No more Pontiacs!

[RareGMFan]

I read some time ago that part of their restructuring plans was to drop Hummer and Saab, either drop, or sell Saturn (depending on if it had any market value), and make Pontiac a "niche market" car company. Now I'm just trying to figure out what Pontiac is going to make. They've already established that the G3, G5 and G6 will be dropped since they're not "niche" cars. But at the same time, they also said there will be no redesign of the G8 and Solstice once their run is over. So......what the hell are they making, then?

BTW, the old name plates are not coming back for Pontiac because too many people associate Grand Prix, or Grand Am with "steaming pile of crap". This is the whole reason Bob Lutz decided to kill those nameplates, and make up all new, much more European sounding ones. We as enthusiasts look at throwing away all the heritage that goes with these names as sacrilege, but you have to realize the mass public hears those names, and thinks "oh HELL no, I'm not buying one of those pieces of crap again". Pontiac has to do what's best for selling cars to the mass public, not to little niche groups like us.

[Injun #4]

.......the mass public hears those names, and thinks "oh HELL no, I'm not buying one of those pieces of crap again". Pontiac has to do what's best for selling cars to the mass public, not to little niche groups like us.

If it becomes a niche brand, they better sure as hell cater to the niche groups. Otherwise, the niche brand becomes a dead brand.