Gm Butchers another Classic....the new "G8 ST"

[bubba1983]

So long El Camino....welcome new Pontiac G8 ST??

http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=9709009

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4157/8edff621e2a4fb74633ae96qm2.jpg

[ds2chan]

that's sooooo fugly.. the rims aren't even cool.. the middle portion (where the doors are) are nice if it were a regular small car..

[LockOut]

I don't mind the look THAT MUCH. Could be worse...
And them not using "El Camino" is definitely a good call, but they could have been more creative than "ST"...

[Fobio]

the G8 GXP will be my other sleeper of choice, but come on, everyone knows there's something wrong here: if you look again, the car's proportions are like a reversed coupe from the 60's, where the truck bed is the long hood and the engine bay is the chopped rear quarter...

This is worse than the Caddy truck...

[Go_Habs_Go]

So long El Camino....welcome new Pontiac G8 ST??

http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=9709009

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/4157/8edff621e2a4fb74633ae96qm2.jpg


Wow that just looks nasty ugly, at least from that pic!! Sometimes cars look a lot different when you see them in person rather than in a pic but still...I'm not holding out a lot of hope for this one!!!

[06Touring3]

i don't care WHAT they call it.....it's an El Camino.....and i'd have to see it at other angles...but that one is not that flattering

[bubba1983]

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1480/2adbd4024977bf4a835e8f8hm2.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/9278/5252e2c74e32172664e78c9dn9.jpg

[06Touring3]

yeah....ugly....thanks bubba lol

[megaxyu]

They should have just started producing the el camino again put some new rims on it and call it new !!

[Mafty]

yea im not sure on it yet, i dont think it is going to sell all that well, not sure what gm thinks sometimes

[rktsci]

yea im not sure on it yet, i dont think it is going to sell all that well, not sure what gm thinks sometimes

The impetus from this vehicle is the Australian market which is very similar to the Canada's and in Aussie these vehicles are very popular. I still think its a shot in the dark but because they already have a production line running for these vehicles its not a huge cost to them to attempt to cross market it.

Just for reference...here is the Holden Ute
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/action/vehicleentry?vehicleid=15

Here is the Ford Falcon Ute
http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1178841241685&pagename=Page&c=DFYPage

[alhope34]

I'd drive it.......... if it was blown..... Or if it at least has a 302ci or larger.

[gabbygenier]

i dont really like hte looks of it. looks too long IMO. but i do like the look of the Holden ones. they look not bad

[zedtech]

Really like the G8 GT/GXP... hated the concept of an "El Camino" based G8 since they first announced it last year. Then again, the El Camino to begin with wasn't the hottest looking thing ever. Pretty sure there were a ton of people who didn't agree w/ the El Camino when it first came out lol.

[condor888000]

I like it.....

[Dan Da Man]

I like it too.

[openuser]

They should have just started producing the el camino again put some new rims on it and call it new !!

They really should have.. Because they are good at things like that

[Wild Weasel]

The impetus from this vehicle is the Australian market which is very similar to the Canada's and in Aussie these vehicles are very popular.


How is their market similar to ours? Do they actually drive anything other than very cool RWD V8's??

Aren't they just a few strides short of a Road Warrior movie down there? :bana

[b]

I wonder why they are having trouble...

[Zoom Zoom Boy]

Totally FUGLY.