[elky] Re: a moment of silence, please

  • From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 11:28:55 EDT

It's "natural selection" It's natures way of sending Pontiac the way of the 
 dinosaurs. 
 
Smoky Mt. Frank  

 
In a message dated 10/31/2010 7:10:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

US car  maker Pontiac shuts down

(UKPA) – 2 hours ago

Iconic car brand  Pontiac has officially gone out of business after an 
existence spanning  more than 80 years.

The 84-year-old brand had been in decline for years  and GM's agreements 
with Pontiac dealers have now expired.

Even  before GM's bankruptcy, Pontiac's sales had fallen from their peak 
of  nearly one million in 1968 when the brand's speedier models were 
prized  for their powerful engines.

At Pontiac's pinnacle, models like the GTO,  Trans Am and Catalina 2+2 
were packed with horsepower and sported colours  like Tiger Gold. Burt 
Reynolds and Sally Field fled the law in a Firebird  Trans Am which raced 
through the 1970s hit movie Smokey and the  Bandit.

By 2008, the last full year before GM announced Pontiac's  shutdown, 
sales were 267,000, less than a third of those sold in  1968.

Formed in 1926, Pontiac made cars for the working class until a  sales 
slump in the 1950s nearly killed it. GM revived the brand by  connecting 
it to auto racing.

This year, Pontiac's sales are less  than 1% of the 2.2 million cars and 
trucks GM is expected to sell. GM  built the last Pontiac in May.

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