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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [wevk]
by nojets
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May 26, 2009 (5:22 pm)
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Replying to: wevk (May 26, 2009 4:50 pm)
Wouldn't it be great if we could get one in this country without that awful "I'm disguising myself as a rental car" Pontiac front end? All they need to do is ship it here with the regular Holden front end and glue a Chevy badge to it. I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets]
by cracovian
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May 28, 2009 (5:15 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 26, 2009 5:22 pm)
A different front end and a badge would make you buy this car? Please don’t be ridiculous... What I like to do for fun is to travel all over the world tracing my finger on the globe. I buy exotic cars in every country I go to.
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets]
by white6
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May 28, 2009 (5:41 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 26, 2009 5:22 pm)
Gee, yeah, I've never seen a rental car with a Chevy badge on it...
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [cracovian]
by nojets
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May 28, 2009 (4:28 pm)
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Replying to: cracovian (May 28, 2009 5:15 am)
News flash for you, people buy cars based on their looks. Or in the case of the Pontiac Aztec fiasco, they don't buy them based on their looks. There is even a market for an Australian company which is importing Holden front ends over here to retrofit G8's back to Commodores. So I guess I'm not the only "ridiculous" one...
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [white6]
by nojets
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May 28, 2009 (4:45 pm)
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Replying to: white6 (May 28, 2009 5:41 am)
Does this look like a rental car?
http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightline/g8-impala-front.jpg
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets]
by wideglide
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May 28, 2009 (8:27 pm)
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Replying to: nojets (May 28, 2009 4:45 pm)
It looks better than Pontiac's take on it, but I could do without the damned hood scoop. When will GM get it, that sports sedans are about understated sophistication, not boy-racer spoilers and scoops... 
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets]
by bvdj84
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May 29, 2009 (4:56 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 28, 2009 4:45 pm)
I think this looks better than the Pontiac front! Much better.
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Pontiac "styling"
by white6
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May 29, 2009 (5:58 am)
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I think it would look fine as a Chevy (if done right). That doesn't mean I think the current G8 looks like a rental car, just because Pontiac sells cars to Avis. So does Hyundai, and Chevy. I personally think they did a much better "conversion" on the G8 than they did on the GTO. And I know all about JHP importing Holden front bumper kits into the U.S.; I installed one several years ago on my 2004 GTO.
I did a 'shop job myself a while back...
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Re: Pontiac "styling" [white6]
by mrpushrod
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May 29, 2009 (6:50 am)
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Replying to: white6 (May 29, 2009 5:58 am)
The comment I get most often in regards to my G8 styling is that it looks like a 5 series. That is not a bad thing in a world of boring Camry's in accords.
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Re: Pontiac G8 Could Live On As Chevy-Badged Police Car [nojets]
by cracovian
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May 29, 2009 (8:02 am)
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Replying to: nojets (May 28, 2009 4:28 pm)
Like I said, if a difference (in your case) between getting the G8 or not is the front fender and a badge then you're not serious and it's all in your head. I'm 99.9% sure you wouldn't have bought it even if it came like that. Otherwise what's stopping you from buying it as is and getting the fender conversion as you pointed out and getting a couple of stick-on badges from ebay?
I tell myself a wagon flavor with a stick would make it perfect for me but chances are slim I'd buy it anyway. Be realistic, man. It's no Aztec and you just have no cash or a true need for it.
I'm not really trying to offend you but that's how most of the consumers are: cheap, practical and mostly wishful thinkers.
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