Pontiac G8

Pontiac G8
Owerview
Manufacturer	Holden (General Motors)
Cried an aw	Chevrolet Lumina (Middle East, Sooth Africae) Chevrolet Omega (Brazil) Holden Commodore (VE)
Production	18 December 2007–June 2009
Model years	2008–2009
Assembly	Australie: Elizabeth, Sooth Australie
Bouk an chassis
Cless	Full-size caur
Body style	2-door Coupe utility (cancelled) 4-door sedan 5-door station wagon (cancelled)
Layoot	Front ingine, rear-wheel drive
Platform	GM Zeta platform
Relatit	Buick Park Avenue Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet Caprice Holden Statesman/Caprice (WM/WN)
Powertrain
Ingine	3.6 L LY7 V6 (256 hp) 6.0 L L76 V8 (361 hp) 6.2 L LS3 V8 (415 hp)
Transmission	5-speed 5L40-E automatic 6-speed 6L80-E automatic 6-speed Tremec TR-6060 manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114.7 in (2,913 mm)
Lenth	196.1 in (4,981 mm)
Weenth	74.8 in (1,900 mm)
Hicht	57.7 in (1,466 mm)
Crib wecht	3,946 lb (1,790 kg)
Chronology
Predecessor	Pontiac Bonneville Pontiac Grand Prix Pontiac GTO Cadillac Catera
Successor	Chevrolet SS Chevrolet Caprice

The Pontiac G8 is a rear-wheel drive sedan that wis produced bi Holden, the Australian General Motors (GM) subsidiary. The G8 wis released in 2008 in the Unitit States, an in 2008 for the 2009 model year in Canadae. Production stopped in mid-2009, following the GM decision tae suspend the Pontiac brand. While available, the G8 took the place in the Pontiac lineup o both the Pontiac Bonneville, which ceased production efter the 2005 model year, an the Pontiac Grand Prix, which ceased production efter the 2008 model year. The G8 wis Pontiac's first full-size car since the Bonneville an the GTO coupe last sold in 2006. The G8 wis a captive import o the Australien Holden VE Commodore.

By December 2008, the rear-drive G8 haed na become the expected sales replacement for the previous front-drive models, with 11,000 unsold G8s in the inventory an juist 13,000 sold. During the 2009 global economic downturn, market prices haed dropped bi $3000–5000 below GM's sticker price for the caur. Bi Julie 2009, there wur anerlie 5,000 unsold G8's in inventory, with almost 30,700 sold.

With the imminent demise o the Pontiac brand, a result o GM's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the 2009 model year marks the end o all Pontiacs, includin the G8. However, in Julie 2009, Bob Lutz made an off-hand comment during a press review that the G8 woud be revived as the Chevrolet Caprice. Subsequently, Lutz retracted this statement, citin market conditions.