Car Throttle

The Pontiac wind-down process is ongoing, after it became a  casualty of General Motors' financial difficulties and brand reorganization. For car enthusiasts the closure of Pontiac came as particularly disappointing, especially given the recent launch of the G8, the best Pontiac product in years. The G8 a rebadged Holden Commodore imported from Australia. Sales of the G8 in went up significantly after the announcement of Pontiac's closure. That is very unusual thing to happen for a brand about to be shuttered. Anyhow, the wind down process for Pontiac is almost complete and stocks of new Pontiac cars are running low. Pontiac recently announced on Twitter the total stock left, broken down by each model. There are 550 G8 GTs remaining and only 16 (!) examples left of the top-shelf

Hurst and Pontiac have a long history over the years together, producing high-performance Pontiacs for the consumption of performance enthusiasts. The company was particularly big in the 1960's, heyday of the muscle car, modifying vehicles for AMC, Chrysler (Plymouth), Ford, Oldsmobile and Pontiac. It's fitting then that they would be producing two new models for Pontiac now. The models getting the Hurst treatment are the G8 and G6. The G6 seems like an odd one but the G8 is perfect for it, with it's excellent RWD performance. Limited edition? You bet.  Called the 2010 Hurst/Pontiac H.O and referred to as the "Executive Hot Rod", there is to be only 52 of the cars produced. A lot of the details are set to be released on August 1st, but we do know a

With the the Impala SS and Cobalt SS Sedan being cut, it was only inevitable that more performance models would be cut as GM undergoes it's deep restructuring.  Unlike last time though (Cobalt SS Sedan) these cancellations make sense.   As Pontiac shuts down at the end of 2010, the G6 GXP is being cut entirely for the 2010 model year entirely. Makes sense, I don't imagine sales of Pontiac cars are going to be too hot in the coming months as the brand winds down. Cadillac has no such problem but sales of the STS and it's performance counterpart the STS-V have never been roaring. I think the cancellation of the STS-V  is a precursor to Cadillac cutting the model entirely. There has been persistent rumors that Cadillac will be combining the DTS/STS model lines into one model.