Pontiac’s Future: New Solstice Coupe in 2009, new G5 in 2010

As Pontiac gets ready to launch the new high-performance 2008 Pontiac G8 it battles CAFE fuel-economy standards. GM wants to push Pontiac as the “affordable performance” brand with a new line of rear-wheel-drive cars.

So what’s going on at Pontiac? Well the 2008 Pontiac G8, which will be the first car in the US to use GM’s Zeta rear-wheel-drive platform, will go on sale in January of 2008. The base model of the Pontiac G8 will have a 3.6 liter V6 engine with 261 horsepower while the higher GT model will have a 6.0 liter V8 which will produce 362 horsepower.

The Pontiac G5 will get a redesign in 2009 while the G6...
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atomicbri - 7/30/2007 4:27:25 PM

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FINALLY! Some people at GM have woke up and smelled the coffee Americans are drinking. I always wondered what bad things CEO's and other high ups at GM had been smoking... I mean That Montana in Pontiacs line up... that horrible Aztek, the weird Torrent which has been out of place there since the get go and then the nasty clone styled G5. Hopefully GM will stick to this plan...make Pontiac performance for the masses, Cadillac the Mercedes/Bimmer competitor, make Chevrolet what it still is, but I think they need to dump Buick... unless they want to market it as the luxury family haulers....

Qwazywabbit - 7/30/2007 4:29:45 PM

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These are great cars. kudos to Pontiac.

TehShibbs - 7/31/2007 8:03:25 PM

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No, Bimmer you didn't read that correctly. 362 horse G8.

Htay7500 - 7/30/2007 4:51:51 PM

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finally a G8!!