RIP Pontiac

GM is making official what it did in the 90's - killing the Pontiac name. Pontiac had a great reputation as a performance and cutting edge product line. Chevy was economy, Buick/Olds for your Dad, Cadillac for the luxury, but Pontiac was for the wild and free! That all changed with the corporate engines and models of the 80's. Pontiac still had a kick ass Firebird and the Burt Reynolds Bandit Trans Am. Hell even the Bonneville got props in the luxury division - a year before they redesigned it! In the 90s that went to pot. Nothing. Even Jimi Hendrix couldn't drum up excitement for the slick Firebird. Most people bought the Grand Am - vanilla for the masses. The Lemans came back as a tiny Chevelle. Much to loyal PONCHO enthusiasts chagin they brought back the GTO name. The 'Goat' is simply the greatest muscle car ever. But they blew the pooch, it was just a customized Grand Am. CRAP! No rear wheel drive, no screaming exhaust, no excitement. Later Pontiac got kudos for the G8 and Solstice, but to us, the brand was already dead for a least a decade. So now I'm trying to find my '68 Lemans convertible and buy it back, checking in with my Uncle John to see what poncho goodies he still has in his garage, and check ebay motors for a deal on some magic from Pontiac's past. Maybe I should move on to BMW like I always say. But my first love was that old goat and the beautiful simplicity and raw power of the late 60's. So it will be hard to move on. I guess the decade of denial is over. Pontiac's officially gone. RIP Pontiac.