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LS1Hawk
06-10-2009, 08:09 PM
Well worth the watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahQKd9DrBFY
NastyEllEssWon
06-11-2009, 12:07 AM
its sad but true. especially the decade of disaster where it seems pontiac threw it all away for no reason at all.
4:46 shows the cable powered exhaust cutout on the gto's i was talking about in shownomercy's cutout thread though.
69BirdX
06-11-2009, 12:30 AM
sweet vid
madness410
06-11-2009, 03:21 AM
:cry:
DaSkinnyGuy
06-11-2009, 06:21 PM
well worth it just to see the ending of it
bubba428
06-11-2009, 06:36 PM
damn...Makes me want another bird
transmaro93
06-11-2009, 07:05 PM
^^^ heh yea..... its very sad whats happening and happened to pontiac... but i mean its just the beginning of the currrent trend of everything... GM as a whole is in really big trouble with what they are doing right now.... i truely believe that in the near future GM will cease to exist... but hey thats what you get for hiring people with no autoomtive backround into a position that requires it..... O WAIT!!! isnt that whose running the company now.... it all just makes me sick... OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE! (maybe not you guys in particular) to what is going on in this country... pontiac now... whats next!!!
edpontiac91
06-11-2009, 07:25 PM
I am giving my age away to say I had two of the most exciting rides I ever owned new. The first was my 1965 GTO in Dark Teal with a Black vinyl roof and the stock 325 H.P. motor. I got tired of that real quick and swapped in a 421 H.O. Tri-Power 376 H.P. and went back and blew away every car I ever lost to. Next was a 1967 GTO in Red with a White vinyl top and interior with the 360 H.O. motor with a 4-speed and 4:33 gears (insane on the Parkway). This was one of the best and saddest:cry: videos I have ever seen, but what great memories it brings back:nod:!
Little G
06-11-2009, 09:01 PM
Why is there no mention of the Solstice in there? I think my Sol embodies the Pontiac spirit!
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BigAls87Z28
06-11-2009, 09:41 PM
Give me a ****in break.
While executed like ****, the Aztek was one of the first "crossovers" and if they actually had a chassis that didnt look like **** to pin sheet metal too, it would have been a huge success for GM, giving them the edge.
I love how Myers is lynched for her "non-car experence" yet she had worked every day of her working life inside the halls of GM.
She had the forsight to develop a crossover before people knew wtf they were.
She had the forsight to make sure that the GTO wasnt some retro-red neck hunk of ****. The 04-06 GTO carries the same DNA as the 64 did.
But people get this crazy idea that muscle cars of yore were these fire breathing dragons, running 11's and just full of excitement.
GTO was a Lemans with hood scoops.
And when Pontiac listened to people, made cars faster, better handling, RWD V8 performance, no one turned up.
Grand Am sells like hot cakes.
GTO shows up with RWD, V8, manual trans, amazing handling and great quality and its shunned because it doesnt look like a Judge, but still erks out more sales then the Trans Am did in its final years.
GP and Bonnie are old FWD grandma cars, rebadged and zapped of soul, but sell like gangbusters.
G8 comes here, and it takes thousands of dollars in rebates to hit projections.
Fiero makes it, carries a big following, and there is tons of talk of bringing back a sports car to Pontiac. A true roadster, 2 seater fun car.
They bring it with a NA and turbo engine, and people pass over it.
********.
transmaro93
06-11-2009, 10:02 PM
i do agree with al that when it all comes down to it... its the consumer that cripples the company... but i mean companies fail and go out of busness everyday... as much as i would have hated to see it go it should have happened with GM too... you cant argue the fact though that GM including lots of other companies and even the government hire these people that have no more than just a degree saying they went to some crazy ivy league school and thats good enough credentials to run these things... the guy who is in charge right now of the "automotive task force" is some 30 year old kid that graduated college like a few years ago and has no auto experience let alone any private sector experience... and they expect them to save these companies.... its ridiculous what a college degree can get you for these days even if your unqualified for the job...
if the GTO continued for one more generation I think they would have finally made the finishing touches and would have produced a monumental car; they just seem ....incomplete.
bubba428
06-12-2009, 06:38 AM
Give me a ****in break.
While executed like ****, the Aztek was one of the first "crossovers" and if they actually had a chassis that didnt look like **** to pin sheet metal too, it would have been a huge success for GM, giving them the edge.
I love how Myers is lynched for her "non-car experence" yet she had worked every day of her working life inside the halls of GM.
She had the forsight to develop a crossover before people knew wtf they were.
