I knew it! :angry:

[Drew Dowdell]

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"

[FAPTurbo]

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.

[balthazar]

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.

[Intrepidation]

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.

Why is there a Cavalier in the Pontiac thread?

[G. David Felt]

Love that Washington Plated GTO, those auto's Rock and on a dry day no less. That Pontiac show I heard was really good.

[SAmadei]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[balthazar]

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}

[Intrepidation]

The homogenization of auto design

[Z-06]

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.

[ocnblu]

I think the Sky should have remained an Opel GT, sold in Europe.

[Intrepidation]

I'm glad it didn't, I preferred the Sky's sharper looks and its interior design. It was one of the best applications of the black tie radio.

[FAPTurbo]

You're running outta fuel

No I'm not.

But Pontiac sure did.

[balthazar]

Here's to hoping Fap's rabid, slavering, anti-Pontiac fuel doesn't have a 84-year run in its tank.