General Motors Brings Back The G8 In SS Form — Is It Too LATE Though?

Several years ago when General Motors was in financial straits, it unfortunately had to put several manufacturers out to pasture and send them to that big 'ol parking lot in the sky. One of them was Pontiac.

While it was benefiting from cars like the Holden-based GTO and Commodore-based G8, it seemed like Pontiac was, more or less, onto something. Reviews were pouring in and it was a lovefest for the G8. People characterized it as a budget BMW M5.

And if you had the chance to drive the limited edition G8 GXP like I did, you would have agreed.

If you're not aware those Aussies are HUGE lovers of V8 muscle cars. The Holden-based G8 certainly boasted that quality and it was a pretty awesome product.

Auto communities winced in pain. How could such a good car be killed? Would General Motors rebadge it as the Impala and get it back into consumers' hands soon? Nope. It was made available for the men in uniform, not you or I though.

After several years though, now we're seeing it coming back in 2014 as the SS. It's styling has gotten softer and its interior is blinged up quite a bit — bordering on nauseating.

This leaves me wondering and asking a very simple question: WHY the wait?

And, even more importantly, WHY make us wait so long?

The car was well recognized several years ago and by now has been long forgotten as better and more intriguing products have been released. Typically automakers want to be AHEAD of the curve. Not several years behind.


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