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Buy Solstice? Since GM will discontinue Pontiac is it wise to purchase a new Solstice? Also, do you think the price will go down Pontiac cars?

Harley guy replied: "Do not buy a pontiac , parts will be tough to find"

Mr. KnowItAll replied: "Personally, I think it's a good idea if you can keep it for 20 years. Remember the AMC Javelin? ADDED: I say this because any car of decent value will be a collectors item in the future. Especialy if you can keep it for 20 years or more. If you're just asking for short term value, ten years or less...then I'd say no."

Carl S replied: "As dealerships close and time goes on - I can see pontiac's coming way down in price ($1,000-$5,000 off just to sell inventory). Solstice might be a different story - since it's actually a sought after car (same with G8). You'll likely see only small discounts because they will be the first to go. G5's, G6's, Vibes, G3's, Torrents, etc will all start coming down to move product eventually. And as for parts/warranty - GM still exists and 95% of pontiac parts are the same as chevy anyway - so dont fear about finding future parts."

jay replied: "Parts will not be hard to find. All warranties will be covered. The only problem is that resale will take a hit once gm drops pontiac."

peterthegreat replied: "Prices won't come down much because they will soon stop making them and the remaining inventory will be small. Buyers will gobble up the inventory and then there will be none left. In fact, if there is a good demand, prices won't go down at all. And if you keep the car for 25 years, it could very easily turn into a collector's car. Parts and warranty service will remain good for a few years -- at remaining GM dealers. Now, if GM goes belly-up, that's a different story."

I just heard GM will discontinue PONTIACS...What songs have 'Pontiac' in the lyrics? I can only think of ONE.."Pontiac Blues" by the Yardbirds. I already have a CD, produced by Chevrolet, with 20 songs including the word "Chevy" in it. I will check back here tomorrow......

chevypride0310 replied: "what about the song "little GTO", not about pontiac specifically but of course a GTO is a pontiac and it an older sound so it was made for the old goats, not the newer style fake GTO that they came out with"

Texas replied: "I was having some difficulty also, I thought B52s said something about the Pontiac Wide Track in "Love Shack", but it was about a Chrysler as Big as a Whale. But then Google found me this bit. Quite a few GTO songs out there. And of course Smokey and the Bandit."

Jay replied: "sammy hagar: trans-am"

TRON replied: "They are toying with the idea but I don't think they will shut down Pontiac because the G6 is one of GM's best selling cars."

turkey replied: "mighty GTO- jan and dean little GTO- ronnie and the daytonnas judge gto break away- paul revere and the raiders geeto tiger-? go go GTO- carol and sheryl mustang and the gto-mark collie thats why i hate pontiacs- rebecca lynn howard"

The Pontiac (Vibe) is going away. Do you think GM will still have relationships with Toyota after it ceases? It's going away because... I'm certain everyone in this section would know this... because GM is discontinuing Pontiac. However, do you think after Pontiac is phased out, GM will still have sharing agreements with other automakers (ex. Toyota with the Pontiac Vibe)? Thanks for your answers. Forgot to add.... This is totally an opinion question, unless you see that GM will continue Toyota relations in press releases or something.

Joe P replied: "No. Vibe not a big seller. Probably won't be transformed into another GM brand (chevy)."

Mark replied: "I think I get what you mean, yes Toyota will have more deals with GM. They belong together."

C7S replied: "No, they left the NUMMI plant, which is the factory that built the Pontiac Vibe, Toyota Corolla, and Toyota Tacome in the U.S. For 25 years, GM and Toyota built cars at that plant. But now GM has compelety severed relationships with Toyota. "

will I be able to buy parts for my pontiac g6 in the future? So I head that gm discontinued the pontiac line and i was wondering if i will be able to buy parts for it in let's say 6 years, say if i get into an accident and need a new bumper will i be able to buy a new one or will i have to scrounge the salvage yards?

eaglefox200 replied: "You can buy them at the Chevy dealership. To be safe, trade in the G6 for a 2010 Ford Fusion."

Sandy K replied: "I understand that parts must be made available for 10 years."

