Making tomorrows Military today: GM is going to axe another line

GM is going to axe another line

As you can see from the picture at the top of the page, I am a car LOVER. I am a lover of new, old, classic, and even vehicles that may not be able to be classified as cars.

With that said. GM missed the mark. Why do cars not make it in the world? 1. There is no market for them or 2. They are not cool. I would go out on a limb and say that both Buick and Pontiac have failed on both marks.

Lets go down the Buick line and contrast it with a better car in it's price and class line.

Rendezous- Lexus RX330 (only about 3 grand more for a FWD model, and a Lexus)

Rainier- Yet again,Lexus RX330 for only about 2 grand more.

Terraza- Dodge Grand Caravan (I can't believe I said that either) for 3 grand less

Lacrosse-Audi A4 1.8T

Lesabre- Audi A4 1.8T

The only one that I think that anyone can argue with is the Grand Caravan, but that is because I do not particularly like Minivans, but they are still good cars.

On to Pontiac. I always felt bad for Pontiac. They are like the kid brother of the football star quarterback. We want to be cool too, so we make the Pontiac Sunfire (Chevy Cavalier/ Cobalt), the G6, which is so much hype to try to get it sold that people went out and realized it was a new name for the Grand Prix. Speaking of the GP, it had it's niche, but it forgot to keep itself updated. All of the rest of the Pontiac line is a little off the wall (vibe, astek, etc) design wise. Just like the kid brother trying to be the black wearing trenchcoat wearing little brother. People say... "The GTO... The GTO!" Yeah... My BMW will smoke a GTO from a standing start and on the highway. It is 240hp, and the GTO is 315... I somehow do not believe it. I even went and test drove a GTO to see what happened. I felt like I was in a grandma car. It was not a driver's car. It could have been one. Now Pontiac ends up thinking "hey lets steal the 427!" That engine might be able to save the car, but if you are going to think about a new GTO (probably 45g) wouldn't you get the same engine in the new ZO6 Vette? I would. Or a Audi S4? Or a Mercedes C32 AMG? Or a BMW M3?

I don't know. Yes I do. Any of those. But the GTO.

Tell me your favorite cars and why...