Any other pickups considered before reserving your CT?

[cvalue13]

.... and do you READ for comprehension, since obviously the facts don't matter to you.

Trying to have a civil discussion with you is like wrestling with the proverbial pig in "mud" hole. So, I am out. Have fun.

From Wikipedia amongst other MANY other sources... (Maybe the word "was" means something different to you?)

The Australian-assembled Ute was to be sold in the United States as the Pontiac G8 ST starting in 2009 alongside the four-door Commodore-based G8 sedan.[5] However, due to GM's company-wide model review, a result of the 2008 global financial crisis, such plans were shelved on 6 January 2009.

I don’t understand what you think we’re disagreeing about

you said it was a concept car

Pontiac did come up with a concept car version just as they were getting the axe.

I added that it wasn’t a concept car. It was a production-ready car, slated for production

when GM had to trim fat into ‘08, all the Holden platforms - including the ute - got the ax

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[FarAway]

I don’t understand what you think we’re disagreeing about

you said it was a concept car



I added that it wasn’t a concept car. It was a production-ready car, slated for production

when GM had to trim fat into ‘08, all the Holden platforms - including the ute - got the ax

https://carbuzz.com/news/5-peculiar-pontiac-concepts

 

[cvalue13]

https://carbuzz.com/news/5-peculiar-pontiac-concepts

your 2012 carbuzz.com listicle may have a headline of “concept,” but even it gets it right in the copy: “The G8 ST is a quirky little Ute that GM announced was going into production before all of the evil happened”

to say nothing of it being odd to call a “concept” a vehicle that was already produced overseas, needing only re-badging

But I’ll raise you a contemporaneous bit of actual journalism (albeit PickupTruck.com - but doesn’t take much journalism to out-detail a listacle) dated January 25, 2007 - note the discussion of CAFE pressures:


The Pontiac G8 ST is Coming to the New York Auto Show
By: Mike Levine

Posted: 01-25-07 07:40 PT
© 2007 PickupTruck.com

Page: [1]

Start packing the car truck, we're leaving today - to grab a front row seat at the New York Auto Show for General Motors’ press conference.

Very reliable sources have told PickupTruck.com that the production Pontiac G8 ST (Sport Truck), based on Holden's VE Ute, will bow in the Big Apple in late March during the NY Auto Show’s media days. WO0t!

The decision to move forward with the G8 ST was made even though there are still lingering concerns inside GM about the exchange rate between the Australian and U.S. dollars. If the U.S. dollar had continued to weaken against the Aussie buck recently, the price for the imported Ute would have been too high for the market.

This news follows GoAuto.com’s Lutzian scoop last week that a four-door GMC-badged ‘Crewman’ Ute concept would also appear at the NY Auto Show. Now, other online sources are reporting that the GMC pickup concept will instead appear at the Chicago Auto Show early next month. We’ll keep our pens sheathed on that point. There’s an embargo, dontcha know.

Last year our sources also gave us the official name of the Pontiac G8 ST and news that only a 361-hp V8 would be offered, starting at $31,000 USD. The name remains the same but a lower-priced 256-hp V6 version of the ST will also be available.

Here’s why.

The recently cancelled Pontiac G8 version of Holden's VE Sportwagon was only going to be available with a V6 for CAFE reasons, to offset the G8 ST’s V8 fuel economy rating. But with the wagon gone, the Ute will have to average out CAFE on its own. Hence, the V6 has been added. Good news for G8 ST owners looking for a cheaper Ute to park in their driveways.”

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