Pontiac Retrospective - Thanks For The Memories

Pontiac will be no more as of 2010. Here's a look back at the history of the brand and its greatest hits.Pontiac is dead. Wait, this is a good thing: It's being killed so General Motors can live. It's not being hacked off like a gangrenous limb; it's just that the world's former number-one automaker has too many brands, divisions, and models to be competitive. GM's multilayered, all-encompassing marketing structure worked just fine when the automaker had 51 percent of the North American car market locked up. But today it has a tenuous grip on less than half that market share, and some chopping is long overdue. Except for the low-volume Solstice and G8, the current Pontiac lineup is a virtual carbon copy of Chevrolet's. GM no longer needs and cannot afford two divisions that sell essentially the same cars, and naturally, it's Pontiac that must go.


Photo Gallery: Pontiac Retrospective - Looking Back At The History Of Pontiac Performance - Hot Rod Magazine

Photo Gallery: Pontiac Retrospective - Looking Back At The History Of Pontiac Performance - Hot Rod Magazine


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