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Even the base model Bonneville was enough to stand apart from its platform mates all the way up to the end.

My mother had a '94 Bonneville and loved it... wouldn't be caught dead driving a LeSabre or Eighty Eight.....

Grandmother had a '93 Park Ave.... there's no way you could convince either woman that they were the "same car" under the skin.... Mom would never drive "Gram's car"

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  On 2/20/2014 at 4:36 PM, Drew Dowdell said:

G8, Solstice, Firebird, Fiero, Grand Prix GTP/Comp-G, even Bonneville GXP... all perfectly good examples of performance oriented cars.

G8: bland Charger competitor that didn't offer a stick with the V6 or V8 GT models. V6 versions weren't much more exciting than a Camry SE.

Solstice: Saturn Sky. The Sky appears to be the internet's favourite of the two for its expressive design and better interior.

Firebird: Camaro. HURR NOSTRILS. RAM AIR. RAM IT IN MY HOOD.

Fiero: bad until its final year. Hasn't existed for a quarter century.

Grand Prix: Impala SS.

Bonneville GXP: TORQUE STEER. AIR VENTS. Shared engine with much better Olds Aurora.

Okay, so the last really unique vehicle in Pontiac's stable is a mid-engined, two-seat commuter vehicle with an Iron Duke 4, that didn't do anything well. Exciting.

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Where's your GTO review? Can't unilaterally damn it because it had a manual?

Last truly "unique" Pontiacs were the GTO & G8, not the Fiero. GTO was a pretty nice piece, every one I see is always impeccably maintained; surprising for a HURR rental car.

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  On 2/21/2014 at 2:37 AM, balthazar said:

Where's your GTO review? Can't unilaterally damn it because it had a manual?

Last truly "unique" Pontiacs were the GTO & G8, not the Fiero. GTO was a pretty nice piece, every one I see is always impeccably maintained; surprising for a HURR rental car.

2005_GTO.jpg

Why is there a Cavalier in the Pontiac thread?

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  On 2/21/2014 at 12:13 AM, FAPTurbo said:

G8: bland Charger competitor that didn't offer a stick with the V6 or V8 GT models. V6 versions weren't much more exciting than a Camry SE.

Not based on a Chevy or a Charger.

At least you could get a stick in the G8 GXP... unlike that Chevy SS.

Didn't know you could drift a Camry SE by spinning the rear wheels.

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Solstice: Saturn Sky. The Sky appears to be the internet's favourite of the two for its expressive design and better interior.

Some like Sky, some like Solstice... I liked both... fit in neither. But GM gave the public more flavors for decades... but it ain't a Chevy.

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Firebird: Camaro. HURR NOSTRILS. RAM AIR. RAM IT IN MY HOOD.

Camaro looked like a 2-door Chrysler Concord my 84 year old Great-Aunt would covet. Oh, yeah... she had one.

In its day, before everything had to be 6 foot tall and 6 foot long, the Firebird gave you something that looked and performed like a budget supercar on a ramen budget.

Ram Air is a heritage cue and functional Ram Air gives you a performance benefit, once you cut out all the sound dampening baffles. And whats so awful about hood scoops? WRX has 'em and nobody complains.

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Bonneville GXP: TORQUE STEER. AIR VENTS. Shared engine with much better Olds Aurora.

Torque Steer? Sorry, every front wheel drive car has had it for a quarter century. You're running outta fuel, my knee-jerk, meme-powered friend. Bottom like is the H and G body FWD Bonnevilles are not red dashboard Chevys, as no Chevy was on those platforms. If anything, the 88, Aurora and LeSabre were overpriced Pontiacs.

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Okay, so the last really unique vehicle in Pontiac's stable is a mid-engined, two-seat commuter vehicle with an Iron Duke 4, that didn't do anything well. Exciting.

It was also available in that lovely 2.8 V6. It wasn't meant to be a supercar.

In any case, you're such a car snob, I can't imagine you wanting any plebeian GM car. For christ's sake, GM's wonder car, the Vette had to share steering wheels with the Cobalt for a decade.

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GTO, Cavalier, Corvette, Cobalt- who can tell them apart??? I mean, they all have air vents.... and the first letters are VERY similar. {insert teeth-knashing, scribbly cartoon meme here}

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  On 2/21/2014 at 12:13 AM, FAPTurbo said:
  On 2/20/2014 at 4:36 PM, Drew Dowdell said:

G8, Solstice, Firebird, Fiero, Grand Prix GTP/Comp-G, even Bonneville GXP... all perfectly good examples of performance oriented cars.

Solstice: Saturn Sky. The Sky appears to be the internet's favourite of the two for its expressive design and better interior.

Looks wise I agree, but Solstice outsold Sky 2:1. And before economy tanked and Pontiac's death was imminent it even outsold Miata for 3 years. Unless it was all to Avis, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless, et. al.

Sky should never have been a Saturn, it would have been a good Buick.

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