First Pontiac G8 Prototypes Roll Off The Line
07-04-2007, 06:48 AM
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First Pontiac G8 Prototypes Roll Off The Line
First Pontiac G8 Prototypes Roll Off The Line
GM News Release
It's also available at http://www.drive.com.au/ and here
It looks really, really good in red........
GM Holden celebrated today as the first Pontiac G8 engineering prototypes to be produced at Holden Vehicle Operations in Elizabeth rolled off the line.
The G8 will be available in Pontiac dealerships in the United States in early 2008 to take its place among General Motors' flagship high performance vehicles.
The Pontiac G8 performance sedan will be the first North American product to be based on GM’s new global rear wheel drive architecture, developed by the global team based here in Australia.
Production of the Pontiac G8 is scheduled to commence at the Holden plant in late 2007, bringing the production line to a maximum capacity rate of 620 cars per day.
Announcing this production milestone was Holden Executive Director of Manufacturing, Rod Keane
The G8 will be available in Pontiac dealerships in the United States in early 2008 to take its place among General Motors' flagship high performance vehicles.
The Pontiac G8 performance sedan will be the first North American product to be based on GM’s new global rear wheel drive architecture, developed by the global team based here in Australia.
Production of the Pontiac G8 is scheduled to commence at the Holden plant in late 2007, bringing the production line to a maximum capacity rate of 620 cars per day.
Announcing this production milestone was Holden Executive Director of Manufacturing, Rod Keane
It's also available at http://www.drive.com.au/ and here
It looks really, really good in red........
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07-04-2007, 07:08 AM
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I like the aggressive look - fixes one issue I had with the 04-06 GTO. Also noticed they 'retuned' the LS2 to give it more power down low (at the expense of power up high). Probably a good move for a car like this - should make it quite fun to drive.
Will be interesting to check them out when they hit the lots. Thanks for posting.
Will be interesting to check them out when they hit the lots. Thanks for posting.
07-04-2007, 07:17 AM
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I like the aggressive look - fixes one issue I had with the 04-06 GTO. Also noticed they 'retuned' the LS2 to give it more power down low (at the expense of power up high). Probably a good move for a car like this - should make it quite fun to drive.
Will be interesting to check them out when they hit the lots. Thanks for posting.
Will be interesting to check them out when they hit the lots. Thanks for posting.
It's an L76, different heads (LS7 based) and intake manifold and a very small cam.
07-04-2007, 10:58 AM
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I don't know what's really going on, but at least 1 engineering prototype of a production G8 has been around since before the NAIAS (though a concept debuted at Chicago) over 6 months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhz0y...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsY4Q...elated&search=
I was told there was a LHD VE Commodore sedan made up for Pontiac when I was in Oz last November (the red car in the video which made the rounds last February, perhaps?).
Maybe by engineering prototypes they mean trial run of production vehicles for evaluation?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhz0y...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsY4Q...elated&search=
I was told there was a LHD VE Commodore sedan made up for Pontiac when I was in Oz last November (the red car in the video which made the rounds last February, perhaps?).
Maybe by engineering prototypes they mean trial run of production vehicles for evaluation?
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07-04-2007, 11:37 AM
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Originally posted by GuoinM
Maybe by engineering prototypes they mean trial run of production vehicles for evaluation?
Maybe by engineering prototypes they mean trial run of production vehicles for evaluation?
The GM release has a single small pic of a red G8 in it. The "production" car has the regular Commodore SS wheels on it and not the HSV sourced units the show car in Chicago sported. Red makes the car look smaller (to me) than the aforementioned Chicago car appeared to be, certainly smaller than my GP.
07-05-2007, 11:05 AM
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GOD, I LOVE THAT CAR.
The G8 is the first 4 door car I have seriously considered owing for my daily driver. Once the initial shock dies down, and the dealers stop gouging, I will give this car some serious consideration.
The G8 is the first 4 door car I have seriously considered owing for my daily driver. Once the initial shock dies down, and the dealers stop gouging, I will give this car some serious consideration.