She had the forsight to make sure that the GTO wasnt some retro-red neck hunk of ****. The 04-06 GTO carries the same DNA as the 64 did.
But people get this crazy idea that muscle cars of yore were these fire breathing dragons, running 11's and just full of excitement.
GTO was a Lemans with hood scoops.
And when Pontiac listened to people, made cars faster, better handling, RWD V8 performance, no one turned up.
Grand Am sells like hot cakes.
GTO shows up with RWD, V8, manual trans, amazing handling and great quality and its shunned because it doesnt look like a Judge, but still erks out more sales then the Trans Am did in its final years.
GP and Bonnie are old FWD grandma cars, rebadged and zapped of soul, but sell like gangbusters.
G8 comes here, and it takes thousands of dollars in rebates to hit projections.
Fiero makes it, carries a big following, and there is tons of talk of bringing back a sports car to Pontiac. A true roadster, 2 seater fun car.
They bring it with a NA and turbo engine, and people pass over it.
********.
dude...wtf? i mean I know you love GM like a big tittied blonde, but goddamn man. is it just me or has the imminent failure of the camaro got you a little extra edgy?
87GTA
06-12-2009, 09:41 AM
GOOD vid!
WildBillyT
06-12-2009, 10:08 AM
Give me a ****in break.
While executed like ****, the Aztek was one of the first "crossovers" and if they actually had a chassis that didnt look like **** to pin sheet metal too, it would have been a huge success for GM, giving them the edge.
I love how Myers is lynched for her "non-car experence" yet she had worked every day of her working life inside the halls of GM.
She had the forsight to develop a crossover before people knew wtf they were.
She had the forsight to make sure that the GTO wasnt some retro-red neck hunk of ****. The 04-06 GTO carries the same DNA as the 64 did.
But people get this crazy idea that muscle cars of yore were these fire breathing dragons, running 11's and just full of excitement.
GTO was a Lemans with hood scoops.
And when Pontiac listened to people, made cars faster, better handling, RWD V8 performance, no one turned up.
Grand Am sells like hot cakes.
GTO shows up with RWD, V8, manual trans, amazing handling and great quality and its shunned because it doesnt look like a Judge, but still erks out more sales then the Trans Am did in its final years.
GP and Bonnie are old FWD grandma cars, rebadged and zapped of soul, but sell like gangbusters.
G8 comes here, and it takes thousands of dollars in rebates to hit projections.
Fiero makes it, carries a big following, and there is tons of talk of bringing back a sports car to Pontiac. A true roadster, 2 seater fun car.
They bring it with a NA and turbo engine, and people pass over it.
********.
Makes me wonder what type of MR Pontiac and GM was doing. I've seen some of their "consumer" tests and they are pitiful- like they were guessing at what the consumers wanted. That Aztek NEVER should have gotten the green light. EVER.
LuvMyF8LWS6
06-12-2009, 10:24 AM
is it just me, or does the person who made the vid really like GTOs? lol
NastyEllEssWon
06-12-2009, 12:50 PM
Give me a ****in break.
While executed like ****, the Aztek was one of the first "crossovers" and if they actually had a chassis that didnt look like **** to pin sheet metal too, it would have been a huge success for GM, giving them the edge.
I love how Myers is lynched for her "non-car experence" yet she had worked every day of her working life inside the halls of GM.
She had the forsight to develop a crossover before people knew wtf they were.
She had the forsight to make sure that the GTO wasnt some retro-red neck hunk of ****. The 04-06 GTO carries the same DNA as the 64 did.
But people get this crazy idea that muscle cars of yore were these fire breathing dragons, running 11's and just full of excitement.
GTO was a Lemans with hood scoops.
And when Pontiac listened to people, made cars faster, better handling, RWD V8 performance, no one turned up.
Grand Am sells like hot cakes.
GTO shows up with RWD, V8, manual trans, amazing handling and great quality and its shunned because it doesnt look like a Judge, but still erks out more sales then the Trans Am did in its final years.
GP and Bonnie are old FWD grandma cars, rebadged and zapped of soul, but sell like gangbusters.
G8 comes here, and it takes thousands of dollars in rebates to hit projections.
Fiero makes it, carries a big following, and there is tons of talk of bringing back a sports car to Pontiac. A true roadster, 2 seater fun car.
They bring it with a NA and turbo engine, and people pass over it.
