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EPA surprises Pontiac: Approves compact Pontiac G3 for U.S.

omarrana submitted on 6/2/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:52:22 AM

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In effort to raise its fuel-economy, the General is planning on introducing a subcompact Pontiac brand.

Sources tell Automotive News that GM has plans to bring the Pontiac G3, a car built on the Chevrolet Aveo platform, to the U.S. The Pontiac G3 is currently sold in Canada and Mexico.

The EPA has already approved the Pontiac G3 and G3 five-door for sale in the U.S. According to the site the 1.6 liter DOHC engine that produces 107 horsepower and 106 lb-ft of torque. The EPA ratings say that the Pontiac G3 and the Chevy Aveo both get 25/34mpg (city/highway).

The EPA ratings caught some Pontiac execs by surprise. According to Pontiac spokesman, Jim Hopson, the executives...

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EPA surprises Pontiac: Approves compact Pontiac G3 for U.S.

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budfrogS4

Ugh, for that kind of power, efficiency figures should be in the 40's. Heck, the Civic has better economy with 140 hp.

— budfrogS4 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 10:53:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

0to60

I was going to say the same thing. That is very poor fuel economy!

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Posted on 6/2/2008 11:21:32 AM | | Votes: 6   

Star

Actually the Civic has the same mileage ratings.

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Posted on 6/2/2008 1:29:00 PM | | Votes: 0   

monkeyrun

err... Civic's EPA rating is about the same.

I don't see any non-hybrid cars getting 40+MPG EPA ratings.

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Posted on 6/2/2008 2:18:12 PM | | Votes: 0   

85bmw745i

Wow a re-rebadged daewoo. They should have made a version of the Astra instead

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 7:57:36 PM | | Votes: 2   

SteedPub

Do people even go to Pontiac dealers anymore?

— SteedPub (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 11:23:53 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

lakerfan213

Well the G8 is out so I guess not.

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Posted on 6/2/2008 3:10:27 PM | | Votes: 1   

Star

Fuel economy is decent, on par with the competition Honda Fit and so on but the bad part is that the G3 is butt ugly and really cheap looking.

— Star (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 1:30:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

AMiodynski

Pontiac is still making cars for all a majority of people who are credit challanged...... GMAC was nice too them, but then they want to trade it in after a year or two, and there $30,000 Grand Prix is worth $8-10 grand and they owe $24,000 !!!

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Posted on 6/2/2008 1:32:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

ricer

Dont be fooled, this is a re-badge Daewoo.

— ricer (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 3:15:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Htay7500

pontiac is totally a chevy rebadge except the solstice and G8

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 4:42:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

85bmw745i

Pontiac is part of GM, Almost all GM's cars and trucks are rebadged versions of other GM cars.

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 7:58:42 PM | | Votes: 2   

Bored

Yeah, you fellas are all right. GM needs to pull some strings and outsource another engine.

Ricer, I had forgotten that the Aveo/G3 was a Daewoo 4 cylinder. Thanks for pointing that out. You would think that their Vauxhall, Opel, or Holden divisions would have an engine more appropriate...or maybe GM is just too damn cheap to get those engines EPA approved?

What's more frightening is that a Smart ForTwo only has a 1.0L 3 cylinder (U.S.) and gets better gas mileage (33city/41hwy EPA 2008)!

IMHO, this is same old backwards thinking that GM has been making the past 20+ years that has lost them sales to the competition.

— Bored (View Profile)

Posted on 6/2/2008 5:20:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

truckmen

The civic gets better mielage with 140hp! The chev has 107hp, back to school chev!

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Posted on 6/2/2008 7:44:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

huu76

Canada already has this car, it's called the Wave. Not crazy about the looks.

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Posted on 6/2/2008 10:01:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

EvoAudi

DON'T GO BACK TO CROSS BRANDING!!!!

Pontiac/GM just got over it's super crossbranding phase.

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Posted on 6/2/2008 10:26:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

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