Sneak Peek! Wagoner lifts cover on Pontiac G8
As we reported earlier today, Charles Gibson is in Detroit this week doing World News Tonight from Motown. Avid Autoblog reader Arthur just tipped us off to this sneak peak of the show in which Rick Wagoner escorts Gibson into the Pontiac design studio and lifts the cover off the front end of the Pontiac G8 that will debut early next month at the Chicago Auto Show. Our inside sources tell us the G8 is officially listed as a concept, but we're obviously pretty certain that Pontiac's going to get a rear-wheel drive sedan based on Holden's Zeta platform and that what you see here isn't far from production at all. Click here to watch the video clip.
Thanks for the tip, Arthur!
[Source: ABC News]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
laserwizard 7:10AM (1/30/2007)
Yawn. What the hell is a Pontiac these days? Wagoner et al should be embarrassed for the CRAP they've shoveled onto Pontiac! These wimpy, feminine vehicles are an absolute disgrace. Now Pontiac is starting to engender the metrosexualization of Saturn blurring what is the difference between the two marques.
If I were a Pontiac owner (read 1960's and 1970's) I'd be incensed at what Wagoner and Lutz have done to Pontiac. It is bad enough they've taken Equinox and Cobore and turned them into Pontiacs. Now they are going to make an absolutely bland and dreadfully mundane sedan into a Pontiac with a grill transfusion and maybe some tail lights.
It is about time GM stockholders push Lutz and Wagoner off the top floor before they destroy GM!
This is outrageous!
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Misaniovent 7:10PM (1/29/2007)
Looks fantastic, even if it's just a small image. It also looks quite a bit like a BMW, but with a little bit more aggression. I really hope that those wheels don't shrink, though I am sure they will.
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Tim 3:02AM (1/30/2007)
I think we answered the question "Are they just going to stick a Pontiac grille on it?"
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DC_1 12:32PM (1/30/2007)
I can't wait!!!
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P. Andco 6:58PM (1/29/2007)
Looking good Pontiac! This small glimpse shows good things are going on at GM's "performance" division. Can't wait till Chicago.
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chris 7:02PM (1/29/2007)
Ah, who would have thought they'd mess up a clean Australian car with hood scoops again...
Has HSV wheels too, you'd think they could at least come up with their own wheels since they can't manage to make their own cars good enough.
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dom 7:13PM (1/29/2007)
Looks like a Serie 3 !
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Brillo 3:05PM (2/05/2007)
Short overhangs look great. I like the wheels on this, it can't get here fast enough
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dis_guy 7:10PM (1/29/2007)
The Pontiac style grille just doesn't look right on this car to me.
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JayP 7:14PM (1/29/2007)
At a glance, it was an M3 for me...
Shocking!
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Typesbad 7:23PM (1/29/2007)
Looks like an E36 3-Series to me as well. The funny thing is, when I first saw the E36, I thought it looked too much like a Pontiac. I got over it. Love the short front overhang.
C'mon GM, get this one right!
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naggs 7:28PM (1/29/2007)
looks awesome, love the short overhang and the wheels look great
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Casey Waters 9:33PM (1/29/2007)
But it's got the nostrils.
Damn corporate trademark.
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SSBR 7:37PM (1/29/2007)
I thought it was a picture of a covered up 3-series. I have respect for GM, but at the same time they are desperate. With a shrinking market share and smarter buyers, GM needs to pull out all the stops from now on, and NOTHING LESS. While I applaud there effort for injecting life back into Pontiac, I think the new G8 (aka Holden Commodore VE) will be a good product, but like I said.. we have more smarter buyers now.
Cheers to the new poor mans BMW!
http://www.rolesor.com
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Tool 7:37PM (1/29/2007)
Holy shit. This looks like another winner.
Very BMW-esque with the EXTREMELY short overhang.
The Lutz-driven product development culture is in full swing. Great to see GM making this incredible comeback.
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victor casado 7:40PM (1/29/2007)
another piece of SHIT..... never will get the luck or the quality or the value of a HONDA or TOYOTA........
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Jared 7:48PM (1/29/2007)
This looks hot no matter how you slice it. GM needs to get this out in a timely fashion though. A lot of there recent launches have had people excited for a long time, but then there attention diminishes by the time the vehicle is actually available. Also it needs to exceed what the competition is right now not just match, because again by the time the vehicle is available it is behind in a year when the competition comes out with new offerings.
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Jared 7:50PM (1/29/2007)
Please keep ignorant, biased statements out of the blogs. You lower iq's faster than drinking and smoking dope put together. Victor I wish I could say I heart you, but I keep feeling like i want to throw a trident through your heart. Is that wrong Mr. Casado? No, the answer is no.
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Snix 11:49PM (1/29/2007)
Hey #11 Victor:
GM is a piece of shit, huh?
Acura(made by Honda)=blatant copy of BMW
Lexus(made by Toyota)=blatant copy of Mercedes-Benz
Oh, I just got a letter today about my daughters Honda warranty being extended as a result of a lawsuit.
Toyota just settled on their engine sludge lawsuit.
Piece of shit, huh?......
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Michael Karesh 7:50PM (1/29/2007)
I've been thinking "M46 M3" ever since I first saw the new Commodore.
Posted to my blog earlier today about the challenges of offering overseas models in the U.S.:
http://www.truedelta.com/blog/?p=18
Hopefully the next round ends the curse. Maybe all the GTO needed after all was a second pair of doors?
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