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With strong publicity and heavy advertising, not to mention a good product, it's easy for some people to forget that the Pontiac G8 started out as a Holden Commodore. The General Motors folk Down Under have always been fans of taking what basically appears to be a Commodore wagon and stripping it of a rear passenger compartment and roof; leaving a truck bed. They call it a Ute.
- R.i.p.: Gm Cancels 2010 Pontiac G8 St Sport Truck
Despite all the hype that Pontiac created for its Holden Commodore Ute based G8 ST, General Motors has decided to cancel the sports truck that was scheduled to hit U.S. dealerships this fall. The announcement was made today to the company's dealers....
- Pontiac Names The G8 Sport Truck Simply G8 St
Much to the misfortune of our Jalop friends and despite a huge online competition (see here) that saw more than 18,000 different names being entered, GM decided to stick with the totally bland “G8 ST†where ST stands for -you guessed it- Sport...
- Pontiac G8 Sport Truck: What Would You Name It?
Whilst Pontiac introduced its all-new, Holden Ute based vehicle to the public at the New York Auto Show as the G8 Sport Truck (details here), that will not be the car's name when it enters the North American market in late 2009. As many of our readers...
- 2008 Pontiac G8 Prices: V6 Starts At $27,595, V8 At $29,995 -cheaper Than The Holden Commodore!
We don’t know how but they did it; GM folks managed to import the Australian made Pontiac G8 to the States with reasonable price tags: the 260Hp 3.6L V6 base G8 kicks off at $27,595 while the 362 Hp 6.0L V8 G8 GT starts off at $29,995. Since the...
- Name The Pontiac G8 Ute
Will Australia's love for the ute, a phenomenon not seen in other parts of the globe, reignite an El Camino-like passion in North America? General Motors; more specifically Pontiac, certainly hopes so. Â Do recall the on-again/off-again life of...
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ST IT IS, PONTIAC NAMES G8 UTE
With strong publicity and heavy advertising, not to mention a good product, it's easy for some people to forget that the Pontiac G8 started out as a Holden Commodore. The General Motors folk Down Under have always been fans of taking what basically appears to be a Commodore wagon and stripping it of a rear passenger compartment and roof; leaving a truck bed. They call it a Ute.Pontiac won't call their version the Ute. It won't be the G8 Ute. More importantly - and to some, more disappointingly - the light truck version of the Pontiac G8 will not become the Pontiac El Camino. "In the end," said Craig Bierley, "we felt it was more appropriate to honor the El Camino’s unique place as part of Chevy’s heritage and not use that nameplate on a Pontiac."Â
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GM's so-called performance division wants you to believe the G8 ST, as it will be officially and formally named, is a sports car with truck-like capability. Truthfully, it's neither. The regular G8 is a nice car, but even it is at best a sporting sedan. Towing 3,500 pounds is nice, too. But truck-like? Not quite. Carrying a payload of 1,000 pounds doesn't make this a Silverado, either.
However, the G8 ST will combine much of a sports car's speed with some of a truck's ability. Towing and hauling is more than possible. 361 horsepower should allow a 0-60mph time under 5.5 seconds. Late next year the G8 ST should arrive at Pontiac dealers as a 2010 model. Its fuel economy will not be terrific, but with active fuel management (cylinder shutdown) and a six-speed auto, the G8 should use less gas than a traditional truck while traveling much faster.
- R.i.p.: Gm Cancels 2010 Pontiac G8 St Sport Truck
Despite all the hype that Pontiac created for its Holden Commodore Ute based G8 ST, General Motors has decided to cancel the sports truck that was scheduled to hit U.S. dealerships this fall. The announcement was made today to the company's dealers....
- Pontiac Names The G8 Sport Truck Simply G8 St
Much to the misfortune of our Jalop friends and despite a huge online competition (see here) that saw more than 18,000 different names being entered, GM decided to stick with the totally bland “G8 ST†where ST stands for -you guessed it- Sport...
- Pontiac G8 Sport Truck: What Would You Name It?
Whilst Pontiac introduced its all-new, Holden Ute based vehicle to the public at the New York Auto Show as the G8 Sport Truck (details here), that will not be the car's name when it enters the North American market in late 2009. As many of our readers...
- 2008 Pontiac G8 Prices: V6 Starts At $27,595, V8 At $29,995 -cheaper Than The Holden Commodore!
We don’t know how but they did it; GM folks managed to import the Australian made Pontiac G8 to the States with reasonable price tags: the 260Hp 3.6L V6 base G8 kicks off at $27,595 while the 362 Hp 6.0L V8 G8 GT starts off at $29,995. Since the...
- Name The Pontiac G8 Ute
Will Australia's love for the ute, a phenomenon not seen in other parts of the globe, reignite an El Camino-like passion in North America? General Motors; more specifically Pontiac, certainly hopes so. Â Do recall the on-again/off-again life of...