No El Camino for you! Pontiac pickup will be named G8 ST
11-30-2007, 11:46 PM
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No El Camino for you! Pontiac pickup will be named G8 ST http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/30/n...e-named-g8-st/
Posted Nov 30th 2007 11:36AM by John Neff
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Pontiac, Australia
Mike Levine over at Pickuptruck.com has managed to scoop a tasty nugget of info about the Pontiac-branded ute that will soon be for sale in the U.S. The Aussie-import based on the same platform as the rear-wheel-drive G8 sedan will be called the G8 ST, as in "Sport Truck".
That pang of disappointment you feel is the missed opportunity of paying homage to GM's most well known car-based pickups and their colorful names: the Chevy El Camino and GMC Caballero. Rather than dubbing Pontiac's ute the "Tamale" or "El Camino Redux", we get a measly little two-letter suffix. Sigh.
Also of note is that the pickup will only be available with a 6.0L V8 and is likely to start around $31,000.
[Source: Pickuptruck.com]
Gallery: Holden VE Ute
Posted Nov 30th 2007 11:36AM by John Neff
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Pontiac, Australia
Mike Levine over at Pickuptruck.com has managed to scoop a tasty nugget of info about the Pontiac-branded ute that will soon be for sale in the U.S. The Aussie-import based on the same platform as the rear-wheel-drive G8 sedan will be called the G8 ST, as in "Sport Truck".
That pang of disappointment you feel is the missed opportunity of paying homage to GM's most well known car-based pickups and their colorful names: the Chevy El Camino and GMC Caballero. Rather than dubbing Pontiac's ute the "Tamale" or "El Camino Redux", we get a measly little two-letter suffix. Sigh.
Also of note is that the pickup will only be available with a 6.0L V8 and is likely to start around $31,000.
[Source: Pickuptruck.com]
Gallery: Holden VE Ute
12-01-2007, 03:21 PM
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I love this car or whatever it is. I like the VSeries badge? I wish they would give it more muscular looks like the camaro...but I really like this thing!!!
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12-05-2007, 01:03 AM
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12-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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pretty nice. i dunno if i would specifically go buy one of them. cuz i dunno i kinda still like an actual truck.. but it does look cool. and would like to see one in person. maybe change my mind once i see it. 
