Pontiac News

On February 1, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced there may be an expansion of its 2008 recall of General Motors Co. Pontiac G6 brake lights. The previous recall in 2009 included 8,000 vehicles, and the NHTSA has opened an investigation if the GM recall should be expanded ...    Read more

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Two of the biggest factors you'll likely consider when purchasing a new vehicles are consumer satisfaction and ownership costs. So why not combine the two measures and figure out the best buys? That's exactly what IntelliChoice and AutoPacific did when they teamed up for the 2012 Motorist Choice Awards. In 15 ...    Read more

The early Chevrolet Equinox and shamelessly tacky badge-engineered variant Pontiac Torrent never saw critical acclaim; the same went for the Cobalt and, again, its Pontiac G5 sibling. Now those late-2000s GM products are being recalled, along with the Saturn Ion, for a fuel pump that ...    Read more

This week's posts covered the life cycle of cars from the Lexus LF-CC concept scheduled to debut at the Paris Motor Show at month's end to General Motors' recall of Chevy, Pontiac, and Saturn vehicles. In between, Ford unleashes its all-new 2013 Fusion hybrid sedan onto the (mostly) unsuspecting car ...    Read more

Just a few days after Ford agreed to a four-year contract with the Canadian Auto Workers, General Motors agreed to the same terms with the union late last night. GM's four-year deal calls for the creation or maintaining of 1,750 jobs and an investment of $675 million for ...    Read more

General Motors is recalling 430,956 of its vehicles according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The two major recalls include: 2008 - 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac G6; 2007 - 2010 Saturn Aura Situation: GM is recalling Chevy Malibu and Pontiac G6 sedans for model years 2008 through 2010, and model year ...    Read more

Even though he was CEO of General Motors for a grand total of 10 months and has repeatedly self-proclaimed not to be a "car guy," Edward Whitacre Jr. still believes that the government should sell its shares in General Motors off quickly. This isn't the first time Whitacre has called ...    Read more

General Motors has filed to trademark the 'Riviera' name, again raising questions about the possibility of a sporty Buick joining the stable in the near future. The Riviera is no stranger to Buick's lineup as GM produced over a million vehicles named Riviera from 1963 to 1999 model years. Originally, ...    Read more

Car enthusiasts considered the Pontiac G8 sedan as one of the best Pontiacs built for General Motors' sporty brand. Unfortunately, the Pontiac G8 was also the brand's swan song; GM shut down Pontiac, along with HUMMER and Saturn, in 2009. Since then, car enthusiasts have been foretelling the "rebirth" ...    Read more

As luck may have it, even beleaguered brands make gems every once in a while. But as good as a car or truck may be, luck doesn't always favor those whose saving grace comes at the last minute. There's very little in the car market that we outright hate, but a little schadenfreude ...    Read more

Pontiac G8 owners will soon be receiving a letter from General Motors. The automaker has issued a recall on its model year 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 sedans. According to both GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the recall involves a delay in the deployment of the front passenger dual-deployment airbag ...    Read more

General Motors, yet again, is learning the old adage that one can't escape the past. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just announced it will be elevating its investigation on a power steering failure issue supposedly afflicting model year 2004-2007 Saturn Ion sedans. According to the federal agency, the problem resembles ...    Read more

General Motors knew from its experience shuttering Oldsmobile in 2004 that it would lose loyal customers when it closed its Hummer, Pontiac, and Saturn brands as part of its bankruptcy deal with the government in 2009. Thus, the automaker took steps to minimize such “conquests”, or customers switching car brands, ...    Read more

2010-02-08 Repair parts for the sticking accelerator pedal condition in the 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe will begin being shipped to General Motors dealers this week (Feb. 8). Letters to Vibe customers will be mailed Feb. 16 with instructions to contact their Pontiac dealer after Feb. 22 to have a ...    Read more

DETROIT – GM Certified Used Vehicles, a leading manufacturer-certified used vehicle brand, today announced a new nationwide incentive program on all GM Certified Pontiac G6 models.Effective February 2 – March 31, GMAC Financial Services is offering qualified buyers 3.9% APR financing for terms up to 60 months. This attractive incentive ...    Read more

2010-02-01 General Motors has tested two Pontiac Vibe small SUVs and found the brakes stop the vehicle in case of unintended acceleration. The 2009-10 Pontiac Vibe, a sister vehicle of the Toyota Matrix, is included in two Toyota recalls related to unintended acceleration, one for sticking accelerator pedals and one ...    Read more

2010-01-29 Amid the media attention over the Toyota recalls for possible unintended acceleration that include the Pontiac Vibe, many customers are wondering whether it is safe to drive their 2009 and 2010 models of the Vibe. Based on GM’s experience, the Vibe is safe to drive.Prior to the Toyota accelerator ...    Read more

There may no longer be a Pontiac brand in the General Motors stable anymore, but there are a lot of Pontiac models traversing the roads of the United States. The owners of these cars still have to get them serviced, maintained, and repaired. How General Motors handles them may determine ...    Read more

Well, now it can be said. Pontiac, the 82-year old brand of General Motors, is officially dead. According to the Detroit News , the last Pontiac for the U.S. market rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. For all you trivia buffs, the last model was ...    Read more

One of the more popular Pontiacs was the Solstice convertible. Like the rest, it, too, will be discontinued along with the rest of the brand name. However, Solstice enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that the DeLorean Motor Company has taken an interest in reviving the Solstice. Remember ...    Read more

The Pontiac G8 is one car that many keep hoping will see resurrection. At first, there were rumors that the much-loved G8 my be revived as a Chevrolet Caprice. Full Article

General Motors has announced that it will allow Pontiac dealers to close earlier than the planned shut down of later this year. It appears that the “Cash for Clunkers” program helped Pontiac dealers sell out their inventory quicker than expected. GM had given Pontiac dealers until January 1, 2010 to ...    Read more

It was bad enough when General Motors announced it was going to kill Pontiac--and the excellent G8 sedan along with it--but then the General toyed with us, giving us conflicting reports over whether the G8 would be sold as a Chevrolet once Pontiac goes away. (It won't.) ...    Read more

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