C7S replied: "Yes. GM is still in business. As long as they are alive, you can get brand new Pontiac parts at any time. And you will still have your warranty until it expires."

sattore replied: "Mechanical parts are available for 10-12 years after a vehicle is discontinued. Even when a manufacturer no longer sells cars, the parts will be available through other outlets (probably GM dealers who sold Pontiacs previously). Body parts are usually made by outside contractors, so as with most cars, junkyards will be a good source six years from now. ...And please, don't plan accidents for yourself! LOL"

Why is GM thinking of discontinuing Pontiac? Are they really thinking about this? And they are going to keep Buick? lol Pontiacs are one of Gms best looking cars!

HodgPodg replied: "Buick's sell great in China, huge growing market, they are some of the most popular cars there. Pontiac's are struggling to sell everywhere they are the top nowhere."

Justin G replied: "They are crappy."

dirtytricksracing replied: "They do not sell many, remember the Aztec."

J K replied: "GM is about to go under...they may not be making any cars soon."

wilco replied: "they have realised the error of there ways"

Huba replied: "By eliminating another styling group - remember, most GM vehicles are simply dressed up Chevrolets - GM can cut more overhead and reduce the costs of manufacturing. They won't need to stamp out different panels, offer the variety, or make so many variations; eliminating that saves money."

musicalgreasemonkey replied: "Cause pontiac doesn't set the class for the competition, they just humbly follow, and they deserve what they get for not making any decent cars that carry some competition. Also, remember AZTEC p.o.s. !!!!"

insidebuy replied: "GM is NOT cutting out Pontiac. They're making it their niche brand. And they'll be sold through their Buick-GMC-Cadillac dealers. To avoid selling everything similar to Chevy, as they have for the past decades, Pontiac will now build and sell only specialty cars, like the new G8/truck variant, the Solstice and a revised GTO. It will be mostly high performance cars. This is something they should have done ages ago. It will be the best thing for Pontiac and GM and make the car line profitable again. NOTE: Rick Waggoner, CEO of GM, told congress yesterday that it will either sell or discontinue Hummer and Saturn. It will sell Saab. Pontiac will become a niche brand focusing on sport and high performance models. They will buy out or close unprofitable dealers. They will discontinue slow selling models such as the Trailblazer. And all managers will take a cut in pay up to 20%. So Pontiac is still alive and well."

dwl20022001 replied: "Because china is buying them like hot cakes.Why?? They have Honda the best made cars on the planet. Pontiac SUCK I had 2 of them and all they are good for is to keep the shop busy."

goosecrossing replied: "Pontiacs are just chevy's with a new grill on them... they save money this way, but lose loyalty to the brand...means GM cares so little about Pontiac that they just chuck crap from Chevy over to them in hopes of making an extra buck or 2. Ditch the extra fat...lose Pontiac and Buick...stick with Chevy/Saturn/Cadillac Works for Toyota pretty well...have a luxury brand, a "youth" brand, and your regular brand...*shrugs*"

hello replied: "they don't really sell that well, and nothing there is unique to pontiac other than the G8 and the Vibe, both of which could easily be moved over to Chevy or Saturn..."

SMARTY replied: "First I owned a Cadillac Cimarron then GM Discontinued, Then I bought an Oldsmoblie, GM discontinued Now I was considering the Pontiac convertable and the whole company might go under, no thanks I think I will check out the VW's"

John Paul replied: "General Motors dealership network will suffer. They want to eliminate 1,700 dealers. GM plans to eliminate Pontiac Buick and Hummer sell Saab Saturn. Why make 20 different unpopular cars that are a drain on company finances. I expect to see Chevorlet And Cadillac the only two to be left. Styling Studio has really lost lot's designers. We are in for a long hard economic ride."

