typical BS coming from gm…

Damn.. I want a Ute GT!!!

No Worries Mate the Ford Falcon FPV Falcons — the GT E, GT-P and GT sedans and the Super Pursuit and Pursuit Ute — will do with a 5.4L BOSS V8, good for 422 horsepower will Beat the **** of the G8 sent over there. And Trouble at all here in the USA where will Beat the Crap out the G8 when it comes to all out driving with the 365 HP AWD Ford Taurus SHO. So there you go Mate!

No Worries mate no Trouble at T’ all

LLN why even put this article up and piss people off?

Who would want one down under? I know my friends who own the GTO put Holden badges on it. I guess to be different, I guess.

When the coupe coems out, I’m halfway expecting it to comeover. You think that’s crazy? Give them 2 years to re”coupe”erate and GM will be back at it!

considering all the previous back and forth desisions coming from GM….or maybe LLN… I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a new headline saying somehting about the g8 coming to the US as a new model or a new version of an existing US GM model.

This makes sense… ? Not really keeping Americans very happy here, GM.

But let’s just hope that idrinor ^^ is right.

(But didn’t I hear something from Lutz hinting at a possible G8 comeback? )

-cereal

They should just make the special edition models here in America and bring the wagon and “ute” for goodness sake. Give us something to look forward to. This was supposed to save the brand and reinvent them as the performance brand that they once were, and GM bellies out. I just hope it goes out with a bang

When I drive across the desert I have to clean dead dragonflies off the windshield afterward.

I wonder … do Aussies have to clean dead ‘roos and dead dingos off their windshields?

This was like the only Pontiac I respected. I mean this is a car, but they’ve gone and killed it… sad day man.

The G8 is awesome, but what’s the appeal for the Ute? It’s a car with a pickup bed in the back…which in my opinion makes it look a little strange. Is it the utility aspect that makes it attractive, or do you guys actually think the Ute looks cool? Just wondering…no need to start flaming me for my opinion/questions.

Also just in case you were wondering, I was never a fan of the El Camino either.

—–DENVER—–
Word on the UTEGT! A real shame
also I’ll miss the high performance “Rabbit” variation the “Thunder Bunny”
and while we’re on the topic, why didn’t SAAB make “The Black Turbo” It sounded sweet and only coming in black on black with a little performance upgrade they could have sold alot.

DREAM GARAGE:
1.VW Rabbit “Thunder Bunny”
2.Saab Black Turbo
3.Ford Fiesta SHO- as reccomended yesterday on this blog

I’d just laugh everytime I walked outside

Try driving in Vancouver mayer_ray. If I had a dollar for every pair of those spandex bicycle shorts I’ve had to scrape off the nose I could have bought a G8.

Oh my Johnny. I do hope its no spandex man-äss you are scraping off your nose.

But hey, if you make enough out of it to get a G8 then I shan’t pass moral judgment. That’s Borat’s job – Borat and his energy-sipping vibrator boat.

Sell them to Americans you jackasses

I’ll going to be sick. Why not ship those remaining G8s the AMERICA? This is just stupid!

I don’t care if its re-badged, make it a BUICK, and CHEVY, and CADDY, just bring the damn car back over.

I’ll be back after I hurl and cry.

they can just bring the sedan back as the GMC Caballero and the Ute over as the GMC El Caballero. The GMC/Pontiac dealers already know how to serivce these things for the most part. Case closed. next!

lol…hurl and cry…i’m tempted to make a comment about how that came across as a reaction from an anorexic chick on the rag, but i’m going to pass…after the last Lutz fiasco i installed a G8 disbelief filter…i just block out what folks say about that car and assume its dead and buried…

contrary to idrinorbarsaku, though, i think it’s fine to blow out your parts stock and make the rest of them so that you can and recoup costs as much as possible…it makes no sense to let the parts sit around and rust if they can’t be used elsewhere…

I hope this is just an unfounded rumor. If they have enough parts for 1,500 more G8’s, why not sell them here as Pontiacs for pete’s sake?

@JakeK66, I’d certainly choose one over a Commodore SS. Like you said, to be different, as the G8 is very different looking compared to the Commodore.

I was really hoping Pontiac would have brought the wagon version to the States. That’s the one I really wanted. Kinda pisses me off that Australia’s going to get a G8 wagon and not us.

Oh, well, I got the GT sedan. At least that’s better than not having a G8 at all!

Smart move GM, pull a product that people actually would buy and like from the NA market, makes alot of sence dont it? Even though this is not a car I would ever consider buying, I must admit it was a nice machine. Well I guess GM is gonna give us the Cruze instead which is really a Daewoo. YESS!

I thought is was gonna be a four door Vette. Every week a new story. WTF

So, they’re going to sell a Holden rebadge in Austrailia as a Pontiac?? I wonder if GM believes that the Pontiac name has some allure in the land down under.

From our US perspective, this makes no sense, but if we’re indeed talking a run of 1500, maybe it’s worth it.

I wonder what that will do to parts availability here in the US for G8 owners.

@h82w8

“I wonder what that will do to parts availability here in the US for G8 owners.”

I was kind of wondering the same thing! You would think they’d keep enough spares for collision repairs. Maybe their inventory of hoods and front bumpers is so bloated, they can afford to build these extra 1500 cars.

@h82w8

Good point, I waited over a year to get an interior panel for mine, they should ship all extra parts back to the States.

^ Hate to say this but most parts for wrecked cars aren’t OEM (if you go through your insurance company), but are cheaper Mexican made parts to keep costs down. Don’t get your car in a wreck, it’s never worth it. The bumper won’t ever be as good as the original look. I know a person who had an Oldsmobile Alero wrecked, and the bumper was a Mexican one and it looks like the hood is open from the gap between the hood and the cheap bumper.

Best of luck with the G8, but I’d be concearned about this if I were you.

Hahaha, the only time rebadging for GM every made any sense!

isnt the g8 the holden commodore already?
so why sell an identical car to whats already onsale

Has no-one recognised that this is only a parts bin clearing exercise? Pontiac G8 == Holden Commodore SS. Pontiac G8 GT == Holden Commodore SS-V. The only difference between the vehicles are the font ends and where the driver sits. Rather than bolting the excess Pontiac front ends onto (unbuilt) LHD vehicles, originally destined for the USA, all Holden is doing is bolting them onto the front of RHD vehicles instead. They’ll just be special edition badged vehicles, nothing different underneath. This is badge engineering at its most confusing.

Too bad Asia owns the average US consumer. AU knows how to make a lovely Sheila

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvcToaaXyw4&feature=related

Jake, a lot of states have consumer protection laws in place that allow you to insist on original equipment collision repair parts (when available).

Nice video choose Mutant, i have seen that one before, i love it….love the sound of the supercharger…

But your wrong about the SHEILA’s ( which by the way we dont really call women that anymore) well some do…..but we have just as many fuglys as you do mate…

ill swap you, some sexy american babes for some aussie babes…..
no refunds…ahahahhah lol

At least is Australia they are still in their right mind. BM dropping this car was a mistake—as usual for BM