Pontiac G8 Sport Truck Unleashed

hahahaha!

The G8 is/was first made in Australia, and the basic drive train is shared between the holden commodore/g8/gto so that would make perfect sense. But between the Holden, Pontiac, Chevy, and Ford ute's I like this Pontiac the most as far as looks go.

People in America never had any vehicles sold to them with "ute" in their name so it's reasonable to see that most American's have no comprehending of what a ute is. Also when people in America hear the word truck, they don't think tank, ideas of reliability functionality and work are conjured.

It seems Americans just say "trucks" instead of "pickups" to talk about light pickup trucks (Dodge Ram and smaller).

Well... really GM America INVENTED the luxury performance ute with the great (in some iterations) Chevrolet El Camino. There's never been an Aussie ute to touch it for style!

or you could look at the pictures and read the article to gain a better idea of what the g8 ute will be like

I have to disagree on a couple basis. The first being the G8 is already the American equivalent to the Holden Commodore. Secondly the El Camino has both positive and negative feelings towards it, where as if you badge it as a Pontiac and they can see if America is ready for the car/truck again. Thirdly this looks bad ass, I don't want to see the Camaro front end copy pasted onto the front of this vehicle.

because they don't just want to sell to people with mullet's.

Radmeister...oh, nevermind, its too easy to pick on you. but if you think this is retarded, why are there SO many sold in australia?

We'll see who's retarded when we see the sales figures for it and next year's posted profits. Guarantee you i will be the one laughing when GM posts another multi-billion $ loss. Just because they have created this category just for it "Sports" truck doesn't mean it now belongs somewhere. From your reply all i heard were the things it DOESN'T do. It is useless and pointless in today's world even in North America as now us immigrants outnumber you mullet wearing people. And when GM and ford realize that there are more europeans and asians in the US and Canada than rednecks that's when they will start making profit again.

I think you are worrying that this car will end up like the Chevy SSR. True they are pretty close, but this thing isn't all over stylized and retro curvy, so the "mullet market" will actually buy it, and since its based on the g8 it won't have a base price of $40,000. Also you mention Europeans and Asians not wanting to buy it. Why not? They are more likely to buy this then a big gas guzzling truck.

Not really the reason why most people buy SUVs or big pick ups is to make some kind of status statement and because they like sitting higher off of the ground, of course then you add towing capabilities, higher off the ground so it is better for rough roads and snow, and the volume of interior space. This car has no real purpose because if you want a small fuel efficient pick up you can get a toyota, nissan, mazda, ford ranger, or chevy canyon. This engine is the same engine found in the Escallade, yukon, tahoe so it is still a gas guzzler to the small picks ups i have mentioned. And as to why europeans and asians wouldn't buy this is because we are used to working more with vans than pick-ups. I much rather have an econoline than an F150 or even a Dodge Sprinter would be good(for business purposes because for casual driving i consider pick ups and SUVs pointless) This car is useless it cannot do anything that the sedan cannot do, and if once in a blue moon you need to carry something you do not want on your back bench or trunk you go down to uhaul and rent a trailer for the day.