Chev M replied: "if you think gm is just discontueing pontiac your very wrong.gm is considering selling off vw,saab,and more"

POLSKii..U-ZEK replied: "I THINK GM SHOULD JUST GO OUT OF BUISNESS PERIOD.... I LOVE THE LOOK OF PONTIACS.... BUT THE TRUTH IS... GM MAKES THESE CARS TO BREAK... THE ORANGE DEX-COOL COOLANT EATS YOUR GASKETS..HOSES...ETC.... NOT PUTTING TRANSMISSION DIP STICKS IN.... I MEAN COME ON.... ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS.. I'VE HAD A GRAND AM.....AND AFTE THAT CAR..WILL NEVER BUY A GM EVER AGAIN... I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE BOUGHT MYSELF A MERCEDES CLK CLASS...AND I'VE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS....AND ALL I'VE HAD TO DO IS REGUALR OIL CHANGES.... :-) I STILL TINK PONTIACS LOOK REALLY COOL AND SPORTY... BUT THEY DONT LAST"

Firebird replied: "This is a very instructive question. You can see that much of these answers is the same stuff that people are saying on TV, and pretty much all wrong. People are just parroting non-information to each other. Here's the reality: Pontiac is a big division, but they sell no trucks at all. Pontiac product development was combined with Buick and Olds back in the 1980's. They mostly badge engineered with Buick and Olds from then until the G6. It would seem stupid, to me, to say that Pontiac's problem is they sell Badge engineered Chevrolets. There was not much connection between their 3 main cars and Chevrolet, over the last 15 years or so. Complain all you want about badge engineering, but remember they sold a lot of cars. By definition, badge engineering is okay if you sell 200,000 of something. So what's going on? This is my opinion: What has actually happened to Pontiac is that GM management doesn't like Pontiac. They admit it to some degree. During the runup to the new Camaro, whenever Lutz was peppered with requests for a Firebird, he always responded with something that decoded to "I hate Firebirds - I don't want to do that" They decided, some time ago, to develop products for Cadillac. They cannot afford to ignore Chevy, so they get new products too. Pontiac has to take scraps. This is an obvious corporate strategy. Starting with the G6, Pontiac now has to take Chevy-based stuff to fill the gaps created by lack of development. Pontiac does not have sufficient product development effort going into it to stay the size it was, which was huge, so it's shrinking. This is all just a matter of recent management priorities. I have no idea what they'll be allowed to have in the future. I think the Solstice is great. I don't dislike the G6 at all, especially the retractable. That's a pretty distinctive product. I think the Australian cars are a great idea. Pontiac can get some good stuff easily from Australia, and it'll all be rear drive. They way they're built is just great. I'll take as many of those products as they'll let us have. The G3, I can do without. The Vibe is a Toyota. All you guys that brought up the Aztec, what was the Chevy version of that? Yuck. Distinctive is not always good."

king k replied: ""Pontiac" sounds like "pon yak"...the name itself won't fly not to mention any further in details....piece of junk..."

Gene R. Z replied: "Well, here are a few reasons: 1. The Pontiac line has 3 entries on Consumer Reports' 2008 list of the Worst of the Worst. 2. The Pontiac line has 32 entries on Consumer Reports' 2008 list of Used Cars to Avoid, making it the GM's worst line when account is taken of the number of its offerings. 3. The Pontiac line has 5 entries on AutoOnInfo.net's list of Automobiles with Worst Engine Reliability. 4. The Pontiac line has 6 entries on AutoOnInfo.net's list of Automobiles with Worst Transmission Reliability. 5. The Pontiac line has 3 entries on AutoOnInfo.net's list of the Worst Automobiles of 2008. 6. The Pontiac line has 4 entries on AutoOnInfo.net's list of the Worst Automobiles of 2009. 7. The Pontiac line is within the Worst 5 by the Composite Reliability Average."

Should I purchase a Pontiac now. Since it will be discontinued by GM. Will replacement parts costs increase? I was thinking of purchasing a Pontiac but i have a concern about having to replace some parts on it in the next 6-7 years. I'm thinking the the replacement parts would cost to much. Since those part wont be mass produced any more.

sgoldperson replied: "In 6-7 years they may probably wouldn't have been mass-produced anyway. In 6-7 years the body is usually changed so parts are changed. Now some parts never really change, and those would likely still be mass-produced as they would be used on other cars. If you really want a Pontiac then go get one."

rolorich2 replied: "It's still a GM product you won't have any problems getting parts. Besides if your buying a new car you won't have to worry about it.The warranty will cover most of it."

us7777 replied: "Rember, the drive train is all toyota matrix....a lot of parts are toyota parts"

I hear the pontiac car brand is going to be discontinued from GM. Can I still buy one? I'm looking to purchase a used vehicle and I really like the pontiac grand am..Can anyone explain to me what exactly happens if GM eliminates that brand of cars? Will I still be able to buy one?

