Mmm. Commodore.

Yup as they said on Top Gear we had to go to our Australian GM to get cool cars up here.

I had one for a rental for a 3 week vacation in Australia a couple years ago. I don't think you can get a more Aussie experience than hopping in a Commodore for a 5000 km road trip up and down the east coast. But ohgod it ate so much $1.50/L gas. I got pocket change back from a $100 bill with each fillup.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1158.....37226102253639 (hopefully that link works properly... google+ lol)

Another pic! https://plus.google.com/photos/1158.....37226102253639

Yay the Holden SS Commodore!!

now they have a 2014 Chevy SS as the new VF Commodore!!

Yup as they said on Top Gear we had to go to our Australian GM to get cool cars up here.

Yup.

Pontiac, GM's one division I truly liked. Rest in Peace.

Same here... Looks like im never buying an American car ever again...

Bah, I've still got Ford and Mopar to keep me happy. :)

Ah yeah, I dont like any other really than Pontiac and some Dodges. Though I love Fiat, so I'm liking the Mopar area more... Test drove a 500 Abarth... omg.. so fun =P

Not sure what liking Fiat has to do with liking mopar, since, well mopar is all about big hemi V8s. X3 Something Fiat doesn't exactly have many of. X3

As for the Abarth, it's ok. It makes a great noise, but it's not actually all that fast and the short wheel base makes it ill suited for real sporty driving. However, as a city run about that do occasional back road duty, it seems decent enough. X3 Personally though I'd favor a dedicated sports car. But that's just me. XD

Well what i guess i mean by Mopar, is the Chrysler brand as a whole.
And yes, i love their sound ^^ And yes, i know they aren't perfect, but yeah in reality for what i would be using it for, i'd work perfect. But yeah for me if i want muscle id get myself a GTO, or a Trans Am ^^But I cant afford it. As Id have to have a winter car thats non RWD where I live... kinda stinks...

Ahh, what could have been.
Don't get me started on the final GOaT...

I personally love the 05/06 GTOs... Love the front ends and overall designs for them... Simple, yet aggressive...

Agreed. That final-gen GOaT was one of the greatest stock sleepers ever.
But since it wasn't the direct, blatant styling heir to a '69 Judge, all the Boomers screamed bloody murder and the thing didn't sell well.

I for one don't mind that it didn't look like the old GTO, but they could have made it not so, eh, boring.

The original GTO was merely an option package on a stock Pontiac Tempest. You want to talk about yawntastic styling? That mid-sixties aesthetic makes one of the greatest factory hotrods about as sexy as an ice machine.
In a weird way, bringing that final GTO in with such invisible styling is a rather profound homage to the original Gran Tourism Obligato.

I'm well aware of the goat's origin. :) The fact that it's something I've always found to be a handsome car perhaps colors my opinion a bit. None the less when you saw a goat, you knew what it was right away. While the subtle looks of the final gto were fitting thematically, I would argue that it went too far into that invisible area, since you'd be hard pressed to even pick out out in traffic unless you knew exactly what you were looking for. Where as the original was handsome but understated, the final car was just, well, boring. Strictly visually speaking at least.

"I would argue that it went too far into that invisible area, since you'd be hard pressed to even pick out out in traffic unless you knew exactly what you were looking for."
And THAT is what makes for a good sleeper.
My main styling gripe with the final GOaT was that its interior came in one color. Black. ugh.

A car can still be handsome, and still a good sleeper. It should never be boring to look.

What really got to me was GM was on the verge of debuting the "Pontiac G8 Sport Truck" .Essentially a Holden Maloo made to look like a G8.Unfortunately, GM axed Pontiac in '09 a year before the new "ute" was due to come out.

I'd always hoped the Ute would make it stateside... Alas. Twas not to be.

What might have been. http://www.thetorquereport.com/2008/03/post_3.html

Not bad.

They should've killed Buick instead

More like GMC just a Chevy truck with different badges.

I totes agree! I mean i know they just rebadged some as Pontiacs as well... but i mean at least the Pontiacs looked awesome! unlike Buicks or GMCs... and well Cadillacs too in my opinion...

The only reason GM holds on to Buick is, right now, Buick is THE prestige marque in China. GM's looking at moving close to a million Tri-Shields a year. Ever wonder why all the Buicks are so downsized nowadays? America is now the official secondary market for that marque. China is first.

love this car. I want Pontiac back so bad

Yes, we know its a Holden for heavens sake... garrr. But in my opinion, the G8 is the best looking out of all of this car's variants. So aggressive and pretty... =)