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another reason was uninspired leadership. Pontiac and its cousins at Olds, Buick and GMC were always used as stepping stones up the corporate ladder for whoever was on the way up the ladder. It seems like every 4 years or so a new CEO at Pontiac would step in with his ideas and directions. With all these changes there was little continuity of leadership and direction thus the re-badging and uninspired styles.
I've looked back and as far the early 80s you could see it coming for Olds and Pontiac. GM spent millions on the quad 4 and it was a disaster. Why they didnt drop an L98 into an A body car is beyond me. Fule mileage would have been decent and power would have been on par with anything at the time. Look at how well the mid 90s Impala ss did. Imagine a mid 80s monte carlo SS or Pontiac Grand Prix with an L98 and then an LT1 and eventually an LS1. Now they are spending alot of $$ in RD to get the new rwd Chevy SS back to market when it never should have left.
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2013 model 2SS LS3
1969 model wife. Factory stock, no mods. Redhead package.
2005 model son. Special ordered with the hell on wheels package.
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