Pontiac G5 News **Official Pics and Specs (page 1)**
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Pontiac G5 News **Official Pics and Specs (page 1)**
Pontiac will get entry-level coupe - - Jamie LaReau - - SOurce: AUtonews.com
DETROIT -- General Motors will give Pontiac an entry-level coupe as a stopgap measure until the division gets more brand-focused products, sources close to Pontiac say. In the process, Pontiac dealers will lose the Montana SV6 minivan.
The coupe will be a high-performance relative of the Chevrolet Cobalt coupe with some Pontiac influences. The vehicle will give the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel a shot at the small-car market, a source close to GM says. GM is still considering names for it. One option might be the G5, sources say.
Pontiac intends to launch the coupe as a 2007 model and likely will start production this fall in Lordstown, Ohio.
The car will be priced similarly to the Chevrolet Cobalt SS supercharged coupe, which starts at $20,490, including shipping.
Pontiac eventually will lose the Montana SV6 minivan, which has seen sluggish sales and does not fit Pontiac's performance-brand image, sources say. U.S. sales of the SV6 for January fell to 1,450 units, an 11.5 percent drop from 1,638 in the year-ago period.
Pontiac has lacked an entry-level car since the Sunfire died last year.
In Canada, GM sells a Cobalt sibling called the Pontiac Pursuit.
The coupe will be a high-performance relative of the Chevrolet Cobalt coupe with some Pontiac influences. The vehicle will give the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel a shot at the small-car market, a source close to GM says. GM is still considering names for it. One option might be the G5, sources say.
Pontiac intends to launch the coupe as a 2007 model and likely will start production this fall in Lordstown, Ohio.
The car will be priced similarly to the Chevrolet Cobalt SS supercharged coupe, which starts at $20,490, including shipping.
Pontiac eventually will lose the Montana SV6 minivan, which has seen sluggish sales and does not fit Pontiac's performance-brand image, sources say. U.S. sales of the SV6 for January fell to 1,450 units, an 11.5 percent drop from 1,638 in the year-ago period.
Pontiac has lacked an entry-level car since the Sunfire died last year.
In Canada, GM sells a Cobalt sibling called the Pontiac Pursuit.
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02-13-2006, 04:59 PM
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Rebadged Cobalt = 
02-13-2006, 05:41 PM
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I think the criticizm is a little harsh. The article says this is a stop gap product. There's nothing wrong with that. There losing that God awful minivan, which is great. GM doesn't want to leave Pontiac with just the Soltice, G6 (sedan and coupe), and Grand Prix. Also, the lineup lacks a small product right now. If this was permanent, then I'd hate the idea.
02-13-2006, 06:49 PM
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Won't Apple sue them for the use of "G5"? They seem to like sueing people I've noticed.
02-14-2006, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jwong77
Won't Apple sue them for the use of "G5"? They seem to like sueing people I've noticed.
02-15-2006, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by titan
I think the criticizm is a little harsh. The article says this is a stop gap product. There's nothing wrong with that. There losing that God awful minivan, which is great. GM doesn't want to leave Pontiac with just the Soltice, G6 (sedan and coupe), and Grand Prix. Also, the lineup lacks a small product right now. If this was permanent, then I'd hate the idea.
02-15-2006, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Rebadged Cobalt =
. I had a chance to check out the Cobalt over the weekend and IMHO, it's the best non-Corvette Chevy I've ever experienced. ....all it needs is optional/accessory HIDs, LED tails and Navi for a grand or two more and I'd get an "SS Supercharged" model one over a Civic Si.
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Pontiac entry-level coupe to be called G5; Buick planning up-level LaCrosse - - By JAMIE LAREAU | AUTOMOTIVE NEWS - - SOurce: AUtoweek
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Buick-Pontiac-GMC executives continue to push General Motors' channeling strategy by introducing targeted product for the individual brands.
Executives made several product announcements to dealers at the three-brand make meeting. Executives also set sales expectations for the brands.
