A dubious anniversary for the Pontiac faithful.

 

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/04/its-been-nine-years-since-gm-announced-pontiacs-death/

 

Even the newest cars are getting pretty old now. So depressing. 😢

Mary Barra is doing a fine job with GM, but damn, I wish she'd just bring Pontiac back.

Mary is doing a good job with GM but she is not trying to attract its disenfranchised customers like Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn and Saab owners. GM has become a much smaller, leaner, more profitable company by having fewer divisional mouths to feed. In addition to getting rid of Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn and Saab, GM has recently sold or shut down Holden (manufacturing at least), Open/Vauxhall, GM India, and GM South Africa. GM South Korea (former Daewoo) has been put on notice to get profitable or else. GM Argentina is shut down indefinitely for political and economic reasons.

So GM has decided they don't need to be a "global" company by having a global presence everywhere. This frees up tons of cash the company will need for R&D for the electric / autonomous vehicle revolution. 

That said, Mary has said her two favorite cars are the Camaro and Firebird.

Yeah, I wish she'd bring something back, but I doubt she / GM ever will. They are making too much profit now.

Dirty GM!

We must free Pontiac from GM!

Someone wanted to buy Pontiac from GM back in 2008, GM wouldn't sell it. They wanted to sell Hummer, Saab, and Saturn, but not Pontiac. Personally speaking, I think they thought it would be too much work to determine what asset and which employee would be Pontiac or GM. Lopping off Hummer, Saturn, and Saab was so much easier than Pontiac as those brands were not as vertically integrated into GM as Pontiac was.

3 hours ago, The_Lyonnist said:

We must free Pontiac from GM!

Come on, guys !

Edited July 7, 20223 yr by The_Lyonnist

Been more like 13yrs now since Pontiac's demise.  RIP.... NEVER!!!!!  So being the season for all things scary,  lets see a pic of your Pontiac with a Holloween theme.  A pic with great yard decorations in the background.  How about your kids or grandkids in costume with your car.  How bout your wife or girlfriend as Elvira. A pumpkin hood scoop or blower....LMAO  Tons of ways to make everyone here smile.  SO show us whatcha got!  Grab the neighbors skeleton out of his yard N have it behind the wheel of your car.  (LOL make sure you return it!)  How about a cemetery photoshoot.  Beatlejuice Beatlejuice Beatlejuice.  There, I said it!!!!

Let me be the 1st.

No wonder it stumbles backfires N DIES...

 

They are everywhere.   Worse than mice in the garage..... They use tools.

Edited October 24, 20232 yr by JUSTA6

Who's car made October in this years calendar???  I expect to see something from you!!!  Congrat's on making the awesome calendar this year.   Who is hanging on everyones wall right now as last years winner of the October spot?? Hmmm need to see you too.

We'll give away a FREE ForeverPontiac.com sticker to the Scariest and Cutest Halloween photos! Here's what it looks like:
 

 

Can also buy one now at: https://foreverpontiac.com/store/product/23-foreverpontiaccom-vinyl-decal/

 

7 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Let me be the 1st.

No wonder it stumbles backfires N DIES...

 

They are everywhere.   Worse than mice in the garage..... They use tools.

 

Does this count? Lucy at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Michigan.

Really? I thought this would be fun.  Complete lack of interest.   BOO Humbug.

Edited October 27, 20232 yr by JUSTA6

It's been longer than that now that we are almost banging doors with 2024. Mary won't bring Pontiac back. They tried with the GTO but it wasn't what buyers wanted. Heck, they killed off the Camaro now also. But charging $70,000+ for a pickup is just not cutting it. If you put a diesel engine in it the bill gets pretty close or exceeds $80,000.

That's a lot of money for something that will only get around 20 mpg or less. Where GM needs to spend money is on automatic transmission R&D. No power when you need to pass someone without it dropping down and engine races to 4,000 rpm. You still don't get enough power to cleanly pass on a two lane highway. I have driven 2024 Chevy 3500, 2500 and 1500 Silverado. C'mon GM, you can do better and not charge so damn much.

I don't see that happening, sadly. Assuming that the new UAW contract is ratified, this gives GM and the other automakers license to up prices even more. It's getting to the point that their own employees cannot afford the products they make.

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

I don't see that happening, sadly. Assuming that the new UAW contract is ratified, this gives GM and the other automakers license to up prices even more. It's getting to the point that their own employees cannot afford the products they make.

Kind of a double-edged sword there for those employees that want to buy GM.