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Last Updated: November 25. 2009 3:22PM

Orion plant rolls out last Pontiac for U.S.

David Phillips / Special to The Detroit News

Orion Township -- The ride is over for the brand that put rolling excitement on the road for generations of Americans.

General Motorsmag-glass_10x10.gif Co. built the last Pontiac for the U.S. market today: a white, G6 sedan that rolled off the assembly line in Orion Township at about 12:45 p.m.

There was no cake or commemorative banner or senior GM official on hand; no media were permitted: Just a group of "final process" workers to oversee the last 100 G6 models assembled.

"We're focused on a quality build-out for the customer," said GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski.

Many workers stopped to pose for photos with the last cars as they moved down the assembly line.

It was a subdued goodbye for an 82-year old brand that debuted under the bright lights of the New York Auto Show in 1926.

GM announced in April that it would phase out Pontiacmag-glass_10x10.gif as part of a bailout orchestrated by the U.S. government.

Unlike the last Oldsmobile, an Alero signed by hundreds of plant workers and donated to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, the final G6 models will be sold as part of a fleet order.

The Orion Township plant will be idled and retooled to produce a new small car starting in 2011.

In December, the automaker will end production of the Pontiac G3 Wave, a subcompact built in Mexico and sold only in Canada -- marking the official end of production for the brand.



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Well, at least the last official Pontiac......a G3 Wave........will be sold in Canada.

I guess that's something. Not much. But something.


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Sad.

And to think that the car won't even be preserved. That tells you how much in the pit GM really is. So what if it's a run of the mill G6. It's a piece of history.

It makes me very sad to read that article. I never thought I'd see the day...

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Like GM brass has shown already - A total lack of respect for something once they deem it obolete and their lack of respect for a piece of histrory.

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Do you know, what we should do?  We should start a club/site and save as many Pontiacs as we can!!!  wink



-- Edited by 427carl on Friday 27th of November 2009 10:37:54 AM

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427carl wrote:

Do you know, what we should do?  We should start a club/site and save as many Pontiacs as we can!!!  wink



-- Edited by 427carl on Friday 27th of November 2009 10:37:54 AM

Feel free to start with mine!biggrin

In all seriousness though, this is sad news and a real shame at how this has all come to pass.disbeliefno

 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

Sad.

And to think that the car won't even be preserved. That tells you how much in the pit GM really is. So what if it's a run of the mill G6. It's a piece of history.

It makes me very sad to read that article. I never thought I'd see the day...


          In a word "Goodbye."sadangel.gif

 



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Sad day indeed..
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I wonder what the Vin of this last Pontiac is?.
George Z. would care and if he didn't already know would be able to track the Vin down!.

He is kind've like Dr. Bombay from Bewitched the way he often pops in here when we need him...so don't be too surprised if he shows up w/ the Vin in hand!.

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-- Edited by Ghost Post on Friday 27th of November 2009 04:18:37 PM

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the whole GM situation is disgusting....
 run into the ground by 'bean counters' who still bankrupted the company.

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