********.
dude you just stuck up for the aztek. ultra fanboy syndrome. the problem with pontiac is exactly what that video said....inexperience combined with the killing of all recognizable pontiac nameplates and the obliteration of their pinnacle muscle cars name ultimately led to the downfall of pontiac.
grand am, grand prix and bonneville were so much more easier recognizable than the bmw number system. Pontiac doesnt realize....THE SAME PEOPLE THAT BUY BMW ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PONTIAC.
WildBillyT
06-12-2009, 01:48 PM
dude you just stuck up for the aztek. ultra fanboy syndrome. the problem with pontiac is exactly what that video said....inexperience combined with the killing of all recognizable pontiac nameplates and the obliteration of their pinnacle muscle cars name ultimately led to the downfall of pontiac.
grand am, grand prix and bonneville were so much more easier recognizable than the bmw number system. Pontiac doesnt realize....THE SAME PEOPLE THAT BUY BMW ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PONTIAC.
Thank you for supporting my point above. A lack of good MR is partially to blame as well.
69BirdX
06-12-2009, 02:24 PM
aztek sucked lol. But the 04 Gto came out just like the 64 i agree to that
LS1Hawk
06-12-2009, 05:38 PM
Give me a ****in break.
While executed like ****, the Aztek was one of the first "crossovers" and if they actually had a chassis that didnt look like **** to pin sheet metal too, it would have been a huge success for GM, giving them the edge.
I love how Myers is lynched for her "non-car experence" yet she had worked every day of her working life inside the halls of GM.
She had the forsight to develop a crossover before people knew wtf they were.
She had the forsight to make sure that the GTO wasnt some retro-red neck hunk of ****. The 04-06 GTO carries the same DNA as the 64 did.
But people get this crazy idea that muscle cars of yore were these fire breathing dragons, running 11's and just full of excitement.
GTO was a Lemans with hood scoops.
And when Pontiac listened to people, made cars faster, better handling, RWD V8 performance, no one turned up.
Grand Am sells like hot cakes.
GTO shows up with RWD, V8, manual trans, amazing handling and great quality and its shunned because it doesnt look like a Judge, but still erks out more sales then the Trans Am did in its final years.
GP and Bonnie are old FWD grandma cars, rebadged and zapped of soul, but sell like gangbusters.
G8 comes here, and it takes thousands of dollars in rebates to hit projections.
Fiero makes it, carries a big following, and there is tons of talk of bringing back a sports car to Pontiac. A true roadster, 2 seater fun car.
They bring it with a NA and turbo engine, and people pass over it.
********.
Al, Lynn Myers foresight put the final nails in Pontiac's coffin. Had she developed a crossover like the Enclave for Pontiac before there was a crossover market, I'd give her credit. But I highly doubt anyone looks to the Aztek as the harbinger of today's crossovers. And you have to remember, while the '04-'06 GTOs carried the DNA and the formula of the original, the GTO had been engraved in peoples memories for 40 years before the new one came out. Their expectations were not to get a car that looked like everything else on the road. They wanted something when you saw it coming down the street, it could not be mistaken for anything else but a GTO. What would you think if GM decided to take the Monaro and put Camaro on it? When you bring back your number one nameplate, if you are not going to do it 100% right, don't do it at all.
procamaroz28
06-12-2009, 08:46 PM
boring as hell
BigAls87Z28
06-12-2009, 09:26 PM
dude...wtf? i mean I know you love GM like a big tittied blonde, but goddamn man. is it just me or has the imminent failure of the camaro got you a little extra edgy?
Imminent failure of Camaro? I must have missed the memo of selling 6 thousand models in its first full month was the first sign of death?
Makes me wonder what type of MR Pontiac and GM was doing. I've seen some of their "consumer" tests and they are pitiful- like they were guessing at what the consumers wanted. That Aztek NEVER should have gotten the green light. EVER.
First off, fellas and fellettes, #1 Pontiac owner is female, between the ages of 25 and 40.
So you are torn between you fan base of muscle car fans, who from 74 to 02 only really had 1 car to drool over, the actuall Pontiac owner, and the future of the market.
Pontiac was a full line brand, and was always a full line brand. The Aztek, design wise, was a total failure.
The idea of an active crossover, a sporty people hauler...well...lets see
BMW X3 and X5
Porsche Cheyene
Audi Q5
MB ML320/350/500/550/63
Infinity FX35/45-47/50
Nissian Murano
Ford Edge
Mazda CX-7 and CX-9
Toyota Venza
Upcoming Honda Accord based 5 seater CUV
Just a few off the top of my head
yeahhhhhh...lets say GM missed the boat, big time. Problem is, not only did they have a ticket, they were FIRST IN LINE!
