird.org/show/closeup.mv?CarID=231
San Jose, CA
On 02/26/09 05:46, Bjorn Sefeldt wrote:
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As far as I`m concerned , they killed Pontiac when they tore its heart
out...early 80`!
Recently its only been a differnt bodied Chevy...
Bjorn
69 vert (a REAL Pontiac)/HALF member/Houston ,Tx
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Subject: Re: [FGF] RIP Pontiac
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:58:23 EST
GM and Pontiac can blame itself. Who ever came up with the Pontiac
"Aztec"
SUV to camp out in should be put on trial for lunacy. What a waste of
money
that is now sorely needed. Same can be some for some of the generic
bombs they
were putting out in the 1980s and 1990s until just recently. You could
not
tell if they were a Chevy, Olds or Pontiac. I guess their idea of
success was
producing rental cars. They pull the plug just as Pontiac was coming
out with
super racy and slick models. The G8 GVC is a super hot car. Great
American
corporate thinking in years past.
Al in L.A. - 69 Convertible
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