📰 Auto News The 2010 model lineup for Pontiac will ONLY be a Vibe?

[Oreif]

Seems GM has found another way to further humiliate the Pontiac brand.

The ONLY 2010 Pontiac is going to be the Vibe! (And it's really a Toyota Matrix!!) They will make the G6 only for rental companies and the government.
Oh, and you can get the 2010 Vibe in "Ignition Orange".

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2009/06/pontiac-to-offer-the-vibe-and-nothing-else-in-2010.html

Recently GM interim CEO Fritz Henderson reiterated the company’s position that the G8 would not carry on as either a Buick, Chevy or Cadillac. The G3 and G5 will also cease production this year, while the G6 will only be made available to government, corporate and rental car fleets.

There has been no word lately on the Solstice model. GM had made it known that it would consider offers for the Solstice (as well as the Saturn Sky and Opel GT) as a separate entity, but with the sale of Saturn to Penske, that now seems unlikely.

In an effort to spice up sales of the final run of the Vibe, Pontiac will offer the car with air conditioning standard, and make it available in a new color - Ignition Orange.

GM’s official line is that it wants to work with Toyota on a new vehicle to build at the joint GM-Toyota NUMI plant in California where sister cars the Vibe and Martix are produced, but our sources have indicated that GM wants out.

While the Vibe is a great car, we hope the sad irony of a vehicle built for utilitarian purposes being the last one offered by the company’s performance brand is not lost on the folks at GM.

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[Yaj Yak]

whats wrong with vibes.
lol



in all honesty tho... why not keep it... its made in a joint partnership between pontiac and toyota... cant cost much

 

[Poopshinanigans]

put your best foot forward?

 

[Oreif]

whats wrong with vibes.
lol

in all honesty tho... why not keep it... its made in a joint partnership between pontiac and toyota... cant cost much

I honestly don't see anything wrong with a Vibe, But to have your "Performance" division go out with just one vehicle is sort of humiliating.
Why not end with at least some special edition GXP models?
The G8 GXP with the LS7 would be awesome. A G6 with the 304hp V-6 would be great. Hell even make a Vibe GXP with the 260hp turbo Ecotec would be nice. There must be enough of them since in 35 days they will make the last Solstice/Sky vehicles and I'm sure they'll have some turbo Eco's laying around.

It's sad the same division that started a performance craze by adding in a 300+hp tri-powered V-8 into a car is going out with a mere 162hp single vehicle.

 

[Bru]

You forgot about the 2010 Pontiac G6, which will only be available to fleets. Nice, Pontiac

 

[epic]

Not so fast: http://www.fquick.com/blog/GM_Decides_to_Kill_Pontiac_Vibe_After_All/3033

"Its decision to discontinue production of the compact crossover by the end of August 2009."

Even GM was embarrassed I guess, lol.

 

[Bru]

As a 2010 model year the Vibe will be the only car offered to consumers. There are already 2010 MY Vibes on dealership lots. It sounded as if production was planned to continue into 2010, which it looks like will not happen now.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I honestly don't see anything wrong with a Vibe, But to have your "Performance" division go out with just one vehicle is sort of humiliating.
Why not end with at least some special edition GXP models?
The G8 GXP with the LS7 would be awesome. A G6 with the 304hp V-6 would be great. Hell even make a Vibe GXP with the 260hp turbo Ecotec would be nice. There must be enough of them since in 35 days they will make the last Solstice/Sky vehicles and I'm sure they'll have some turbo Eco's laying around.

It's sad the same division that started a performance craze by adding in a 300+hp tri-powered V-8 into a car is going out with a mere 162hp single vehicle.

I completely agree.

You forgot about the 2010 Pontiac G6, which will only be available to fleets. Nice, Pontiac

i think he did say something bout this...

 

[Bru]

Ah, my bad.

 

[KaMaSuTrA]

GM is playing the chippy choppy card everywhere. There is no saving anything thats been left out of the 4 core brands.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Vibe GXP?

 

[firemandan1700]

Vibe GXP?

LS2 AWD?

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Its like the band playing on the titanic.

 

[EmersonHart13]

LS2 AWD?

I was thinking LS9 and awd... Should be a special edition as it is the last Pontiac?

:smile:

 

[firemandan1700]

I was thinking LS9 and awd... Should be a special edition as it is the last Pontiac?

:smile:

I was thinking LS9 but hell then the you would be buying a 70k vibe lol

I figured an LS2 AWD would be on 30k lol. PLUS there is a whole bunch of aftermarket parts for the LS2 anyways lol



inb411secvibe

 

[EmersonHart13]

2010 Pontiac Vibehawk GXP AWD Special Edition by SLP

 

[Ford Tempo Fan]

So what will be the last real Pontiac (non-Toyota, non-Australian)?

 

[Oreif]

So what will be the last real Pontiac (non-Toyota, non-Australian)?

The G6 for rental car companies and the government.
Solstice for the public.

 

[DanJ]

What a kick in the nuts.

 

[Primalzer]

The G6 for rental car companies and the government.
Solstice for the public.

Not a great record of its final days....But that does prove the point what has Pontiac launched in the last 20 years that was Pontiac specific, and was not originally from another country.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Well the G6 was an Opel wasn't it?

 

[Bru]

IIRC, it was a modified version of an Opel and Saab platform.

 

[Ford Tempo Fan]

So that leaves Solstice, which I thought was based on Europe's Opel GT. Not sure on that one, because I later heard its the exact opposite. GT is based on Solstice. True or false GM fans?

 

[Primalzer]

So that leaves Solstice, which I thought was based on Europe's Opel GT. Not sure on that one, because I later heard its the exact opposite. GT is based on Solstice. True or false GM fans?

Came out same model year and were designed side by side. The Kappa platform debuted in 2006 in the Solstice, Sky, and Opel GT.

 

[Oreif]

Not a great record of its final days....But that does prove the point what has Pontiac launched in the last 20 years that was Pontiac specific, and was not originally from another country.

Nothing.

The last true Pontiac was the Fiero. (which was last built 21 years ago.)
Actually it is basically the only "real" Pontiac in 50 years.
The chassis was designed and built by Pontiac. No other vehicle used the P-body.
The 2.5L "Iron Duke" was designed and built by Pontiac back in 1976 and was used until 1991.
The Fiero was only sold by Pontiac.

If I recall the Fiero is the only GM chassis to be used on a single vehicle. Even the Corvette now has a shared chassis with Cadillac.