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vintage Ford musclecars-kicking ricer butt into the 21st century- and beyond
Good accounts there dBob.
Sales were laggardly due to a screw-up that caused a rash of fuel line failures on early 4 banger versions, which caused a huge recall and much adverse publicity. Sales were initially huge (around here anyway) in 1984. Dealers couldn't get enough for the demand. Women were especially captivated. That is until the realities of no power steering reared it's head. That, and the quality control and engineering glitches coming to light. After all, no one relishes the thought of their cars bursting into flames. Still, the car, especially in its 2M6 form, had a lot of fans, but sales still weren't what Smith was looking for...another Iacocca/Mustang type of breakout smash hit. He ordered the car killed just when sales were starting to pick up! The last year of production was 1988 and it was barely a third of the year. That year's model benefitted from all new braking system and suspension. Also some new colours as i recall. Pontaic was also purportedly working on a power steering scheme. The odd thing is that though a better handling car, as a collectible, parts shortages make it a trickier year to own. The other years use parts off the bin still easily found among various GM models. Next failure to go to the shredder: The unwanted G6, a huge sales fiasco. This is what I rented to drive down to Minneapolis last weekend. It got us there and back but with absolutely no character at all. A forgettable ride and not very easy at the pumps for it's size. |
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vintage Ford musclecars-kicking ricer butt into the 21st century- and beyond
DeserTBoB wrote:
To reward to Pontiac managers for their trouble, Smith unofficially disbanded Pontiac Motor Division entirely and threw the remains into The GM Canada Group. Is this why a GM assembly plant that I drove by a few times in the late '80s to mid '90s timeframe had Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Canada Group on the big blue-and-white sign out front? I wondered about the "Canada" thing, but locals assured me that the cars they made there were mostly shipped to the US. At the time I think they mostly assembled Pontiacs, with a few Chevies later on. Matt Roberds |
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vintage Ford musclecars-kicking ricer butt into the 21st century- and beyond
all of which, were better cars than anything from Japan
wrote in message ... DeserTBoB wrote: To reward to Pontiac managers for their trouble, Smith unofficially disbanded Pontiac Motor Division entirely and threw the remains into The GM Canada Group. Is this why a GM assembly plant that I drove by a few times in the late '80s to mid '90s timeframe had Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Canada Group on the big blue-and-white sign out front? I wondered about the "Canada" thing, but locals assured me that the cars they made there were mostly shipped to the US. At the time I think they mostly assembled Pontiacs, with a few Chevies later on. Matt Roberds |
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