Blakkar is an epic fail. At least he believes in himself I guess.

Sure, you can “shoehorn” whatever the hell you want into the Solstice just like Mallett did with the eight. But then you’re creating competition for your next model up, causing too large an overlap for a company in danger like they are. Plus, a huge part of the Solstice’s appeal is it’s price, the advantage of which would get a good whipping if you upped it to a six

And yeah, I need to get over myself for driving a Camry that suits all my needs and is within my price range. Sorry mommy and daddy didn’t hook me up with something that added some inches to my junk, but I don’t need it.

And you still haven’t explained the actual benefit of making a “Fiero” out of a Corvette. It’s a pointless excersise destined only to yank a bit out of Corvette sales, I mean, how different could it be? The platform isn’t made of play doh, you’d have what is essentially a clone of the corvette. But knowing Pontiac, it would have a wide array of goofy scoops, unneccesary spoilers, shiny wheels, and other tacky add ons.

And on the matter of being clueless, I am honestly laughing out loud at you right now. You’ve provided me quite a joke on this day, I thank you!!!

Whoa, there did you even stop to comprehend the comment before responding to it. Or is it that you know next to nothing about ALL the cars mentioned above?

Yes I know about he 260hp Ecotech I4 in the Solstice GXP. The OPC has a 2.8L Turbo Six making 325. Seems like a great upgrade, Yes? Of course, it does. That is not to say that the four-pot is not great itself. But hey, why the devil not go for the turbo six? If some tuner shop can shoehorn a 7.0 V8 into that car why not a 2.8L Turbo Six. You really need to get over your predilections that an I4 is as good as a V6.

More cylinders gets you more torque and a more usable power band. Plus add, in this case, more power.and this with likely better f/econ. As an extension of the buyer’s “junk”, you must feel very emasculated everything a V6 Camry walks away from you at the light. Get over yourself. There are websites that can help you with that.

The FIREBIRD is a mid-sized to large coupe and six would be fine for the based and or mid range engine. While the SOLSTICE would start with a four and end with a six, the FIREBIRD would start with a six and end with an eight.

Finally a FIERO based on the CORVETTE would obviously be a larger car than the originals and much more expensive to boot. But a Compact like the originals would be about the size of Boxster or Cayman and cost much less. I am well aware of how big a FIERO is/was, my neighbor had a 1986 FIERO GT and I see FIEROs about now and then even to this day.

Really now, do you really like coming off as utterly clueless?

And a Fiero based on the Corvette? You could fit a Fiero in the engine bay of a Corvette, they’re totally unrelated.

1. A new SOLSTICE with that turbo six in the OPC (Likely alpha based from recent reports and rumors)

2. A new FIREBIRD. Totally different styling from the CAMARO. More an evolved version of the old F-Body FIREBIRD, one of GM’s best looking cars of the time, but still built on the Zeta Platform
This is my favorite concept http://gt1750.deviantart.com/art/Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-73655833
OR
A G8 COUPE. The GTO would be the top Big V8 model. A turbo of supercharged six would be the mid level, model.

3. A new FIERO on a modified CORVETTE platform or a new platform. I’d be partial to a compact sports car like the originals. Take that Boxter/Cayman!

Just make performance cars and slowly regrow the division with clear targets. Leave performance sedans mainly to CHEVROLET. COUPES and sports or performance cars, not the CORVETTE, would be the main focus of PONTIAC.

Focus on performance without sacrificing F/econ as possible, Give Pontiac a proper factory team and let them lead on developing performance tech outside the CORVETTE Development Team.

and GMC isn’t going anywhere. They make the trucks and make them work extremely well.

There said it.

VWAG consists of:

Volkswagen
Audi
Seat
Skoda
Lamborghini
Bently
Bugatti
Scania

It’s odd that the number of brands under the corporate umbrella doesn’t reflect viability or profitability in any way.

GM wants to consist of:

Chevrolet
Cadillac
Buick/Pontiac (last I heard Pontiac was going to be a niche vehicle brand under the Buick umbrella, but since news and rumours change every damn day, who can be sure anymore)
GMC

Sounds feasible to me, since that’s only one division more than Toyota.

Ah, crap. Thanks, man. I was getting confused by Car and Driver, who said he was leaving his job heading Global Product Development. I’ll type it out for you so you can see why I made the mistake.

“GM guru gone: General Motors’ ongoing restructuring and struggle to survive has resulted in 77-year-old Bob Lutz stepping down April 1, before his official retirement at the end of the year. The best-known product pitchman who officially was the vice-chairman of global product development, Lutz is often credited with ramrodding improvements to GM’s lineup of vehicles. Tom Stephens, previously executive vice-president of global powertrain and global quality, will take over for Lutz.”

You can see how I mistook the job change as early retirement.

2nd choice for chevy trucks is Ford. (What a chevy buyers 2nd choice was)

2nd choice for a GMC truck is Toyota.

GMC is the 2nd highest selling brand for GM.

Just saying there is a lot of data/reason to be careful in killing this brand.

Ford-Lincoln vs. Chevrolet-Cadillac vs. Toyota-Lexus vs. Honda-Acura vs. Nissan-Infiniti

Look at any lot of young adults or high schoolers and you’ll see a large amount of older, and newer Pontiac products. While they may just have been cheap, there is something that is said about it. Their sporty styling may have been just that, but it sure moved alot of Grand Ams, Sunfires and Grand Prixs back in the day – and still could in the future. Pontiac has the most brand recognition and worth over any other GM brand in my age bracket – even Chevy and you’d spend alot of money and time to build that reputation – look at Scion – they can’t even do it.

This is why I think they should consider the younger generation approach and just make some cheaper product, no matter the wheels it drives. Bring the Astra, sporty Cruze varient, Insignia, and small coupe to the lineup and just move some metal. After all, isn’t sales what makes a company survive?

DB9

Of course all this makes me wonder if they have Bob Lutz tied up in a closet somewhere. He’s been conspicuous by his absence as of late.

“The next two to six months are going to be very interesting. Just best to sit back and watch it all play out as the rumor mills and innuendo have already begun.”

It’s only going to get worse? Someone the other day mentioned needing a ‘shovel’ in here soon… well… When all is said and done there are…:-)))

DB9;-)

Just the facts, maam.

GMC isn’t really neccesary. The only difference between the Sierra and the Silverado is the grille, right? So bag GMC and offer a solid black grille on the Silverado, Honda offers alternate grilles as factory options, so it can’t be that hard. The Ridgeline looks better with the optional solid black grille, still looks bad but not the point.

Pontiac has a chance if they trim down their line. Make them real performance, and the only problem I see in the future is a bit of a glass ceiling for them caused by the Corvette. If they want to make higher and hgiher performance models, they’ll hit the Vettes turf and those are sales GM doesn’t want to overlap I’d say.’

But it’s good to see Pontiac has a chance, just dump the G clones, the 3, 4, and 6. Ewww!!!!