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Official: Pontiac is Dead

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by Tideland Prius, Apr 27, 2009.

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Very true that the dealer needs to prove viability, but straight off the line saying no? It wasn't like GM sat down with the Dealer and looked over his proposal then declined, that I can understand. I really think GM doesn't want to be made out to be a fool. Have someone else succeed with pontiac where they failed. Lotus seems to be selling their plans pretty much to anyone at this point, maybe the new Pontiac's could be based on them and return to their true sports car roots. With a slimmed down company (much smaller overhead) Pontiac won't have to be a huge seller to be profitable.
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There are two unknowns here. One is what was the offer. The second is what GM plans to do with the Pontiac manufacturing infrastructure. It is quite possible that the "Ponitiac" plants were to be kept by GM building the retained lines and a mixture of present chevy, etc. plants shut down. GM is quite intent on selling Saturn, Hummer, and Saab, so I'm not sure that GM is against selling facilities. Nor can I deny that they may be out of touch in this case.

#21 FL_Prius_Driver, May 4, 2009

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