Opening:
When it comes to cars, everyone should recognize the name Pontiac and when thinking of Pontiac’s line up of performance cars a few come to mind almost immediately, such as The Firebird, the Trans Am and the GTO but these are the cars everyone knows. I’d like to talk to you about a car that few people have heard of and even fewer people know about. The Pontiac G8!
Background:
Built in Australia by GM owned Holden on the brand new zeta platform
Sales started in December 2007 and ended June 2009 only 38,159 G8’s were made (Base,GT,GXP) perspective in the two years this car was available there were only 73 sold in all of wny
Production:
(Common) G8 base: 3.6l v6 with 256 hp and a 5 speed automatic
(Rare) G8 GT: 6.0l v8 with 361 hp/ 385 ft-lb 6 sped auto, 0-60 5.1 sec 13.8 quarter mile
(Ultra Rare) G8 GXP: 6.2l supercharged v8 with 415 hp 405 ft-lb 6 speed auto or manual , 0-60 4.5 only 1,872 were made as a gxp
Personal:
own one of these amazing cars I have a 2009 G8 GT in Panther black metallic
my car is one of 2,000 in the county in this color and trim level
Modified… track time 0-60 4.6 sec, top speed 165 mph, 398 hp / 402 ft-lb , 8.6 sec 1/8 mile
.9 lateral g’s during acceleration
Closing: The Pontiac G8 is an amazing car and one of the best kept secrets of the Pontiac universe but I guess the secret is out now