KB replied: "1. theyve already decided to discontinue discontinue them 2. yes you will 3. grand ams suck.."

c replied: "Yes"

jumbobret replied: "You will be able to buy until all units are sold."

lj1 replied: "When Pontiac is discontinued, they will just stop making them. Some new Grand Am's will be available for a little while until the dealerships can sell them. A little while could mean a few days, or a few months. Once the remaining new cars have been sold, that will be it."

Will Pontiac Solstice be discontinued? The Pontiac Solstice page on Wikipedia: "GM has recently cancelled the next generation Solstice and Sky. This also fits in with GM's plan to make Pontiac a "niche" brand." I know you shouldn't trust anything on Wikipedia but does anybody know if this is true? If they did discontinue the Solstice what would be the last model year? Thanks

John L replied: "We have had no official word from GM however to make it a niche brand the solstice would qualify for that. I suspect they will do a redesign of it in a year or two."

Firebird replied: "It's comical, isn't it? GM decided to make Pontiac a niche brand, so they need to be sure and cancel its only niche car. I haven't heard, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised. Where the Pontiac brand is concerned, they try to be as destructive as possible."

insidebuy replied: "That's not true. Pontiac will not only continue the Solstice, it's also coming out with a hardtop coupe version of it soon. The production date has been delayed but now that they have money again, it looks like a good bet for it to come out later this year as a 2010 model. As for the Sky, they'll continue on with it through the end of the '09 run. But Saturn's future is sketchy, at best. GM may discontinue it since its never been able to sell 500,000 cars per model year (the break-even point). Or, in a very intriguing and ground breaking deal, they may spin off Saturn and sell it, in its entirety, to its network of Saturn dealers!"

Eric replied: "Any of GM's brands and their products are in a state of serious review if we consider a public bailout is the only reason they are still in business. Getting rid of less popular vehicles I'm sure is at the top of the list on things to do. I see no future for one executive's "pet" car during these troubled times."

I have a 1991 Sunbird convertible. Power windows will not respond very well. They are slow or won't move. I had to replace the window sweeps. They were weather worn and breaking off causing the windows to rattle. GM discontinued them. A Pontiac dealership can get them but the cost is $200.00 per window. The sweeps for a 91 Cavalier came close to fitting. After they were installed with a lot of modification, the power windows will not work properly. They all worked very well before. The motor on the passenger side door was replaced and works well. The drivers side door window and quarter windows on both sides stick or won't move more than a couple of inches. Does anyone have any suggestions or had this problem? Window sweeps are the external rubber strips that fit against the windows. I was told all of the power window motors need to be replaced. I'm not sure this is necessary. Any thought on the subject would be appreciated.

davmanx replied: "3 things that normally hinders power window functioning are: 1) the motor incl. the bush 2) the rubber that grips the glass to all 3 sides of the window 3) the running cable and that piece of plastic stabalizer Other than those were your windows bent from previous accident? Seem to me option 2 is the culprit most of the time"

pat replied: "i had this same problem, the window sweeps were offline (the window sweeps had started to roll down with the window) and my window would only come down a couple of inches. i took my car to a glass shop to check my window and the guy took my door apart and fixed it. i've had no problems since. If you needed to replace the motors then your window wouldn't let down at all. But if you do need new sheets call around to a nearby junkyard with cars first, they can probably get them much cheaper (until recently i didn't know they could locate parts for your car). The dealership charges almost double for any kind of servicing."

Doug M replied: "Hi, yes that is a common problem. When I worked at Honda as a tech, we would install the new ones but they havent conformed to the glass and door frame yet. So we used this silicon grease called "Shinitzu" and would massage the rubber glass runs and slowly work it in. This would add moisture and make it mold to the different shape. Then we would advise the costumer to leave the window up for a few days if possible. If the window is still slow, you can spray silicon spray in the runs, it should help speed the glass up. You can go into any Honda dealer and ask the parts person to sell you the silicon grease."

semi273hemi replied: "You could go either way here, its either the motors or the newly configured window sweeps, my guess would be the motors are older and weak. Good Luck,"

Mr. Boof replied: "I agree with doug. You can also try silicone spray in the tracks."