A few years before the 2009 General Motors bankruptcy eliminated the Pontiac Motor Division, some of the true believers at GM made an attempt to infuse some old-school Pontiac excitement into the brand’s lineup. The plan was to take some of the higher-performing vehicles from GM’s Australian brand Holden and transplant them into the U.S. market as Pontiacs. This move resulted in the badge-engineered 2004-06 Pontiac GTO coupe and the even-shorter-lived 2008-09 Pontiac G8 sedan. The story of the
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