More GM Cuts: Cadillac STS-V and Pontiac G6 GXP both gone for 2010
2009 Pontiac G6 GXP Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery
Pluto, the Roman god of Hades, is currently on a tour of the General Motors product garage and he's taking a few cars with him from the land of the living. After sending the Impala SS and the Cobalt SS to the underworld, he has just added to his collection the Cadillac STS-V and Pontiac G6 GXP – neither car will live to see next year. Truth be told, these cancellations are coming straight from the automaker's 2010 Online Order / Reference Guide for dealers, and we're only finding out about them as people dig deeper and deeper into the document.
GM banishing the STS-V makes sense, since it was underpowered and overpriced compared to the CTS-V, and your typical STS owner probably wasn't looking to get to his doctor's appointment faster than the speed of light. The G6 GXP, meanwhile, is not only hideously ugly in both two- and four-door versions, but a 252-hp coupe costing $26,595 is not a great value proposition these days. Heck, that's $3,500 more than the new V6 Camaro! While we mourn their loss of life and horsepower, we doubt many will miss the cars themselves, and we wish them well on their appointments with the boatman at the river Styx. Gallery: 2009 Pontiac G6 GXP
[Source: Motor Authority]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Farmboy 1:34PM (5/08/2009)
Wasn't Pontiac already gone?
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Randy 1:52PM (5/08/2009)
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the heading. If the brand is gone, so are the cars and so is the author's memory! :) No matter how you cut it the "Pontiac Anything" would be gone! :)
Now one could say "yeah well they could throw a Chevy symbol on it" and I'd respond "well that makes it a Chevrolet Anything and not a "pontiac anything"''
Ya know?
mankit 1:55PM (5/08/2009)
Pontiac won't be phased out until 2010
rljones 5:19PM (5/08/2009)
You beat me to it. Since Pontiac as a brand is gone as of 2010 also, the fact that one of it's cars would be discontinued classifies as as duh! to me.
TyWright 1:34PM (5/08/2009)
The STS-V will Mos Def be a collectors item.
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Shamdiddly 2:39PM (5/08/2009)
wait, are you asking if Mos Def will be a collector's item? I like his music and all, but...srsly?
Matt 2:56PM (5/08/2009)
If the G6 GXP lost the stupid buck-toothed grille and the hammer-head shark fin spoiler.. and maybe lost $2-3,000 off it's price, it wouldn't be a bad sedan. But for a coupe, you'd have to be nuts to not pick up the Camaro.
http://whybuydomestic.wordpress.com/
Taglane 4:02PM (5/08/2009)
I can't believe I have to tell this to a human, but Mos Def= Most Definitely.
jeez. even if it was a joke...
jv2k 4:02PM (5/08/2009)
The g6 didn't come standard looking like that. IIRC all the hood scoops and gigantic spoiler stuff costs extra. I think it did have the rabit tooth grill standard though(which probably wouldn't look so awkward if the nose was at a wider angle, the hood stuck out a bit more, and they moved the arrow down a bit) for some odd reason.
Quantumphysics 5:11PM (5/08/2009)
I could care less about the STS V. The STS is good enough with a regular V8. Anything more is overkill and wasteful.
I want to buy a CTS-V Coupe and I have $15,000 in the bank gaining interest till the day they release it. Its something I MUST have.
TyWright 6:17PM (5/08/2009)
No I really think the STS-V will hold its value like crazy.
It's got 550+hp right now, 2nd only to the S65 and Bentley Speed at 600hp for sedans.
Pretty fly. Remember all super sedans are going to get hippy on us and get wimpier, so this is probably the most powerful US sedan that will ever be made.
And Mos Def will prolly buy one. :D
Tourian 1:45PM (5/09/2009)
The STS-V "only" has 469hp. It costs more and performers worse then the cheaper CTS-V. So yeah, it makes sense to cut it.
TyWright 2:33PM (5/09/2009)
You're right man. I thought you could get it with a Vette engine for this year. My bizzad.
Steven 1:35PM (5/08/2009)
I thought only the cobalt ss sedan was cancelled?
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kal326 2:21PM (5/08/2009)
Thats what the article said the other day, wonder if both got the axe instead?
CaroVette 2:37PM (5/08/2009)
I agree, the article said just the 4 door.
WTF Mates/Ramsey?
BlackEmblem 5:35PM (5/08/2009)
GM are phasing out their "performance" image gradually, so the Cobalt SS is not the only car nixed. Disbandment of the performance team.. phaseout of Pontiac.. Impala SS.. and now this. Selling the Camaro, Corvette, and the CTS-V is more than enough in this climate. I think GM is actually doing something correct this time.
Steve Lopez 1:39PM (5/08/2009)
Well, now Cadillacs has no competitor for the M5, E Class AMG, etc.
Great idea GM!!!
Keep up the great work and you will be shutting down your downs for good.
Who the hell thought up this one?
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Franz 1:43PM (5/08/2009)
That's what the CTS-V is for. I'm sorry, but the STS-V never did quite cut the mustard. It's a good idea to let it go.
Joe 1:44PM (5/08/2009)
The STS-V was not a worthy competitor for an M5 or E-class AMG. The CTS-V does a better job at that.