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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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7:52p - pontiac
 Everyone has undoubtedly heard the news that General Motors in discontinuing the Pontiac brand. It is planned to be phased out no later than next year.
My question is, why Pontiac?! Out of all the GM brands, I think Pontiac has the most solid line up of cars, and this line up is one that attracts young buyers, you know, the single people like me with money to spend on stuff like that because we don't have kids to support. The more I think about it, the more it perplexes me that Pontiac was set on the guillotine, while crusty old brand Buick stays. Who the hell buys a Buick anymore? The old fart who should realistically have their driver's licence taken away?? Yeah that'll last a real long time. There isn't even time for customer loyalty in that sector because those drivers will either die before their car wears out or end up driving it into a pole and killing themselves!! If neither of those happens, congratulations, but old people tend to stick to one car, they don't tire of their cars and desire the next hot model.
Come on, GM!! With the addition of the G8 to the line up in recent model years, more young people with staying power, and multiple car purchasing power are getting turned on to Pontiac. The G8 is by far the best bang for the buck sports sedan on the market right now, and it looks great too. In the hands of a competent driver I'm willing to bet it'll smoke the eyeballs out of a BMW 3 series, mostly which are driven by over privileged rich boys or blond bimbos with sugar daddies. Pontiac means fast cars. Pontiac means exciting cars. Pontiac means cars that people will stare at when I roll by. OK, so the Cadillac CTS-V is a pretty damn fast car. People actually race that thing. But seriously, since when does Cadillac scream BAD ASS? When you pull up behind that ricer you want the mere image of you in his rear view mirror to make the punk kid in the driver's seat shake in fear. Additionally, the CTS-V is seriously a niche market kind of thing. It's a subtle defender of style and speed. First of all, you've gotta have the dough to throw down. Second, you've gotta be pretty hard core with your fast cars to even know it exists.
It took GM long enough to even bring the Australian supercar known as the Holden Commodore to this continent as the Pontiac G8 and now they're going to axe the whole brand?! Whoever came up with this idea needs to be bitch slapped! I say to GM right now, chop Buick instead and keep Pontiac if you want to live.
current mood:  aggravated
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