They botched it with trying to wrap a Trans Am face over a Minivan chassis.
Anyone want to know the #1 car Mustang owners were looking at the time of thier purchase, outside of the Mustang?
The Pontiac Grand Am. Not Trans Am, not Camaro...Grand Am.
dude you just stuck up for the aztek. ultra fanboy syndrome. the problem with pontiac is exactly what that video said....inexperience combined with the killing of all recognizable pontiac nameplates and the obliteration of their pinnacle muscle cars name ultimately led to the downfall of pontiac.
Ok, you must not understand english. I am supporting the idea of the car, not the car itself. I dont like the design, but its the idea, the function, the concept....that was great.
The chassis and ****** design work was what made it a failure.
grand am, grand prix and bonneville were so much more easier recognizable than the bmw number system. Pontiac doesnt realize....THE SAME PEOPLE THAT BUY BMW ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PONTIAC.
Pontiac never intended to target BMW owners.
They wanted BMW's idea of pure driving performance. Handling, braking, feel, design...THATS WHAT THEY WANTED!!
But like you, and many others, you interped the comment Lutz made as he wanted to become a BMW fighter.
Why they would LOVE the idea of having a BMW owner trading in his 5 series for a G8, the idea is to make thier cars follow the BMW philosphy.
Al, Lynn Myers foresight put the final nails in Pontiac's coffin. Had she developed a crossover like the Enclave for Pontiac before there was a crossover market, I'd give her credit. But I highly doubt anyone looks to the Aztek as the harbinger of today's crossovers. And you have to remember, while the '04-'06 GTOs carried the DNA and the formula of the original, the GTO had been engraved in peoples memories for 40 years before the new one came out. Their expectations were not to get a car that looked like everything else on the road. They wanted something when you saw it coming down the street, it could not be mistaken for anything else but a GTO. What would you think if GM decided to take the Monaro and put Camaro on it? When you bring back your number one nameplate, if you are not going to do it 100% right, don't do it at all.
The Aztek was one of the first crossovers, but sure as hell wasnt the first successful one, not by a long shot.
Lynn Myers sure wasnt the best person put in charge at Pontiac, but she had some forsight. Maybe it was wasted on a brand like Pontaic
The people who put the nail in the coffin are the same people that brought it there. Pontiac, like so many other older brands, could never run away from its past, and its owners who cling to it. Lynn Myers was trying to make cars for people that actually bought Pontiacs who might actually return and buy more cars.
NastyEllEssWon
06-12-2009, 09:48 PM
they were trying to market their cars to the people that would buy a bmw....thats the whole reason behind the g3 g5 g6 g8 idea.
''chassis and design were failure...idea was good''
gm's late motto and stigma as of lately
bubba428
06-12-2009, 10:16 PM
Imminent failure of Camaro? I must have missed the memo of selling 6 thousand models in its first full month was the first sign of death?
its gonna sell great the first 3 months...and then it'll fall off and flop...just like the GTO. Don't get me wrong al I love the car, I just see no real future for it
BigAls87Z28
06-12-2009, 10:35 PM
they were trying to market their cars to the people that would buy a bmw....thats the whole reason behind the g3 g5 g6 g8 idea.
gm's late motto and stigma as of lately
If you mean that them going with an Alpha Numerics means that they want to market thier cars after people taht want to buy BMW, you are wrong...again. Im detecting a pattern.
The use of alphanumerics is a way to taking the image of the individual car, and shifting the image to the brand.
You dont own a 535, you own a BMW
You dont own a C300, you owne a Benz
You dont own a A4, you have an Audi.
GM's motto as of late? Cant say I agree with you. But then again Im a GM fan boi, and you are a GM hater...so yeah, this is going no where
its gonna sell great the first 3 months...and then it'll fall off and flop...just like the GTO. Don't get me wrong al I love the car, I just see no real future for it
Um...wtf are you talking about?
GTO sold liek **** for the first three months. In fact, untill rebates and actuall enthusiats started getting behind the car, the car sold like crap.
with 05 and 06, the additional power made more and more people come to the realization that the GTO actually is a real performance car, and something that is more then just a straight line drag car.
Camaro presold 14k units
Camaro sold, in a month, 6k units. Thats nearly half of the orders from October to March, sold in 30 days, with a plant ramping up, on top of making cars for pre-sales.
Not bad at all.
Better indication of sales would be the Challenger or Mustang.
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has both the performance and retro design that all the kids crave.
