Pontiac News

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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There's a famous General Motors saying, “What’s good for GM is good for the country.” The automaker was a world power that was chuck full of brands: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Saab, Buick and soon after came Saturn and Hummer.Well, many of those brands are gone or will be shortly. ...    Read more

Attributable to Troy Clarke, President, General Motors North America ...    Read more

Well, it’s happened. Another General Motors brand has been whacked! This time it's Pontiac. No doubt there were sorrowed fans when Oldsmobile was put to death. But we think Pontiac had a much larger following. The American story as told through our automobiles has suffered a major blow.Here’s some Pontiacs ...    Read more

Ah, Pontiac. We hardly knew you. As auto enthusiast morn the loss of one of Detroit's most venerated brands, the Chicago Tribune paid tribute to Pontiac throughout the years. Some of the vehicles in the slideshow include:1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special1968 PONTIAC GTO1977 Pontiac Trans Am of 'Smokey and ...    Read more

Now that General Motors has formally announced that its Pontiac brand is joining the late, lamented Oldsmobile, speculation is turning to the Pontiac Vibe. For those just joining us, the Vibe is a joint project with Toyota, which produces a similiar vehicle, the Toyota Matrix. Both are manufactured under the ...    Read more

DETROIT -- General Motors (NYSE: GM) today presented an updated Viability Plan that will speed the reinvention of GM's U.S. operations into a leaner, more customer-focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.The Viability Plan is included in an exchange offer whereby GM is offering certain bondholders shares of GM common stock and ...    Read more

As we write this post, there is a good chance that the talking heads at CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, et al are announcing the demise of General Motors’ Pontiac division. GM’s restructure plan at first called for the continued existence of a smaller Pontiac with ...    Read more

Well, this is something General Motors didn't need right now. "This" refers to a recall, a 1.5 million vehicle one at that. Per CNN Money: ...    Read more