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Name That Loser!

Yeah, so it's 100% true. Pontiac introduced the G8 truck! Yeah, a truck. But with the front of a G8. How awesome is that?

The world has been yearning for a car truck since the dawn of time. And even though Subaru sold one recently and discontinued it because of very, very poor sales, Pontiac thinks you'll want one. Only bigger. That uses more fuel.

Bigger AND uses more fuel. That's what Pontiac thinks.

But what's it's name? Well, Pontiac doesn't know. But they know you want one! And they know you want to name it.

So, go to Tame the Name and enter your idea there. That's right, be a naming ninja! <--Honestly, their words!

Come on! How long before this turkey is canned?

Hawt!

Leftlane News reports: GM plans Pontiac Solstice Targa.

Now this would make up for GM killing off the Nomad, which, granted, isn't the same kind of car, but both are sweet lookin'. Like Alison.

Pontiac: We Import Excitement

Jalopnik reports: First Pontiac G8 Rolls Off Holden Assembly Line. Not for nothing, but are folks lining up for Pontiacs nowadays? The kids sure ain't-a talking about 'em (even the Solstice isn't being talked about much).

So, GM and Holden take another swing in Pontiac stadium to see if they can do better than the previous questionable foul ball.

Think Holden has what Americans want?

GM: Global Warming Sooo 2006. Bring On The V8s

Oh we know, we're the grinch of automotive fun. We're the Mr. Grimm's of the automotive world. Hello? It's getting worse and making more V8s ain't the answer.

Especially as a zzzzzzzzz Pontiac. CNN reports: GM unveils new 4-door Pontiac G8. Oh, a Pontiac! All the kids are talking about Pontiac. "Oh, man, I want a Pontiac. They're sooo... cool." "Well, actually," says one boy looking at the GM My Space ad thing, "The Solstice is pretty damned sweet. Don't you think?" "Uh, the what?" says Mr. Grimm from Cars! Cars! Cars! "Do you even know anything about cars?" asks the boy. "First of all, we're older than you so respect your decrepit elders. Second, the Solstice has a 4 cylinder engine and even cooler souped up dealie is still a four cylinder and we're only picking on the V8. Third, for the love of God, don't respond to the GM My Space thing!"

For the record, one doesn't need to know anything about anything to do anything. It's been proven.

Put Another Car On The Barby

Autoblog reports: It's official! Pontiac to get RWD platform, likely in G8. Yay, another car from the land of the convicts! The GTO went over like crap, why would the G8 do better? And it's not like the G6 is getting praise upon praise so we're wondering what's what.

Out Of The Ashes The Nomad Rises

Winding Road reports: EDAG Now Taking Orders For Solstice Sportwagon Hardtop Conversion Kit. Yay! This looks pretty danged bitchin', although it fails our test of being able to carry anything other than a bagel.

What do you think, should GM bring back the coupe wagon?

That's a snap of the Nomad concept from a few years back. We're sorta kinda obsessed with it.

GM: More RWD For You!

Autoblog reports: Rumor Mill: Next gen Pontiac G6 will be RWD. There's also talk the next Impala will also be RWD. Uh, that's rear-wheel drive for you non car nerds. With the development of technologies that can offset the deficiencies of RWD (it's often lighter in the back of a car so the car wants to slip and slide around under some condition), it makes sense to move the drive wheels back to where "God intended them to be." Actually, we're not in that camp of cars must be RWD.

Sporting drivers (the smackheads who think they are good drivers) insist that cars be RWD because it offers better whatever and whatever. We have friends who think that's total hogwash, so we haven't found someone to convince us that one is better over the other for the general folk.

We pray this means the end of the Monte Carlo. Kill it, kill it, kill it!

Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead!

Way To Start A Monday! Leftlane News reports: Last Pontiac GTO built. Yay! Woohoo! More! More! More! By that we mean, less, less, less of the crap, crap, crap. Now all we need is for the Monte Carlo to die and we'll be on to something.

Ads! Ads! Ads!

Maybe the whole world will become one big fucking ad. Crap, life is already a cereal and a board game, so why wouldn't everything just become an ad? The Detroit Free Press reports: Comic books draw in ads. Sigh. The whole comic book is an ad. For Pontiac. How lame. What's weird is that the comic book is about the Solstice which is the hardest Pontiac to buy... you'd think Pontiac would try a comic book on the G6 convertible. It could be about a super hero who was never able to save anyone because he was trying to figure out where the hell that leak under the dash was coming from.

Thanks to Jalopnik for the link. BTW, that 's a Pontiac G6... which sorta doesn't look so bad. Right?

No Solstice For You!

AutoWeek reports: Planned Scarcity. GM isn't going to increase production of Solsticeseseses -- even though the manufacturing plant has more capacity. GM wants to keep 'em rare(ish) that they remain popular. Hard to find fault with this, really.

What we can find fault with that GM has, what, one major hit on its hands and it's a roadster. Crap. How about making an all-around ass-kickin' sedan that turns out to be more in demand than there is inventory?

For the record, we wrote about this article mainly so we could look at a picture of the Solstice. It's purty.

We edited this article for clarity. We gave the impression the Solstice was ending production. That's not the case at all.