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Obama Forces GM's Hand~Goodbye Pontiac

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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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well, on the bright side of things, pontiacs will always remain collectable so that gives us incentive to keep our pontiacs clean! also, they're gonna be alot cheaper!
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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I wonder how this will effect the KBB value of my car?
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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I wouldn't look for an increase. It did nothing for Oldsmobiles when they went belly up. Bonneville production numbers are high. It not like any of them are a 69 Camaro RS/SS.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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69 Catalina wagon (learned to drive on)
73 Grand Am (with the cool rubber nose)
65 cat for my bro that did 140 on the highway (speedo disappeared into the dash)
70 gp (for his girlfriend -now wife and his son rebuilt into a sub 14 car)
76 gp (black with white real classy)
65 gp (my first car - surprised many a camaro with this one)
83 6000 ste
86 6000 ste (180k with no squeeks or nothing)
(3 other 6000'* thru the extended family)
69 gp SJ 428/370 (still have) (15.7 @ 86 bone stock)
77 gp (girlfriend now wife of 24 yrs' first car ... she knew what to get)
89 Bonne SE (what a road car - burgundy/silver with the triangle wheels)
94 ssei (black - stealthy 15.6 @87 bone stock & hot)
01 gp GTP (nice kick here)
05 Montana (for the family)
... last but not least
05 Bonne GXP (one of the best all around cars I ever had)

I AM BUMMED!!!

Pontiac was 9% of GM and Buick was like 4%. ..? I don't get it.
Pontiac is now focused with some of the best BMW chasers yet.

Where'* my G8 GXP?


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1969 Grand Prix SJ – 428cid/370hp
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Old May 3, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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i always thought that it would be chevy pontiac at the bitter end. cause someone under the age of 70 wants a buick. i mean they are nice cars but come on! this was coming though, they got rid of the f body platform then the bonneville. so ridiculous.
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Old May 3, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Personally, I wouldn't buy any of Pontiacs current offerings. I love my GXP but the Company as a whole has been off direction for years. They stopped being "individual" and have been playing "follow the leader" for to long. If they would have brought V8'* and RWD back 10 years ago, and went back to making actual sports cars, maybe this wouldnt be happening. Killing the Bonneville and replacing it with a "letter/number designate" import didnt help. We have the best the company had to offer, and they deserted that product line. I have no pity or sorrow for their demise.
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Old May 16, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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Looking at the pontiacs that are currently out on the streets , are more worse quality then the ones in the 90'*....
Still sad seeing these suckers go down hill :(

Long live the Bonneville
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