REPORT: General Motors to kill Pontiac on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WoodburyMan]

Re: REPORT: General Motors to kill Pontiac on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!

So is this the final nail in the coffin for our chances of getting more aftermarket parts for our cars?

Not at all. If anything it means G6's will get cheaper, and kids will be buying them and there will be more aftermarket. We were already getting their on its own as G6's are coming up on 5+ years old now.

[killxswitch]

Re: REPORT: General Motors to kill Pontiac on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!

So is this the final nail in the coffin for our chances of getting more aftermarket parts for our cars?

Not at all. If anything it means G6's will get cheaper, and kids will be buying them and there will be more aftermarket. We were already getting their on its own as G6's are coming up on 5+ years old now.

That is nice to hear at least.

[ToniCipriani]

Re: REPORT: General Motors to kill Pontiac on Monday!!!!!!!!!!!!

from autoblog

Just a year ago, the future of Cadillac's line-up looked pretty bright. By 2010, the CTS would spawn coupe and wagon versions, the "super-Theta" platform SRX would replace its Sigma-based predecessor, the Escalade would get a Lambda-based replacement and the Converj would come to market. Cadillac was also tipped to launch a new small sedan to slot in below the CTS using the new rear-drive Alpha platform, plus a new larger sedan to replace the aging DTS and STS models. However while the CTS derivatives, the new SRX, Escalade and Converj are all still in the works, drastic cutbacks at GM have meant the Alpha and DTS/STS successor have been canned. In their place, the next-gen. CTS is expected to grow larger, while a new front/all-wheel-drive sports sedan is now tipped to enter into the mix.

In order to make the Alpha compact rear-drive platform feasible, GM would have needed to spread development costs across several of its divisions, but many of those brands – chiefly Pontiac and Saturn – are now facing the axe, while its European assets Saab and Opel are on their way out the door. So what is a downsized GM planning for Cadillac instead? Using the next-generation Epsilon II platform, the replacement for the European-market BLS is tipped to come home to roost, positioned between the new Buick LaCrosse and the Cadillac CTS. With its advanced turbo-diesel programs also on hold, the General realizes it lacks the resources to produce a serious contender for the European market, so expect a decidedly more American approach when the new small Caddy hits the market late in 2011 as a 2012 model with a price tag of around $35,000.

sooo, if pontiac and saturn didnt die, then they would have made a rwd g6? but because they can't cross brand it, the approach will be more BS, and get, basically, a g6 for caddy, but worse..

..the current bls caddy is based off of saab, so its already kinda crappy for having the "rebadge"

Which just proves why beancounters and government should not run car companies.

They don't realize that FWD and Luxury don't mix. I'll point and laugh at them when the BLS sells like shit and they have to "think about removing Cadillac as a core brand because people don't want them."