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fastball · 09-22-2012, 08:34 PM

I would love to see Pontiac reincarnated, but as Fbodfather said there is too much competition in the world today, and corporate mismanagement destroyed the Pontiac name in the end. Aztec? Montana? G5????? Ugh.

Scott, even you have to admit those were abysmal, destructive mistakes by GM. Especially the Aztec. Makes the Edsel look like a complete success.

It's unfortunate that GM mismanaged Pontiac. It is also unfortunate that today there are too many car companies in America for Pontiac to be revived and compete profitably. I think GM could now do an excellent job of making Pontiac a division of world class competitive performance cars given the lessens they've learned in the last few years. Keeping the division small, but with well executed and spot on performance and style.

But post bankruptcy there is just not the money or the infrastructure in GM to do it. In 20 years after GM's completely successfully turned itself free of government investment, financially secure and profitable again, and has the liquid cash to expand? Maybe. If the competition has shrunk (i.e. other marks have died).

But I really don't see such a thing happening in the near future.

09-22-2012, 08:34 PM	#41
fastball Banned Drives: 2017 Camaro 2SS 6MT Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 4,361	I would love to see Pontiac reincarnated, but as Fbodfather said there is too much competition in the world today, and corporate mismanagement destroyed the Pontiac name in the end. Aztec? Montana? G5????? Ugh. Scott, even you have to admit those were abysmal, destructive mistakes by GM. Especially the Aztec. Makes the Edsel look like a complete success. It's unfortunate that GM mismanaged Pontiac. It is also unfortunate that today there are too many car companies in America for Pontiac to be revived and compete profitably. I think GM could now do an excellent job of making Pontiac a division of world class competitive performance cars given the lessens they've learned in the last few years. Keeping the division small, but with well executed and spot on performance and style. But post bankruptcy there is just not the money or the infrastructure in GM to do it. In 20 years after GM's completely successfully turned itself free of government investment, financially secure and profitable again, and has the liquid cash to expand? Maybe. If the competition has shrunk (i.e. other marks have died). But I really don't see such a thing happening in the near future.