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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
- Sport Truck Redux: New Rumors About The Holden Ute Heading To The U.s.a.
It’s a poorly kept secret that many Americans are quite fond of the Australian-made and Commodore-derived, Holden Ute, which we recently drove in Queensland. It’s big, brutish and comfortable with a bevy of engine and equipment options...
- New Rumors Of The Pontiac G8 Returning To North America As A Chevrolet
The demise of the Pontiac brand in 2009 also brought about the death of the G8, the Americanized derivative of the Australian-built Holden Commodore SS. It was a sad day for Pontiac and Holden fans alike, the loss of the G8 export contract costing Holden...
- 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....
- Holden Celebrates Commodore's 30th Anniversary
The introduction of the Commodore in GM Holden's range in 1978 along with the addition of a Statesman De Ville in the family the same year is probably one of the first -though very vague- automotive memories of yours truly. The first Commodore rolled...
- 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...
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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 previous GM car-based trucks on this continent. In fact, take the Subaru Baja as an example of terrible cartruck sales, as well. Subaru wanted to push around 24,000 Bajas (an Outback with no roof continuation, the Outback being a jacked up Legacy wagon) but only managed to shove 30,000 out dealer doors over four years. Â
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Holden, General Motors' Australian subsidiary, is donating their Commodore to Pontiac where you know it as the G8. Expect success, unlike Holden's last gift to Pontiac, the ill-fated and slow-selling GTO. Assuming rising gas prices but no less need for practical truck usages, the thinking is that General Motors will import the Holden Ute as a G8 cartruck. Sixty extra components help strengthen the longer G8 ute, which makes use of the 6.0L V8 from the G8 GT in the New York concept form. Â
Other news involving this ute is that it may not be the G8 Ute, at least by name. Pontiac.com/namethiscar will host the public naming of what Pontiac calls a "sport truck utility vehicle". The site also mentions 3,500 pounds of towing capability and a 1,300 pound payload.
- Sport Truck Redux: New Rumors About The Holden Ute Heading To The U.s.a.
It’s a poorly kept secret that many Americans are quite fond of the Australian-made and Commodore-derived, Holden Ute, which we recently drove in Queensland. It’s big, brutish and comfortable with a bevy of engine and equipment options...
- New Rumors Of The Pontiac G8 Returning To North America As A Chevrolet
The demise of the Pontiac brand in 2009 also brought about the death of the G8, the Americanized derivative of the Australian-built Holden Commodore SS. It was a sad day for Pontiac and Holden fans alike, the loss of the G8 export contract costing Holden...
- 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....
- Holden Celebrates Commodore's 30th Anniversary
The introduction of the Commodore in GM Holden's range in 1978 along with the addition of a Statesman De Ville in the family the same year is probably one of the first -though very vague- automotive memories of yours truly. The first Commodore rolled...
- 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...