📰 Auto News Final Pontiacs Unlikely to Be Collectors' Items

[Bru]

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Just a day has passed since the news about the death of Pontiac, to be phased out in 2010. As happens at other passings, however, some of you already may be tempted to see it as an opportunity.

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But one outfit, AutoTrader Classic, warns against rushing out to buy a new Pontiac because you think it will jump in value as a collectible in coming decades. Says General Manager Rob Huting: the Pontiac G8 GT may be a super value for the performance, but almost 12,000 have been produced over two years. It's not rare. And, he adds, it's not significant to collectors like, say, a Corvette, so it won't necessarily be worth a lot more down the road. He says the same goes for the nifty little Solstice roadster. Buy these if you want a good car, not if you're looking for an investment.

Open Road doesn't see any current model even matching the collectible interest of Pontiac's vintage Fiero, GTO, Firebird or Grand Prix. Check out photos of those and others in our gallery and let us know what you think with a comment. You can also send photos of you and your Pontiac to [email protected] for an upcoming photo gallery.

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[Yaj Yak]

huh weird.

lol go figure hahaha.

 

[Bru]

Don't listen to them, the G3, G5 and G6 are embraced by all Pontiac enthusiasts as collectors items.

 

[Smoke]

The final Pontiacs wont be collectors items. The million odd ones before wont be either...

 

[Oreif]

Hey they mentioned "Fiero" !!!!!!!!

WooHoo, I have a "collectible" now!!

 

[bluzohh6]

no big suprise here

 

[slowchevy]

figures.

no commemorative editions like the olds' had? shitty.

 

[TonzKnock-G]

lol

 

[IDAFC21]

gto... check.

im quittin my job on monday. expect to see my car at barrett jackson next year.

 

[Eagle]

WS6... check.

 

[bikrboy128]

excellent. i has a gto.

 

[thom000001]

yea, damn silly foreign car manufacturers that moved their plants to the US and use US labor.....not like the US manufacturers who moved their plants to Mexico and Canada and still have higher manufacturing costs.......

 

[UWISHU1]

GP check

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Man these Pontiacs are going to be more collectible than the last Oldsmobiles and Plymouths!!!!!

 

[bikrboy128]

Man these Pontiacs are going to be more collectible than the last Oldsmobiles and Plymouths!!!!!

plymouth prowler is rare and holding it's value. that's the only thing notable that they made, and olds didnt make anything great in their final years so...yeah.

 

[02BlueGT]

plymouth prowler is rare and holding it's value. that's the only thing notable that they made, and olds didnt make anything great in their final years so...yeah.

Except for the 4.0 V8 aurora's with the 4T80....my buddy had one, it was very very nice

 

[bluzohh6]

im guessing white pontiac vibes are going to be collectibles, KJ hold of on that truck and don't take any less than 500k for your vibe

 

[Poopshinanigans]

plymouth prowler is rare and holding it's value. that's the only thing notable that they made, and olds didnt make anything great in their final years so...yeah.

Prowlers are pieces of shit, i don't find those cars at all desirable. I'll give them credit for trying to think out of the box, but in the end its a curvy piece of purple shit.

 

[asainchris]

gto... check.

im quittin my job on monday. expect to see my car at barrett jackson next year.

Time to spend the money to get the goat flawless! YAAY MBM!