Funny I was reading about this elsewhere this morning wondering if LLN would even mention it.

The pickup we were hoping would come to the US as a Pontiac. So close yet so far…. Wagon looks sharp too. I like it better than the new Caddy esp the back.

Bleh.

this is low, GM, this is really mean.

Nothing like a little salt in the wound.

You gotta know when to Holden, know when to fold ‘em…

^clap clap clap

+1 to johnny for creativity

I suppose they had to do something with the leftovers.

I still think GM should have kept Pontiac around just for the G8 and Solstice.

Cant they just screw these panels onto a chevy cobalt and sell it as a special edition?

@smegley:
GM can screw almost anything… taxpayer, workers, government, buyers… why shouldnt they be able to screw some sheet metal to some other sheetmetal…

That requires a long and complex answer involving that plat’s capacity; the unwillingness of the UAW to import any more volume than a certain number; the death of the parent brand; and the overlooked fact that Delta and Zeta are two different things.

aint easy buildn’ cars

(assembly plant capacity)

Well technically Pontiac will not be completely dissolved…They are still keeping the Vibe-rator. SHAME ON YOU GM!!!! I think they enjoy screwing Americans

This really makes me mad! Whats happened to GM? I’m losing respect for them.

Karl, you would love screwing Americans if you would be payed for doing so! Honestly, we let them screw us, no point of crying “rape”.

Dont blame Karl. He takes his orders from DC now, and DC says you dont want fast fun cars, so sit down and shut up and be happy that you have wise omniscient people in DC who decide your wants and needs for you.

like those last wise and omniscient people who went hunting for WMDs where they didn’t exist…they were really so much better!

blah blah politics blah blah…another thread degrades into political bull****…

A liberals best comeback:
“Well your leader went and tried to destroy another country for no good reason.”

A conservatives best comeback:
“Well your leader went and tried to destroy OUR country for no good reason.”

Which one of those (childish but somewhat true statements) is better Lefty?

read this over a month ago via the car section on facebook

It’s no wonder why General Motors is in the shape it’s in.

1) drop Oldsmobile
2) drop Pontiac
3) drop Saturn
4) drop Hummer
5) introduce a dull “design-by-committee” vehicle and don’t change it for years. Then stand around wondering why it’s not selling.
6) bring to sell in the USA only a sedan, and not other styles. Australia gets them!

…. and they will continue to make these mistakes. How do they expect their sales to improve if they don’t have any cars to sell?

If you dont want politics, dont name yourself after politics.

I wish it were a 6.4L and it could be called the Commodore 64

Dangerous, those are thing they should have done along time ago, dropping allll of those brands so your 1-4 where good for them to do, now 5-6 i agree are dumb

- so by your logic, discussing masturbation is fair game…..gotcha wanxalot

What a STUPPPPPPID decision…we already have our holdens and hsv special commodore cars, why the hell do we want them badged as a pontiac when the holden is exactly the same….
HOLDEN STUPID DECISION…give the americans the car they obviously want it…stop depriving them….gm and holden and just getting dumber in the old age……for f sake…..how dumb can you get…they wont sell here…..thier just anothe holden with different fascias on them….who in their right mind would buy them….

dumb dumb dumb….

this is our new version holden hsv….

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2010_hsv_e2_range_02.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/41902/2010-hsv-e-series-2-range-launched/&usg=__hdhgLeKj52ER___b8HS0Y_NrJtI=&h=370&w=555&sz=57&hl=en&start=26&um=1&tbnid=rlFOfwhP1jg_WM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dholden%2Bve%2Bseries%2B2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1

why do we want a pontiac version as well i dont get it…????

perhaps not dumb, but not wanting to waste any car parts….. also, no doubt these would be worth a fair bit in many many years to come…

Ok looks like i jumped the gun or maybe read this LLN articel the wrong way….but we in australia will be getting updated ssv series cars, ute and wagons….NOT Pontiac badged and fascia as i thought after reading this LLN article..

i thought it a bit weird they would badge the commodore as a pontic in the same country…ahwell i like the update….looks good enough on paper to me…

here is the aussie article….

http://www.caradvice.com.au/43028/holden-commodore-ss-v-series-special-edition/

It would have been much more interesting if we had gotten rebadged Pontiac’s. I reckon the Falcon XR6 still looks better.

America needs some ice for this burn

Smegley what are you talking about? I hate GM and American cars unless they are pony cars, the G8 or supercars. Lest not forget the Fisker Karma and Tesla. They can keep the rest of their sh!t

@Smegley: the public told the free-market they didn’t want fast fun cars years ago when everybody kept buying big boring bloated SUVs…

Don’t believe the hype.

We could go into a huge discussion about how the general American public sees the car as an appliance or accessory…just look at the offerings available in many other countries, even by our own American companies.

Ford, where is my Focus RS turbo?

You’re an idiot, Pazzo Canguri. How about reading the article a little instead of jumping to conclusions and adding your ideas?

Do not get the Vibe comment. Vibe is dead. Toyota is shutting the plant down. Stopped building them in August.

More misinformation

This car looks so much better in Holden or Chevrolet form imo, I went to Dubai this August(2009) and there were lots of them running around, they looked better than the G8.

F50, the Lumina? I would personally sacrifice a thousand Malibus to get one of those.

JESUS Take it easy their CARBON SIGMA you WANKER… (http://www.clubaudinsw.org/)

it was a simple misunderstanding on my part and i said i got it wrong….No need to go off your titts about it to me… you wanker…. AUDI CLUB NSW ewwww

Oh P.S…. i didnt ADD ANY OF MY IDEA’s so you get your reading glasses on aswell…..
all i did was add MY OPINION…….. Last i heard it was not a crime in australia or the most parts of the world….

Johnny: Yeah the Lumina, its a good thing it doesn’t have that “New” Chevy grille thats on the Malibu.

It seems obvious to me that this car should come back as a four door Camaro.
If BMW can sell their 3 series as anything from M3 coupes to station wagons then so can Chevrolet with this sporty car.
The Camaro has been a hugh sucess and they can build on the great looks but make it slightly more convenient.
Do it GM!!!!