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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 09:14 AM
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News Bonneville may or may not live past 2004, when the related Buick LeSabre is to get a thorough reengineering job. Pontiac is said to be undecided about continuing its full-size car because sales aren't what they need to be. Indeed, Bonneville dropped a sizeable 26 percent year-over-year in calendar 2001 and another 22.4 percent in the first nine months of 2002.

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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:25 AM
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Its a discontinued car in Canada now...as of 2005

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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:29 AM
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Say what??? They can discontinue a car in candada even if it'* not yet cancelled in the USA?
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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Yeah...we can do that..

GM Canada and GM USA are 2 different companies pitching a product to 2 different markets. I guess the Bonneville is just not selling anymore.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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Oh... never knew that one....
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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well, the way GM seems to produce all the same car just with different names, dosen't really suprise me. Thats what happend with oldsmobile.....
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 02:02 PM
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I acutally heard that the 04 Bonnie'* aren't coming to Canada.

I know the dealerships in Atlantic Canada will not be carrying them.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by driverjohn2005
well, the way GM seems to produce all the same car just with different names, dosen't really suprise me. Thats what happend with oldsmobile.....
Precisely! Sometimes I think that GM is too big for it'* own good. They need to separate the companies they own out a little more. Like they need to tone down the luxury in Chevy trucks and leave it for the GMC'*.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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The lesabre isn't the same anymore, remember in 00 the bonnie went to G body, while the buicks stayed with H bodies.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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Remember that bonneville isnt a canadian car in the first place (ie. way back 1950s)... we had stratocheifs or somthing like that, did they say anything about the park av?
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