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has a lower cost V6 option
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has a vast and growing option list
Unlike the GTO, it can actually be made in vast quanities, and locally.
GM taking the GTO racing, and not drag racing, was a great idea.
And the GTO went "drag racing" anyway...if you call a fiberglass shell over a tube frame a GTO.
LS1Hawk
06-13-2009, 08:10 AM
There isn't anything wrong with wanting a car to appeal beyond the enthusiast market. But when you specifically set out to disregard and ignore that segment, the ones that carry a passion for the name, it's going to backfire. You have to remember, the majority of people who knew what a GTO was before 2004 were 40+. The YAMs (young affluent males) that GM said they were targeting with the GTO most likely never heard of or knew what a GTO was. Yet what were they into buying? BMWs, Benzs, etc. All they knew it was a Pontiac, and no way were they going to consider a Pontiac over a BMW. Sales should have been driven by enthusiasts first and then focused on a larger market.
It's clear GM learned from their mistakes with the Camaro. What they are doing with that car they should have done with the GTO: give it retro cues from the past and gobbs of performance, let it work the show circuit for a couple years and build press and gauge public interest, then bring it to market.
BigAls87Z28
06-13-2009, 08:50 AM
If GM could have done it again, Im sure they would have if they had planned on actually making a GTO for American consuption.
But Lutz came into GM around late 2001 and took hold of his Vice Chairman reigns around late 2002.
In that time he got his hands on everything and anything made by GM Global. You could have done a million things to Pontiac to make it better.
I dont think that RWD is the answer, but I think a sportier feel and a move higher in market position.
There is really a million things that went wrong with Pontiac, but somehow still remained one of the best selling brands in America.
When Pontiac started to make different and better cars, shedding the cladding, including RWD cars in the line up, and more then just one, adding turbocharging and massive displacmenet engines...sales dropped like a rock.
You could blame it on the Alphanumerical names, you could blame it on the lack of Firebird/Trans Am, or you could blame it on Lynn Myers...
People will debate this for years.
transmaro93
06-13-2009, 08:55 AM
i kind of agree... with the camaro floping after the first year... only because of the added stress the govt is putting of these car companies (especially the ones they control) to make more fuel efficient and less emissions vehicles.. i think along with larger trucks and and suvs and other sports cars like it will cease to exist in the comming years.... aside from enthusiasts and GM lovers... (which i am, at least pre-bailout GM) the camaro will not sell to average people due to lack of excitement about a company that is in the gutter... correctly if im wrong but thats just the trend that i see comming...
bubba428
06-13-2009, 08:58 AM
Um...wtf are you talking about?
GTO sold liek **** for the first three months. In fact, untill rebates and actuall enthusiats started getting behind the car, the car sold like crap.
with 05 and 06, the additional power made more and more people come to the realization that the GTO actually is a real performance car, and something that is more then just a straight line drag car.
Camaro presold 14k units
Camaro sold, in a month, 6k units. Thats nearly half of the orders from October to March, sold in 30 days, with a plant ramping up, on top of making cars for pre-sales.
Not bad at all.
Better indication of sales would be the Challenger or Mustang.
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has both the performance and retro design that all the kids crave.
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has a lower cost V6 option
Unlike the GTO, the Camaro has a vast and growing option list
Unlike the GTO, it can actually be made in vast quanities, and locally.
GM taking the GTO racing, and not drag racing, was a great idea.
And the GTO went "drag racing" anyway...if you call a fiberglass shell over a tube frame a GTO.
:rofl: i'm just going to keep tossing have assed comparisons out there just to watch you wear out you keyboard
LS1Hawk
06-13-2009, 10:50 AM
You could blame it on the Alphanumerical names, you could blame it on the lack of Firebird/Trans Am, or you could blame it on Lynn Myers...
People will debate this for years.
I think it's a culmination of many people who just didn't get it once Delorean left. Pontiac was slowly being destroyed for the last 40 years. There's just so many things that could have been done different, they're just too long to get into. And like you said, it's going to be debated now until forever.
BigAls87Z28
06-13-2009, 07:39 PM
Depends on how you how you define "destroyed".
Pontiac's sales peaked when it was full of FWD sedans, Azteks and Trans Sports.
There are probably at least 4 different ways you could have done things.
There are some cars that were great ideas. like the 6000STE AWD, Aztek, G6, but executed like dog ****.
Pontiac had the ability to become an Acura or even Infinity type brand had they kept to the formula.
