Tell me more about GM re-releasing the G8!?!?
schufflerbot wrote:the G8 is just a rebadged Holden Commodore and yes, they're re-releasing the car as a chevy! i want a G8 GXP 6 speed... that's the only car i'd trade my babygoat for.surprise_i'm_armed wrote:schufflerbot:
The last generation GTO's like yours certainly have the horsepower, but I think the reason
that they did not become a sales success was the tame body styling. They didn't have the headturning
look of a muscle car. I liked the rear bumpers that had "GTO" on them.
Pontiac created the fast and good looking G8 with high horsepower in a 4 door sedan, the ability to get a stick or
a slushbox, and was affordably priced for a roomy, speedy package. Unfortunately Pontiac was pink-slipped by GM and not
many G8's got sold before the funeral. The front ends are very aero without being "bar of soap." Although I personally
think the tail lights were a little too small for the rear upon which they are mounted.
GM said that they would not use the G8 platform for any other purpose at the time Pontiac died, but recently I saw
a speculation that GM would possibly rebadge the G8 with a bowtie and sell it as a police interceptor. Police love rear wheel
drive for pursuits, and the Chevy police packages of late only have rear wheel drive in the Chevy Defender. The Chevy Defender
is the name for the Tahoe with the police package.
TAM's son has a G8 that was a former rental, IIRC. He got that after having a used Crown Vic police unit.
SIA