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#63 of 69 Re: Help! What's the "Value Leader" G6 Model? [jfritsch] by pfine Aug 16, 2009 (7:02 am)
Replying to: jfritsch (Aug 12, 2009 7:57 am) Thanks for the info but has anyone ever owned one? It seems to be stripped below even the base model and is not even mentioned in the Pontiac brochure or website. (Some info is buried in the website but only under certain categories one must search for.) We'll see. Set to talk to a dealer this week. Only a few of this model is available in the area and may be had for a significant discount. They are the ugly duckling loss leaders and perhaps they will be cut down even more than others.   And as for the C4C benefiting foreign makers, you can thank certain redneck congressmen of a certain party who changed the original legislation to force that into the law. It was originally supposed to be for US Big-3 auto company products only. Amazing what having a Hyundai plant in your state's backyard, and your back-pocket, will do to a legislator's decisionmaking...   Still, "among manufacturers, General Motors Co. had the largest share, accounting for 18.7 percent of new sales, followed by Toyota Motor Corp. with 17.9 percent. Ford Motor Co. was third with 16 percent of the sales. Detroit automakers represented 45.3 percent of the total sales while Japan's Toyota, Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. accounted for 36.5 percent."   Good for GM. Replies to this message: jfritsch (Aug 18, 2009 2:44 pm) pfine (Aug 18, 2009 6:06 pm)
#64 of 69 Re: Help! What's the "Value Leader" G6 Model? [pfine] by jfritsch Aug 18, 2009 (2:44 pm)
Replying to: pfine (Aug 16, 2009 7:02 am) This is a disasterous program for the consumer. Prices are higher than a year ago for closeout models for 95% of folks without a (very highly specific) "clunker". Perhaps the stripper value leader may be had for $14000-$15000 this year. Terrible. And another $3 billion in waste, and $5 billion or more in jacked up prices for consumers.   If the program would not have been extended to "import" nameplates, numerous trade agreements would have been violated, not to mention retaliation of various "clunker" programs in Europe being limited to non GM or Ford models. Find new sources of information.   The program should have sixed, or scrapped after the first billion. Billions sunk into a dying domestic industry shedding a million or more workers over a decade or two.   What a joke --jjf Replies to this message: pfine (Aug 18, 2009 6:06 pm)
#65 of 69 Re: Help! What's the "Value Leader" G6 Model? [jfritsch] by pfine Aug 18, 2009 (6:06 pm)
Replying to: jfritsch (Aug 18, 2009 2:44 pm) Yes, what a cruel disaster all those people buying cars. Disasterous I tell you, disasterous.   I hear it also kills old people and will take our guns away.
#66 of 69 Re: Pontiac G6: Prices Paid & Buying Experience [KarenS] by temperant Oct 28, 2009 (5:55 pm)
Replying to: KarenS (Jul 31, 2006 12:45 pm) I wasn't originally in the market for a Pontiac, instead, I was intending to purchase a Toyota Yaris Sedan with a full TRD package. It was going to be a custom order.   Due to issues with the salesman being well, for lack of a better word, an ass, we went to the GM dealership where I was looking at a G5.   The salesman obviously knew I wanted something 'shiny' So he pointed out the 2008 G6 GXP Street Edition.. In white. I'm not a fan of white, but after test driving it, I was scared to look at the sticker price. It was 32k.   The dealership was running a promo on it, (Since it was a new 2008, and we were in 2009 already) After working out a deal, a rebate and a 4k trade in on my 05 ford focus, we got it down to 17.9K. That included the sales tax (5% in Wyoming). It was a Deal.   Driving it through town in the big ol metropolis of Casper, WY, we got turns and stares right and left. This car was indeed a fancy bit of steel and muscle. The 'don't mess with me or I will eat the road under you' front to the 'I can Iron my muscles on this hammerhead' spoiler, trimmed and decked in chrome, leather seats, sun and sound package. It was any man's ego waiting to be driven... By me. A woman. My husband is still jealous, since two days before we bought him a slightly used Impala LTX.   I drove back to my itty bitty small town, and I've noticed since then, that most of the younger generation (16 to 25) keeps asking me where I found the car, because they have never seen a G6 with the full street edition package, let alone in a sedan. Yes, this baby is a sedan.   Someone told me that they didn't make a whole mass of them for release in 2008. Let alone with the sun and sound package. Frankly, I am enjoying the monsoon speaker system and 6 disc changer.   I feel I got a great price, more so since I researched from the pontiac website in customizing, and it was right around the same price the sticker was for at the 32k.   Going from a yellow Ford Focus ZX3 manual tranny to this, I'm quite impressed, even though I said I would never drive another automatic tranny ever again. The VVT is easy to handle, though I do laugh at the fact it auto downshifts for you. My husband calls it the 'Woman's Stick Shift' I call it the 'Lazy Man's Stick Shift'   Now if people would just stop asking me if I put a molding kit on it.. Replies to this message: bvdj84 (Oct 29, 2009 8:33 am)
#67 of 69 Re: Pontiac G6: Prices Paid & Buying Experience [temperant] by bvdj84 Oct 29, 2009 (8:33 am)
Replying to: temperant (Oct 28, 2009 5:55 pm) Great Job! That is how you work a deal! That is exciting, because this is basically where the car should be priced right now. Considering the brand is dead, and the values of most GM cars a pretty low now!
#68 of 69 POS by whoosierdaddy Dec 05, 2009 (7:44 pm)
Search the G6 thread at Edmunds and other sites before buying one. If you can get a screamin' deal, OK. Otherwise, let's just say there are better choices out there. (p.s.- avoid the 4cyl.) Replies to this message: bvdj84 (Jan 02, 2010 9:35 am)
#69 of 69 Re: POS [whoosierdaddy] by bvdj84 Jan 02, 2010 (9:35 am)
Replying to: whoosierdaddy (Dec 05, 2009 7:44 pm) Good Point! haha! Exactly. At this point it would have to be a very screaming deal to get one right now. They are not "bad" cars. Really they are quite solid and quiet, even more so than my old 06 Accord I had. I am actually impressed. The engine, where a car's soul lies is nothing to get excited about. It really has no soul. I don't get in my car and feel good about its power and engineering like I did with my 06 Accord. Rather, I get excited only when I have my roof open and using all the features it does have. Which is a lot! Its loaded. But, I really can't show off my engine or have fun with that, because that is what lacks...Big time!! I would call the engine a piece of crap. Especially mine, with its messed up transmission. In a way, I wish it would go completely out, so the dealer would see that I am just not feeling things, but then again that could hurt me when trying to get out of it. So, I am keeping it quiet about that topic.   Not a bad car, but GM gave up on the car years ago, they create a project. Do it about 70% and and move on to a new product. Buyer Beware before moving forward with any GM product now. A pretty face is not a reason to trust.

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