NastyEllEssWon
06-13-2009, 07:52 PM
the 6k awd was a tank and could barely get itself out of its own way. the aztek was a turd that in your own words ''if it wasnt for the design and chassis the vehicle wouldve been great'' :rofl::rofl::rofl: and the g6 was the closest thing we'll ever get to having another chevy beretta....which is actually a winning combination.
pontiac shouldve stayed with their current ''formula.'' haha love the puns.
they always offered some type of daily drivers that followed the good better best category then some performance on top of everything.
89 was the last great model year for PONTIAC as a whole. their lineup was awesome.
grand am, grand prix and trans am. all decent cars. all have fun daily driving base models....but the difference was...they had an ultra high performance model for each.
88/89 turbo grand am
89 mclaren turbo grand prix
89 turbo t/a
thats the formula they never shouldve abandoned. as you get later on in the 90s pontiac loses focus (as such most gm brands did) and just started shoving 60 degree motors in everything....causing the cookie cutter effect that gm is now trying to ditch
r0nin89
06-14-2009, 12:39 AM
I have one thing to say here.
I'm sick of the GTO being called a failure. It was slated for a 3 year run from the damn beginning and it did f'ing well once the 6.0 was offered just like Al said.
People are all piss and vinegar about that car because they were seeing concept shots of the retro mustang to come and cried a tear when they didnt get it from their GTO. The GTO gave every late gen granam/granprix enthusiast (and apparently theres quite a few) what they wanted, a rwd manual v8 modern styled pontiac.
MonmouthCtyAntz
06-14-2009, 08:03 AM
Nice.....
CamaroJoe1987
06-14-2009, 08:50 PM
the "HUMBLER" they did on the 70 GTO was pretty cool, i dont kno why they didnt try that with some of the other cars like the trans am, camaro, or chevelle
WildBillyT
06-15-2009, 08:24 AM
Imminent failure of Camaro? I must have missed the memo of selling 6 thousand models in its first full month was the first sign of death?
First off, fellas and fellettes, #1 Pontiac owner is female, between the ages of 25 and 40.
So you are torn between you fan base of muscle car fans, who from 74 to 02 only really had 1 car to drool over, the actuall Pontiac owner, and the future of the market.
Pontiac was a full line brand, and was always a full line brand. The Aztek, design wise, was a total failure.
The idea of an active crossover, a sporty people hauler...well...lets see
BMW X3 and X5
Porsche Cheyene
Audi Q5
MB ML320/350/500/550/63
Infinity FX35/45-47/50
Nissian Murano
Ford Edge
Mazda CX-7 and CX-9
Toyota Venza
Upcoming Honda Accord based 5 seater CUV
Just a few off the top of my head
yeahhhhhh...lets say GM missed the boat, big time. Problem is, not only did they have a ticket, they were FIRST IN LINE!
They botched it with trying to wrap a Trans Am face over a Minivan chassis.
Anyone want to know the #1 car Mustang owners were looking at the time of thier purchase, outside of the Mustang?
The Pontiac Grand Am. Not Trans Am, not Camaro...Grand Am.
Ok, you must not understand english. I am supporting the idea of the car, not the car itself. I dont like the design, but its the idea, the function, the concept....that was great.
The chassis and ****** design work was what made it a failure.
Pontiac never intended to target BMW owners.
They wanted BMW's idea of pure driving performance. Handling, braking, feel, design...THATS WHAT THEY WANTED!!
But like you, and many others, you interped the comment Lutz made as he wanted to become a BMW fighter.
Why they would LOVE the idea of having a BMW owner trading in his 5 series for a G8, the idea is to make thier cars follow the BMW philosphy.
The Aztek was one of the first crossovers, but sure as hell wasnt the first successful one, not by a long shot.
Lynn Myers sure wasnt the best person put in charge at Pontiac, but she had some forsight. Maybe it was wasted on a brand like Pontaic
The people who put the nail in the coffin are the same people that brought it there. Pontiac, like so many other older brands, could never run away from its past, and its owners who cling to it. Lynn Myers was trying to make cars for people that actually bought Pontiacs who might actually return and buy more cars.
Coming up with a good idea and then not giving people what they want is a classic indication of not knowing your market properly. The idea of a crossover was a good one, but only a few people want a hideous POS with a tent in the back.
alamantia
03-18-2011, 12:40 PM
where did this vid go. I wanted to show itto someone.
NJ Torque
03-18-2011, 07:37 PM
where did this vid go. I wanted to show itto someone.
x2:|
maroman88
03-19-2011, 06:57 PM
it went to the same place pontiac did...
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