General Motors is definitely considering building a Pontiac on its new Zeta rear-wheel-drive architecture, but it won’t use the Firebird nameplate. In an interview of Edmunds, Jim R. Hopson, Communications Manager for Pontiac, said, “we’re looking at developing a vehicle on the architecture that’s under the Camaro, it just won’t be called a Firebird.
Using the GTO moniker remains a possibility, though some enthusiasts likely feel the name has been damaged in recent years due to the lackluster design of the previous GTO. (Firebird illustration by Germany’s Chrom und Flammen.)
