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Pontiac Vibe was included in the recall of Toyota
 A unit of General Motors’ dead brand, is included in the recall of Toyota - involving faulty pedals of acceleration. It's simple actually, Vibe is a Toyota Matrix basically, a car that was included too in this recall, autonews.com reports. Toyota said sometime ago that 2.3 million units will be recalled, including the Matrix 2009-10 car. A spokesman of GM affirmed the Pontiac Vibe 2009-10 is part of the recall, a model made and engineered in Fremont, Calif., by Toyota in a GM – Toyota joint venture. Adler stated that all of it it's with Toyota, It’s a Toyota recall; the exception being it carries ...
Tags: vibe, recall, pontiac-vibe, gm, toyota, matrix
Camaro based Pontiac Trans AM concept revealed
 The Pontiac Trans Am has got to be one of the most iconic North American cars in history. A lot of companies have tried their best to recreate that special car that made history from the 1970s all the way to the beginning of the 2000s. What we have here is such an attempt. More precisely, we can see a Pontiac Trans Am concept model made by Lingenfelter. The Lingenfelter 455 Pontiac Trans Am takes its inspiration from the 1971 Pontiac Trans Am. Because of that, the Lingenfelter version of the Pontiac Trans Am gets its power from a V8 engine that has a capacity ...
Tags: camaro, trans am, concept, revealed, pontiac, chevrolet
Chevy is in need of being General Motors
 As you know, Chevrolet is really one of the 4 four core brand names of GM and, playing a vital role in the strategy of the global market of the American-based ex bankrupt carmaker. Brent Dewar, named vice president of Chevrolet Global just after GM emerged itself from bankruptcy, believes Chevrolet 'needs to be the General Motors Company' as he stated on the Auto Observer.com interview.Fritz Henderson - GM's CEO admitted Chevy is a quite important brandname and this particular firm must replace now both Saturn and Pontiac.Henderson affirmed 'Buick, Cadillac and GM play a critically important role, but in terms of driving share, it ...
Tags: chevy, brent-dewar, chevrolet, vice-president, gm, pontiac, saturn
Kevin Morgan Pontiac Trans Am Renderings
 Like its mythical namesake that rose from the ashes to a new life, the Trans Am of yesteryear has been born again... the Phoenix T/A. If it is true that good things come to those who wait, then we have surely been rewarded for our patience.Trans Am Depot is pleased to announce our partnership with designer Kevin Morgan in turning a three-year dream into reality. We, like many of you, have lusted over Kevin`s retro interpretation of the `77 - `78 Trans Am based on the 2010 Camaro platform. We began early last year discussing the idea of how we might work together to bring ...
Tags: trans-am, phoenix, pontiac, camaro, 2010camaro, pontiac-trans-am, rendering
Hurst announces Pontiac H.O. G8 and G6
 Hurst Performance Vehicles, one of the most recognized and respected names in automobile history, announced that it has teamed up with newly appointed Hurst Director Emeritus and legendary performance visionary, "Doc" Watson, to build two new Special Edition Hurst/Pontiacs – a 2010 HURST/Pontiac H.O. version of the G8 and a G6 convertible. Hurst Performance President, Ron Flint, and Watson made the announcement together on Saturday at a special event held at the Sloan Museum in Flint, Michigan – the birthplace of GM.Hurst Performance in Irvine, California, will hand-build only 52 examples of the 2010 HURST/Pontiac H.O. – a modern-day version of George Hurst`s "Executive Hot ...
Tags: pontiac, g6, g8, hurst, tuning, performance
GM is confirming the plan of making new small auto in Michigan
 GM issued a statement the confirms the rumored plans of assembling a future small auto – likely Chevrolet Spark based – at the Orion Township, in Michigan, which is an assembly factory. General Motors says this: between that assembly factory and a stamping one, nearby, it will be preventing the cut of 1,400 jobs.'Small cars represent one of the fastest-growing segments in both the U.S. and around the world' stated Troy Clarke, the president at GM North America. 'GM will be the only automaker, foreign or domestic, to build small cars in the U.S . , and we believe Orion Assembly and Pontiac Stamping are ...
Tags: gm, small, michigan
Pontiac dealers from Michigan making offer for the brand
 Though GM rejected apparently the 1st offer - investors group led by Jim Waldron, offer made for Pontiac, the Michigan auto dealer affirms he is back having a powerful offer including the factories and the equipment they need to produce Pontiacs.A Pontiac dealer in Michigan-Davison, Waldron, stated to Mid-Michigan’s NBC-25 that 'GM has a history of building a great, great quality car, and then discontinuing it. So we’re going to try to change that history'.'I found the financing for it' he said. 'I’ve just got to get GM to agree to do something with it'. However, Jim Hopson - Pontiac spokesman said this month at ...
Tags: pontiac, michigan, offer, brand
GM ceases in August the Vibe production, ending the public availability for Pontiac brand
 Though GM last week had announced that it will continue the Pontiac Vibe production via the 2010 unit year, the restructuring carmaker from Detroit now says it has reached a deal with Toyota to stop building those hatchback units at the end of this year in August.The Vibe car was, unceremoniously, prepared to be the last vehicle Pontiac-badged available to clients. The departure of Vibe leaves just the G6 to be produced, solely available to fleet users for this amazing 2010 unit year. The Vibe unit was made at the Toyota-GM joint-venture NUMMI assembly plant in California - Fremont. It's expected that General Motors will ...
Tags: gm, pontiac, vibe, toyota, hatchback
Pontiac - dead officially
 Pontiac is dead... GM announced: Pontiac will not be here to celebrate its 85th birthday. The original plans of GM for Pontiac are to become a solid niche brand right under its brand new plan of viability. The cuts go deeper now, Pontiac is cut off completely. All fans of the performance department of GM can do is... hope for an upcoming revival. 'We are taking tough but necessary actions that are critical to GM’s long-term viability' affirmed Fritz Henderson, the GM CEO and president. 'Our responsibility is clear - to secure GM’s future - and we intend to succeed. At the same time, we ...
Tags: pontiac, dead, official, gm, u.s., obama
Despite the death of Pontiac, GM sticks with Toyota on a joint-venture factory
 GM just unveiled that its Vibe 5-door unit will die in 2010 beside the Pontiac nameplate, but a brand new report is suggesting GM wants to source other car from the Vibe’s Californian New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory. The NUMMI plant is joining Toyota producing also the Corolla Matrix by Toyota.It's believed that the relationship between Toyota, GM and NUMMI factory would change greatly after the Pontiac phase out, but Jim Hopson - Pontiac spokesman unveiled to Automotive News this: GM will be continuing to look at the Californian factory for at least 1 brand new unit. 'We’re negotiating to see how best to ...
Tags: pontiac, gm, toyota, 2010, joint-venture, gmc, vibe, nummi, chevrolet, buic
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