Rumors from late last week have come home to roost, and as part of its restructuring efforts, General Motors has just announced that Pontiac will be "phased out by the end of 2010." GM will continue to build its accelerated viability plan around four brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC. As part of its latest announcement, GM also announced that it plans to have "the resolution" of Saab, Saturn, and Hummer by the end of 2009 "at the latest." In total, GM plans to end up with just 34 nameplates for 2010, as compared to 48 for 2008 – a reduction of some 29%. Further, as part of ... Read More

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Officially Official: GM kills Pontiac *UPDATED with LIVE webcast embed* 1240836600

Rumors from late last week have come home to roost, and as part of its restructuring efforts, General Motors has just announced that Pontiac will be "phased out by the end of 2010." GM will continue to build its accelerated viability plan around four brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC.As part of its latest announcement, GM also announced that it ...
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Solstice coupe due in 2008, Torrent dead, RWD G5 under development 1185888420

Automotive News has been pumping out a ton of information about the General's future products, and between buffing fingerprints off the crystal ball and making phone calls to unnamed sources, they've shed some light on the future of Pontiac.According to AN, we can expect to get a hard-top version of the Solstice sometime in 2008 as a 2009 model, complete ...
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GM's future involves a new CUV in 2011 1185814500

Stricter mileage standards being voted on by the government is already taking its toll on automakers like GM, which now have to shift focus onto smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles. Traditional bread winners such as big heavy SUVs are being phased out by a new generation of smaller and more car-like crossover models. To ensure that it can retain buyers ...
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Chinese carmakers now doing mashups! Meet the Lexiac RX Torrent 1177245420

UPDATE: Added more live shots from Autoblog Chineseclick above image to view more pics of the Huanghai Fast NCV, aka Lexiac RX TorrentOver in Shanghai this week, all the local producers are bringing out their latest wares. By now we've gotten used to seeing Chinese cars that bear remarkable resemblances to products from non-Chinese manufacturers with slight ...
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Spy Shots: GM's super Thetas from Chevy and Pontiac 1163362620

The Chevy Equinox and Pontiac Torrent, General Motors' two badge-engineered SUVs based on the Theta platform, are about as vanilla as sport utilities come. Therefore, we've been eager to learn more info about high performance versions the General has in the works. The Equinox one will be badged as an SS model, while the Torrent's will be either a GT or GXP. ...