Pontiac Vibe Done in August
June 18, 2009
DETROIT -- General Motors declared the end of the Pontiac Vibe in August.
GM, as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, will eliminate the Pontiac division entirely by the end of the year.
However, GM will end the production of the Vibe, which is built at a GM-Toyota joint venture plant known as New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) in Fremont, California. The Vibe shares its underpinnings with the Toyota Corolla and Toyota Matrix.
GM says it is in "active discussions regarding potential future production at NUMMI." Toyota reportedly has been considering building the Prius hybrid there.
Posted by Michelle Krebs at 12:38 PM under GM , Toyota | Comments (1) | digg this | Seed Newsvine
With the euthanasia of Poniac, GM has no unique divisions left. The Vibe, the Solstice the G6 GT Coupe & Convertible and the G8, brought the Excitement back to Pontiac once again.
Had they dropped Buick in North America instead, it could have replaced Opel as the foreign brand; sold elsewhere.
I find it interesting, too, that GM didn't try to sell Pontiac rather than terminate it. You know, there was once a Pontiac model called the Phoenix...
Posted by: fulcrumb | June 18, 2009 at 6:32 PM