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    Pontiac confirms new G5 entry-level coupe

    Last week we reported the possibility of Pontiac getting a version of the Chevrolet Cobalt to replace the discontinued Sunfire*. Now a report from Pontiac's dealer meeting at the recent NADA convention confirms it.

    In a story by Automotive News, Pontiac General Manager John Larson says an entry-level coupe with a price of around $15,000 will start production this summer. We guessed it would be called the G4, but Larson said it would be called the Pontiac G5 instead. It will be offered as a coupe only in either base or performance trim.

    Wow I never saw this coming. I think it's based off the Pontiac Pursuit in Canada though. So we'll have a Cobalt with pontiac G6 taillights..

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    well that gets a better chance to get parts made if some of the things are gonna be the same...but why in the world name it so dang close to our car..no imagination anymore or what

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    • #3
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      • #4
        from what i posted and read before: the link says that the G5 is based on GM's Delta platform, which is their compact front wheel drive automobile platform including Opel and the Saturn Ion.

        the G6 is based on GM's Epsilon platform which is their new mid-size front wheel drive automobile platform including the Saab 9-3 and Opel Vectra. contrary to popular belief, the Buick LaCrosse and Saab 9-5 are not on the same platform as the G6 as originally planned. the LaCrosse was switched over to the W platform (similar, but not the same) and the 9-5 was modified just enough to get it off the Epsilon platform.

        the G5, although just a gimmick to market the Cobalt with a Pontiac badge, is still a seperate vehicle, at least according to GM's terms it is. G6 was Generation 6 of the Grand Am. the name had meaning. G5 is a smaller G6. they are simply using a play on words type strategy to gather more potential customers.

        personally i think it is a low blow to the G6 folks to introduce a G5. not only does it undermine the meaning of the G6, but it also slaves the name out to sell more cars. i think GM should have dug down another rung on the ladder and come up with something better than G5.

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        • #5
          Well the cobalt/pursuit is already being sold in mexico as the Pontiac G4. So there is a g4 already. won't this confuse our south of the border buddies?
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Psykostevo
            Well the cobalt/pursuit is already being sold in mexico as the Pontiac G4. So there is a g4 already. won't this confuse our south of the border buddies?
            forget them...i am already confused

            what happened to the Cavalier, the Grand Am, and whatever the G5 is supposed to be? all the name changing drives me nuts. to GM's credit though, Suburban is the longest running nameplate in automotive history (thank you 1935).

            and on that note, i have also read that the Cobalt, Pontiac Pursuit, and Saturn Ion are all Delta platform cars, so i think GTPguy is correct, the G5 is merely a US version of the Pontiac Pursuit. sad.

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            • #7
              Sad indeed.
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              • #8
                The sad thing is that GM didn't make a replacement for the Sunfire because they didn't want to "badge engineer" cars anymore. Now they go and do this?!?

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                • #9
                  Here is the full article from Automotive News:

                  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Buick-Pontiac-GMC executives continue to push General Motors' channeling strategy by introducing targeted product for the individual brands.

                  Executives made several product announcements to dealers at the three-brand make meeting. Executives also set sales expectations for the brands.

                  Pontiac will get a new entry-level coupe, called the G5, for the 2007 model year. It will be priced just under $15,000, said John Larson, general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC, in an interview with Automotive News after the meeting. GM will start producing the G5 coupe this summer, he said.

                  "We think the coupe had a significant amount of differentiation for our small-car products," Larson said. "We think it complements the Vibe sedan."

                  GM expects to sell 20,000 G5s in its first year, dealers said. It will be a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Cobalt and will be built at the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant.

                  "Dealers are very optimistic about all these new products," said Mike Bowsher, co-chairman of the Pontiac-GMC dealer council and owner of Carl Black Buick-Pontiac-GMC in Kennesaw, Ga.

                  He said the new G5 will add cachet to the G6 product line.

                  "There's going to be plenty of difference between the G5 and G6," said Bowsher. "There might be more people wanting to step up to a G6."

                  Many dealers agreed that the entry-level coupe is a good product to have for the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel.

                  "It looks like a Cobalt," said Scott Brasher, general manager of Brasher Motor Co. in Weimar, Texas. "It's at a good price point, and it's sporty-looking."

                  There will be a base and a performance version of the G5, Larson said.

                  Pontiac also will offer a four-cylinder version of the G6 that's just "a couple thousand more" than the G5, Larson said.

                  Larson told dealers that Pontiac retail sales should increase by 20 percent this year compared with 2005. Pontiac executives also told dealers that GM likely will build 20,000 Solstice roadsters this year.

                  Larson confirmed that Pontiac will lose the Montana SV6 minivan at year end because it doesn't fit with Pontiac's branding.

                  Buick will get a "super" version of the LaCrosse. That's an "up-level edition," Larson said. It will include new front-end treatments, such as a waterfall grille, and a V-8 engine. Larson said pricing has not been set.

                  Buick starts production on the Enclave crossover this fall and likely will start production on the super LaCrosse at that time, he said.

                  Larson also said Buick expects to sell 8,000 Lucerne sedans a month this year.
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