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Pontiac G8
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Pontiac G8

"a red car on a road"

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woberto Report This Comment
Date: March 25, 2008 02:46AM

[www.drive.com.au]
90130_ Report This Comment
Date: March 25, 2008 04:34AM

Eh. The Holden Commodore SS by another name. Cool car, but I'm hoping that GM will get it right and build the new Chevy Impala SS with the 400HP LS2 or LS3 they've been promising us stateside. At least its rear wheel drive instead of all the front drive shit they've been building for years.

I'll keep driving the last great rear drive sedan they ever built, the 1994-1996 Chevy Impala SS. I own two.thumbs
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BTW, Select middle Eastern markets get the Commodore as a Chevy Caprice SS.
90130_ Report This Comment
Date: March 25, 2008 05:00AM

Just went to the website. [www.pontiac.com]

Looks like if you wait until 2009, you can get the G8 CXP with a 6.2L V8 and six speed transmission. FUCK. Sign me up.
woberto Report This Comment
Date: March 25, 2008 06:21AM

Oh yeah, the "Sports Truck" is based on our "Ute".
90130_ Report This Comment
Date: March 25, 2008 07:15AM

Yes, the spiritual successor to the Chevy El Camino. Heh.
pulse Report This Comment
Date: March 27, 2008 09:04AM

I can't stand the gob they put on it. Much prefer the Commodore..

[www.autoclub.com.au]
90130_ Report This Comment
Date: March 28, 2008 05:32AM

The Commodore SS-V certainly looks serious but somewhat plain without the bonnet scoops and two-piece grille of the Pontiac G8, but I'm thinking that they weren't taking any chances after the Pontiac GTO, which you Australians know as the Holden Monaro.

The GTO suffered primarily from it's appearance, looking more like a Chevy Cavalier on steroids. When I was at a Pontiac / GMC dealer a couple of years ago looking at a big pickup truck, a deep rumble echoed off the wall in back of the dealership's lot, which opened up in a full throttle V8 roar down the street past where I was standing.

I looked around to try to determine what muscle car was creating that wonderful sound, but couldn't place it in the traffic driving by. The salesman pointed to what appeared to be a boring little red subcompact and said that's the GTO you're listening to.

I was quite amused.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 28/03/2008 05:33AM by 90130_.
90130_ Report This Comment
Date: March 28, 2008 05:40AM

[en.wikipedia.org]

Heh..read what Wiki mentioned about the hood scoops on the GTO, Pulse.