I had a chance to stop by the Pontiac dealer to look at the G8. Good
looking car. They had a 4-door sedan and a GT side by side. Both nicely
equipped but not fully loaded. I think I like the look of the Commodore
front end over the Pontiac. I didnt care for the seat covers on the 4
door. Had too many bright colours for my taste. The sedan had the 3.6 V-6
with 5 speed auto the GT was 6.0 6-speed auto . The sedan showed fuel use
to be 14.7 L/100km city and 9.4 hiway. the GT was 15.6 L/100km city and
9.8
hiway. Sedan was 27400usd the GT 30900usd w/o tax and license. but the
dealer had a $6000.00usd "Phoenix market adjustment" on both of them on
top of sticker price. A couple of interesting things I noted was on the
window sticker on the sedan it showed 52% Australian content with the
engine from Australia and the trans from France of all places . The GT
said 48% Australian with the engine from Mexico and the trans from the US.
Again seem to be a really nice car. We will be going back when my son
comes
home in July. He has been in Baghdad for the last 9 months where they have
a Aussie built Chevy Lumina he has grown to like. Hope some of you find
some interest in the long post.
Scott
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