Pontiac will get a new entry-level coupe, called the G5, for the 2007 model year. It will be priced just under $15,000, said John Larson, general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC, in an interview with Automotive News after the meeting. GM will start producing the G5 coupe this summer, he said.
"We think the coupe had a significant amount of differentiation for our small-car products," Larson said. "We think it complements the Vibe sedan."
GM expects to sell 20,000 G5s in its first year, dealers said. It will be a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Cobalt and will be built at the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant.
"Dealers are very optimistic about all these new products," said Mike Bowsher, co-chairman of the Pontiac-GMC dealer council and owner of Carl Black Buick-Pontiac-GMC in Kennesaw, Ga.
He said the new G5 will add cachet to the G6 product line.
"There's going to be plenty of difference between the G5 and G6," said Bowsher. "There might be more people wanting to step up to a G6."
Many dealers agreed that the entry-level coupe is a good product to have for the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel.
"It looks like a Cobalt," said Scott Brasher, general manager of Brasher Motor Co. in Weimar, Texas. "It's at a good price point, and it's sporty-looking."
There will be a base and a performance version of the G5, Larson said.
Pontiac also will offer a four-cylinder version of the G6 that's just "a couple thousand more" than the G5, Larson said.
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Executives made several product announcements to dealers at the three-brand make meeting. Executives also set sales expectations for the brands.
Pontiac will get a new entry-level coupe, called the G5, for the 2007 model year. It will be priced just under $15,000, said John Larson, general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC, in an interview with Automotive News after the meeting. GM will start producing the G5 coupe this summer, he said.
"We think the coupe had a significant amount of differentiation for our small-car products," Larson said. "We think it complements the Vibe sedan."
GM expects to sell 20,000 G5s in its first year, dealers said. It will be a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Cobalt and will be built at the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant.
"Dealers are very optimistic about all these new products," said Mike Bowsher, co-chairman of the Pontiac-GMC dealer council and owner of Carl Black Buick-Pontiac-GMC in Kennesaw, Ga.
He said the new G5 will add cachet to the G6 product line.
"There's going to be plenty of difference between the G5 and G6," said Bowsher. "There might be more people wanting to step up to a G6."
Many dealers agreed that the entry-level coupe is a good product to have for the Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel.
"It looks like a Cobalt," said Scott Brasher, general manager of Brasher Motor Co. in Weimar, Texas. "It's at a good price point, and it's sporty-looking."
There will be a base and a performance version of the G5, Larson said.
Pontiac also will offer a four-cylinder version of the G6 that's just "a couple thousand more" than the G5, Larson said.
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Originally Posted by titan
Absolutely. It's sad. I know that the G5 is only a "stopgap," but damn. 
Like we needed this pos in comparison to the cobalt.
05-08-2006, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by heyitsme
Saturn should be Opel and Pontiac should be Holden.
The first is done. The second makes sense. There are signs that Holden and Pontiac will share major components. Like the RWD platform for the next large Pontiac sedan which will come soon.
05-25-2006, 08:48 PM
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Look at this interior, especially the dash and the steering wheel. Looks great. That tells me that next year's G6 will get this new design. It looks great.
05-25-2006, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by gavriil
Look at this interior, especially the dash and the steering wheel. Looks great. That tells me that next year's G6 will get this new design. It looks great.
Its revised, better?
http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/libra....cobaltint.jpg
Click the photogallery and the 1st pic to compare
http://www.pontiac.com/g5/
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Originally Posted by gavriil
Look at this interior, especially the dash and the steering wheel. Looks great. That tells me that next year's G6 will get this new design. It looks great.
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I dunno. GM has been doing the re-badge business across it's brands as far as can be remembered. If the unwashed masses actually buy enough of these, GM will probably keep it going for that quick buck. It's cheaper for them, at the cost of long-term fidelity with consumers.
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Originally Posted by charliemike
Pontiac needs to go. There is no reason for it.
05-26-2006, 05:04 PM
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I disagree. Pontiac can easily be Alfa Romeo and succeed. But that should have happened already. Alfa will probably be here in a couple of years or so and steal their thunder.
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Originally Posted by gavriil
You mean G6's?
