As Pontiac gets ready to launch the new high-performance 2008 Pontiac G8 it battles CAFE fuel-economy standards. GM wants to push Pontiac as the “affordable performance” brand with a new line of rear-wheel-drive cars.
So what’s going on at Pontiac? Well the 2008 Pontiac G8, which will be the first car in the US to use GM’s Zeta rear-wheel-drive platform, will go on sale in January of 2008. The base model of the Pontiac G8 will have a 3.6 liter V6 engine with 261 horsepower while the higher GT model will have a 6.0 liter V8 which will produce 362 horsepower.
The Pontiac G5 will get a redesign in 2009 while the G6...
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