The creator of the GTO--the muscle car of my yoot--is defunct as of today.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/po...ess-25897.html
The creator of the GTO--the muscle car of my yoot--is defunct as of today.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/po...ess-25897.html
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
And good riddance. Stoopit flaming chicken car.
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It's been defunct for years. Nothing like taking a Buick and trying to make it look cool by giving it sporty names and a cockpit-like interior.Originally Posted by w3bny
It's okay though. Most of us here are Buick age anyway.
We bought a 95 Grand Am in 97 with 40K miles on it. Kept it until 01. Best little FWD car we've ever had! Quality.
My first car was a eight year old '56 Star Chief Safari, (Chevy Nomad in Pontiac clothing):)
Last edited by WA4TM; 11-01-2010 at 12:33 PM.
I loved the goats and Bonnevilles of the sixties.
I'm ashamed to admit this, but I owned a 1985 Fiero GT. Biggest piece of crap ever known to man.
Very cool...
The article in Auto Evolution talks briefly about the glory years circa 1968.
That was during the period when automobile designs weren't homogenized across the entire corporate fleet, although that end was in sight.
When the basic vehicle is the same engine, transmission, chassis, and body styling regardless of the nameplate, what incentive to you have to buy the more expensiver version when you get the same thing with a different name plate for less?
It might be cheaper to build them that way and achieve economies of scale, but in doing so, you remove any incentive (save the name plate) to spend more.
Thus the death of Oldsmobile and now Pontiac.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
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Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
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I've never owned a Pontiac (or any other GM-built car, for that matter) and am not particularly distressed by the passing of the marque. I just thought it was worth noting.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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