Feds Told GM To Drop Pontiac Or No Bailout, Ex-GM Exec Says

alopnik.com ^ | Oct 26 2013 | MICHAEL BALLABAN

[MeshugeMikey]

When General Motors shut down Pontiac, it left a lot of enthusiasts wondering why. It was primed with a lineup of powerful, rear-wheel drive models, and seemed like it had a bright future ahead of it. It turns out that GM killed it on government orders, according to former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.

[MeshugeMikey]

Facists have a way of dictating what lives and what dies dont they

[celmak]

Someone at Pontiac was Conservative?

[CrazyIvan]

Still lots of big, thirsty Suburbans to haul politicians and their goons around.

[MeshugeMikey]

I sense that that must have been the case.

Gibson Guitar in SPADES

[Las Vegas Ron]

This is probably part of the answer right here:

It was primed with a lineup of powerful, rear-wheel drive models

I have a '96 Firebird that is just ready to flip 100K. It has the 3.8 liter and will put you back in the seat when passing on the highway.

80-85 mph and still gets just under 30 miles to the gallon.

One of my favorite cars, I've had four of them!

[oh8eleven]

I sure as hell don't want the Feds dictating what to sell or or not sell ...
... but taking krap like this off the road can't be a bad thing.

[MeshugeMikey]

yes thats right..Pontiac probably didnt fit the NEW GREEN mould...er MOLD

they werent planning any GREEN experimental cars.

[hoosierham]

It is krap to you but some people loved them.
Choice,you know?

[MeshugeMikey]

oo oo but its GREEN?? ...

[oh8eleven]

Thanks for the confession. For your penance ...

[bigbob]

I’d like jump in a GTO and go widetrackin’ right over some gummint azz...

[Popman]

They should have killed Buick instead...

Buicks line up market wise against Lexus, so sales are never going to be high..

Pontiac would have given americans a nice choice in a affordable car young males would buy...

...But the administration rather have young males neutered to drive "green cars"

[MeshugeMikey]

Im REALLY tired of TOLERATING their Facist Nonsense but the smell of being in proximity to one of them would preclude my driving to within several hundred yards of any of em.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Maybe it is because the name PONTIAC is offensive to Indians! After all, Pontiac did lead a conspiracy to force the Brits out of Ft Detroit.

The fort held.

[Lazamataz]

No worries. I shall NEVER own a Government Motors car.

If you gave me one for free, I would destroy it, lest it fall into someone's hands.

[staytrue]

The article says the govt. wanted to kill buick but Buick is number one in China and that is the only reason it lived.

[Fireone]

“...affordable car young males would buy.”
If the fascists have their way, young males will all be homosexual, and too broke from paying for healthcare to buy a car.

[MeshugeMikey]

May we do as well as the Fort!!

well so far the feds havent tried to shutdown...INDIAN Motorcycles....

[MeshugeMikey]

“the administration rather have young males neutered to drive “green cars”

B-——I-——N-——G-——O

[ThunderSleeps]

Bammy wanted to play at being a business man, just like he plays at being president, or even plays at being a man. So he made a decision, just to make one and show who was calling the shots, even though it was not a good one.