Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac

art leong · 11-01-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

In some ways it's sad, but other ways OH WELL. In the last 20 years, what has Pontiac done for anyone who has raced one of their cars, 1990 or older? NOTHING!!!! My friends race Fords and Mopars and they still get class, and eleminator contingetcy. Not matter what year car they race. In that case screw GM all together.

My dad who worked for the company 19 years died durring his employment with them. He was a salary employee/foreman. My mother was guaranteed health coverage from them for the rest of her days. She lost it from them in the restructure. UAW employees did not. As a GM employee you cannot even buy a car at a discount anymore. I understand that they were losing money, and had to make changes. There could have been a couple of changes to the new way of doing things. Now they are doing very well again, and downsizing.

My opinion is very bias, and sure not of many on this board, but I feel I wanted to say my peace. As for Pontiac.....SCREW EM.

One of the main reasons I don't gripe about the new cars.

Robert Swartz · 11-01-2010, 06:44 PM

So, with the demise of Pontiac. I wonder if I should make my 10th anniversary Trans Am into an IHRA crate stocker, now? I will anyway.

Robert Swartz

Andys dad · 11-01-2010, 06:56 PM

So no more GXPs in Pro-Stock?

:-) peace

blkjack · 11-01-2010, 08:24 PM

blkjack · 11-01-2010, 08:27 PM

I guess the Regal would work in PS

Bobby DiDomenico · 11-02-2010, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by blkjack

I guess the Regal would work in PS

Isn't that an Opel with Buick emblems?

david ring · 11-02-2010, 12:11 PM

GM, Ford, and Chrysler all made the same mistake-they stopped building cars that young people without a lot of money found interesting and would be their first cars (remember when we were in our late teens and Ford, GM, and Chrysler made lots of these cars-we are still racing them). So kids turned to Honda and Toyota for these cars-you call them riceburners, the kids call them tuner cars. So finally Ford has come out with the Fiesta, Chevy the Cruze, and Chrysler will have a version of the Fiat 500. All of these cars have gotten good reviews and I expect my next car will be one of them when it comes time to replace my Civic (I own a comp car-i can't afford a Challenger or Camaro or Mustang). If the American brands want to survive, they need to start building cars that kids can afford to buy and want to buy in order to develop brand loyalty, although I'm not sure that will help since kids don't seem to have and loyalty to bands, much less brands-they do seem to love anything from Apple though, but then that could be because Apple tends to build good products.

Mopar Steve · 11-02-2010, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

Isn't that an Opel with Buick emblems?

No different than a Holden with Pontiac emblems.

11-01-2010, 06:44 PM	#2
Robert Swartz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Nineveh, Indiana Posts: 512 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac So, with the demise of Pontiac. I wonder if I should make my 10th anniversary Trans Am into an IHRA crate stocker, now? I will anyway. Robert Swartz __________________ Robert Swartz - Swartz & Lane 66 Chevy II Pro 95 Achieva EF/SA, 78 Mustang II U/SA (work in progress) #354 stock

11-01-2010, 06:56 PM	#3
Andys dad VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arcadia, Ca Posts: 1,571 Likes: 48 Liked 175 Times in 78 Posts	Re: Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac So no more GXPs in Pro-Stock? :-) peace __________________ time is our most precious resource, you can always make more money but you can never make more time spend your time wisely with the ones you love - Ron Durham

11-01-2010, 08:24 PM	#4
blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac

11-01-2010, 08:27 PM	#5
blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac I guess the Regal would work in PS

11-02-2010, 12:11 PM	#7
david ring Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oneonta.,NY Posts: 889 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Holloween 2010 - The End of Pontiac GM, Ford, and Chrysler all made the same mistake-they stopped building cars that young people without a lot of money found interesting and would be their first cars (remember when we were in our late teens and Ford, GM, and Chrysler made lots of these cars-we are still racing them). So kids turned to Honda and Toyota for these cars-you call them riceburners, the kids call them tuner cars. So finally Ford has come out with the Fiesta, Chevy the Cruze, and Chrysler will have a version of the Fiat 500. All of these cars have gotten good reviews and I expect my next car will be one of them when it comes time to replace my Civic (I own a comp car-i can't afford a Challenger or Camaro or Mustang). If the American brands want to survive, they need to start building cars that kids can afford to buy and want to buy in order to develop brand loyalty, although I'm not sure that will help since kids don't seem to have and loyalty to bands, much less brands-they do seem to love anything from Apple though, but then that could be because Apple tends to build good products.