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Originally Posted by iwannagofast
I'm sad to see if Pontiac really must go,but its the same way with Olds, and Plymouth. Both divisions had the same cars with just a bit of different styling cues on the front and rear and a different name. I'm afraid the years of the muscle car era and american goodness died in the 1970's with the gas issues and insurance. That's the Pontiac, Plymouth and Olds I remember and love. The only good cars I really remember coming from Pontiac were the Grand Prix/Am, firebird/T/A, and the Bonneville. I'd rather see it go a peaceful death than a long overdue death... Unless I've had this idea for awhile. I know it sounds weird, but for those that read this at GM here me out. The G8 yeah is awesome and will probably be rebadged, but if ya create a two door version call it the chevelle/montecarlo and the G8 the impala. Next for all those Firebird and T/A lovers, really how much would it really take to convert that covert that Camaro into a firebird. Retool the the plastic dyes for the front and rear to make them look like the firebird, make a couple tiny interior mods to the dash, ie dash gauges, for the driver to make it a firebird dash and keep the aux gauges the same, they would look cool in each vehicle, and have Oshawa keep making them. Bascially it wouldn't cost that much to convert a camaro into a firebird and vise versa and for those who were on the line on getting camaro, but I would rather have the firebird can have there cake and eat it too. Too me pontiac will probably die, but why waste the name and badging. I guess in this long ramble I'm saying the company pontiac can go out to pasture, but just take all those sales of the firebird and put them under Chevy company, heck you could call it Pontiac Firebird by Chevy.
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as much as i hate to admit this...
i do like the idea of the G8 coming over to chevy. its a nice lookin car - but in a not-so muscle-y way. i drove a GT and it was sweet.
but if pontiac has to die, yes.... please bring the G8 to us chevy dudes.
Impala SS.... give it that new, KILLER chevy-front-end stance that people are devouring via the MALIBU re-do and EVEN the new TRAVERSE (seeing lots on the road now!) that would FINALLY be another BADASS Impala.
and of course have your more conservative trims. thats another car - EVERY other car on the road is an Impala. a new "G8-pala" would do VERY well.
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