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Study Shows What Brands Captured the Interest of Pontiac Owners in 2010
A new survey from RL Polk & Co. suggests that most Pontiac owners who bought a new car in 2010 chose a product from General Motors. More specifically, of the 57,641 Pontiac customers looking to replace their car, GM was able to recapture 53.3% of them, with 33.5% being a Chevrolet vehicle, 11.7% a GMC, 6.7% a Buick, and 1.5% a Cadillac model. A significant percentage of buyers defected to the Ford brand, which ranked 3rd overall with 10.5%, while the Chrysler Corporation saw the Dodge brand ranked 9th, capturing 3.2%. Jeep and Chrysler together were able to capture the interest of 1.7% of Pontiac owners looking for a new vehicle in 2010.
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Gm Ceo Says Pontiac G8 Gxp Won't Live On As A Chevy Or A Cadillac
If you have been eyeing Pontiac's LS3 V8-powered G8 GXP you better hurry up and buy one before the brand closes as the sports sedan won't be offered by any other GM marque. During a web chat on the firm's official blog, GM CEO Fritz Henderson...
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Rumorville: Gm Wants To Kill Rear-wheel-drive Pontiac G8 Sedan
General Motors will not replace the Holden Commodore based, rear-wheel-drive Pontiac G8 sedan with a new model when it goes out of production in about five year's time, Edmund's Insideline reported today citing unnamed sources. If true, then with...
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Gm Recalling Supercharged Buick Regal & Pontiac Grand Prix Sedans
Today’s recall concerns 207,542 MY 1997-2003 Buick Regal and Pontiac Grand Prix vehicles equipped with a 3.8L supercharged V6 engine. According to GM, engine oil can leak from the valve cover and migrate during manoeuvres such as hard braking....
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More Sales Stats On Goodcarbadcar Now Available
Since GoodCarBadCar began showcasing monthly and yearly sales figures for every current make and model in 2011 in a searchable database, we hoped to also include as many defunct models as possible. Time constraints made it not so. With further...
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Domestic Automakers May/08 Results
It was a common belief at the beginning of May, when automakers released their sales date for April, that the first couple days of June would reveal bad news, as well. The commonality of any belief does not prove that belief to be true; however, the statistics...
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