Nopar: Pontiac G6 "Super Bee"
Pontiac G6 "Super Bee" - Click above for photo gallery
While Pontiac gets ready to take a dirt nap next to Oldsmobile and the folks at Chrysler's Auburn Hills HQ brush up on their Italian, at least one American driver is showing us what might have been if the once-proposed Chrysler/GM merger (remember those days?) had come to be. Consider the perfect storm of hideous product decisions that could have ensued under such a tie-up.
What's that? Your mind's eye can't envision a scenario so horrifying? No worries. Autoblog reader Berto snagged some photos illustrating just how kooky things could have gotten. Imagine one automaker's muscle heritage fused with the base-level front-drive mediocrity of another. Imagine, friends, the Pontiac G6 V6 Super Bee. Thanks, Berto!
Gallery: Nopar: Pontiac G6 V6 Super Bee
[Photos: Berto]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jsams4131 3:47PM (6/28/2009)
haha I love when people do stuff like this
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Jake B 7:21PM (6/28/2009)
Reminds me of the post with the Pontiac with two spoilers. There was the crappy 90s factory spoiler with a wing mounted backwards above it.
And to think I am scared that carbon fiber on my car might not be in total good taste.
PJ 12:26PM (6/29/2009)
Still trying to decide what's worse: this, or the 2004 Dodge Ram "Rumble Bee" (which had the same stickers, but also threw in a desirable fake hood scoop and body-color interior plastics--and no performance kit).
Taglane 3:50PM (6/28/2009)
Unless this is sitting atop a Zeta chassis, epic fail.
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Taglane 3:51PM (6/28/2009)
I also find it funny that there are two Dodges staring it in it's face.
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Jay 10:46PM (6/28/2009)
Possibly 3...I see the Caravan, the Caliber, and what looks to be a white 1st-gen "cloud car" in the spot ahead and to the left of the Pontiac.
Art 4:04PM (6/28/2009)
ironically, still 10000x more attractive than the GTP
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johnson412 6:38PM (6/28/2009)
Actually, the GTP (produced only until 2007) looks almost exactly like this with only a lip spoiler and 18" five spoke wheels. In 2008, the GXP was introduced, and even it looks mostly okay (with the exception of the bucktooth grille).
What everyone actually complains about is an optional visual package called the "Street Edition," which adds the ridiculous wing, a lot of chrome, and a faux ram air hood. Yes, it is hideous, but it was not standard or required, and is in no way the worst car Pontiac has ever made (unlike what Autoblog attempts to say).
Art 6:40PM (6/28/2009)
i meant the monstrosity of a gxp, sorry
My SS RX 8 4:08PM (6/28/2009)
i'm not sure how i feel about some guy's personal idea of customizing his car should be held up to public ridicule on another persons web site, just not quit sure that it is fair.
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Tony 4:09PM (6/28/2009)
Yup! That ranks up there with gold emblems, vinyl roofs, continental kits on newer cars and MGTD body kits on beetle chassis. This just shouldn't happen. What gets me is that somebody actually produced a decal kit for this abomination.
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Tang 4:11PM (6/28/2009)
It looks like a base trim G6 too. The wheels.
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amnigo 6:55PM (6/28/2009)
Not the base, it has a V6 emblem. Which means it's the base V6 model, but not the base 4-cylinder.
ToniCipriani 8:44PM (6/28/2009)
There are two base models, 4-cylinder and V6. I have a base V6 and has (had) those wheels.
Tang 11:20PM (6/28/2009)
Thanks for the correction... I just realized that the G6 was offered with hubcaps. Must be the I4.
click_playaz 4:17PM (6/28/2009)
haha! it's funny! What about Dodge Viper SRT8 ACR Super Bee?
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EEL 4:28PM (6/28/2009)
"Dodge Viper SRT8 ACR Super Bee"
Chopping off 2 cylinders, huh? LMAO!!!, unintentional typo or not.
EEL 4:29PM (6/28/2009)
"Dodge Viper SRT8 ACR Super Bee"
Chopping off 2 cylinders, huh? LMAO!!!, unintentional typo or not.
Taglane 10:11PM (6/28/2009)
Was that an unintentional Double Post?
Sorry I had to...
Spartan 4:24PM (6/28/2009)
EPIC...FAIL
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