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"S65" (granthp) 09/12/2016 at 12:38 • Filed to: Pontiac

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > S65 09/12/2016 at 12:41

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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > S65 09/12/2016 at 12:41

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2011-present

TheJWT > S65 09/12/2016 at 12:42

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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 09/12/2016 at 12:45

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:(

LongbowMkII > S65 09/12/2016 at 12:47

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But you posted a corolla wagon, Saturn aura and Chevy cobalt.

not for canada - australian in disguise > S65 09/12/2016 at 12:47

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Mercedes Streeter > LongbowMkII 09/12/2016 at 12:55

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TIL: Pontiac G3 = Saturn Aura/Opel Vectra = Chevy Malibu - Saab 9-3 = Cadillac BLS.

Wat. It continues to blow my mind how much badge engineering/parts bin engineering GM used to do not even a whole decade ago.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > not for canada - australian in disguise 09/12/2016 at 12:55

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Why would that cost more than a Tercel?

not for canada - australian in disguise > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 09/12/2016 at 12:57

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Because fuck you, that’s why.

jimz > S65 09/12/2016 at 13:02

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the best were the ads in the late ‘50s for the “wide track” Pontiacs. The ad art showed exaggeratedly wide drawings of the cars.

Ad:

reality:

jimz > S65 09/12/2016 at 13:06

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I don’t know what’s going on with this one. Maybe they looked at an Edsel and thought “If one hoop grille was good, maybe two will be better!” Or maybe its inspiration was a birdpig. or pigbird.

LongbowMkII > Mercedes Streeter 09/12/2016 at 13:13

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G6.

The G3 was an Aveo/something different in every Asian country..

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > S65 09/12/2016 at 13:18

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Driving excitement.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/12/2016 at 13:23

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That looks SO RAD

LongbowMkII > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/12/2016 at 13:35

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Some new wheels to fill out the fenders and it would be. I like those Bonnies

Mercedes Streeter > LongbowMkII 09/12/2016 at 13:44

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Crap!!! I swear my brain was thinking “Pontiac G6" (I even Wikipedia’d it) but somehow I spit out G3...which *shudder* is not a car I want to remember.

AfromanGTO > S65 09/12/2016 at 13:51

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Here’s my two GTOs, but I don’t have a picture of my Firebird....

GTO meet I went to a few years ago.

LongbowMkII > Mercedes Streeter 09/12/2016 at 13:51

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I figured, but just took the opportunity to twist the knife on “old” GM

for Michigan > S65 09/12/2016 at 14:03

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AMC/Renauledge > Mercedes Streeter 09/12/2016 at 14:04

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The only two among those vehicles that shared a single body panel were the 9-3 and BLS. And the BLS was never even sold in the same markets as the Malibu, G6, and Aura.

Back in the day, GM had 8 or 9 vehicle brands in the US market alone. If 6 of them sell midsize sedans, what are you going to do? Engineer totally different platforms for each of them, only to cannibalize each other’s sales?

And how is this any different than VW selling the Octavia, Leon, Golf, and A3 (and several others) off the same platform today?

Probenja > Mercedes Streeter 09/12/2016 at 14:09

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Well the Epsilon II platform has the Buick Regal/Opel Insignia, Buick Lacrosse, Saab 9-5, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac XTS. So they still do platform sharing but at least they don’t all look the same.

TheJWT > AfromanGTO 09/12/2016 at 14:10

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What generation Firebird?

BritishLeyland > S65 09/12/2016 at 14:13

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AfromanGTO > TheJWT 09/12/2016 at 14:16

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1971 Firebird Formula with duckbill spoiler and formula hood. :)

You can see it behind the Gen Coupe in these pictures.

Twism > S65 09/12/2016 at 14:50

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...Wait, I thought you wanted Pontiac.

That’s a Toyota, an Opel and a Chevy.

Stef Schrader > S65 09/12/2016 at 15:00

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FIRST CAR FTW!

S65 > Stef Schrader 09/12/2016 at 15:10

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Was it any good?

Shift24 > S65 09/12/2016 at 16:30

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Only pontiac I’ve owned so far. Just a firechicken