With the demise of Pontiac, will the El Camino still return?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited June 2010 in The Clubhouse
I think it looks very good....

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The rest of the story on the new El Camino
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  • fujicat
    fujicat Posts: 18
    edited June 2010
    I would be nice to see a comeback for the El Camino
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2010
    That's about as hideous as everything else Pontiac put out over the past few decades.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited June 2010
    Dude, that story is over 2 years old. The kibosh was put on that around August of last year citing no market for it here. There are no plans to bring it here and even less to revive the El Camino name.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,046
    edited June 2010
    I see some of the styling was taken from the Fiero...pretty lame IMO
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited June 2010
    Fiero? What?

    It's literally a Holden Commodore Ute with a Pontiac G8 front end stuck on it. It's all Australian. There is nothing Fiero about it.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited June 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    Fiero? What?

    It's literally a Holden Commodore Ute with a Pontiac G8 front end stuck on it. It's all Australian. There is nothing Fiero about it.

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    There is a hint of Fiero in the design in the roofline at the back, but I do agree John, that it is an inherently different design.
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  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited June 2010
    When I was in Australia recently, there were/are a bunch of these on the road. The top sports version, the SSV is a great looking car. It took me a little while to warm up to them, but once I did, man I want one.

    http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/Ute/SS-V-Series-Special-Edition

    This is the foundation for the "Camino", I would have to get one if they actually become a reality over here.

    Here's to hoping.


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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2010
    I wanted the Trans Am to come back especially when the concept cars looked like the 77 model which is my alltime favorite car ever.

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  • aquakenbush
    aquakenbush Posts: 14
    edited June 2010
    I have a G8GT and the car is just plain awesome. A couple of small mods and she is a 400+hp fire breathing RWD beast that will do 0-60 in 4.8 seconds has room for 5 adults with lots of legroom (car seats and boosters as well!) and a massive trunk for all the groceries. I took it to the track last year and smoked my buddy in his Charger SRT8 with the 425hp hemi all day long.

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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited June 2010
    fujicat wrote: »
    I would be nice to see a comeback for the El Camino
    Agreed; as long as it doesn't look like...
    Danny Tse wrote: »
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    Because that's hideous...
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  • giant016
    giant016 Posts: 10
    edited June 2010
    I remember this story breaking when I was in highschool! This was back when the Ute was a concept in Oz. Yeah, it's not coming here anytime soon, but I'd say it's only a matter of time. There was a market for them, and the Subaru Baja missed it horribly.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2010
    aquakenbush wrote: »
    I have a G8GT and the car is just plain awesome. A couple of small mods and she is a 400+hp fire breathing RWD beast that will do 0-60 in 4.8 seconds has room for 5 adults with lots of legroom (car seats and boosters as well!) and a massive trunk for all the groceries. I took it to the track last year and smoked my buddy in his Charger SRT8 with the 425hp hemi all day long.

    Nothing but fun!

    -Q
    I can't imagine how much fun it'd be to have a G8! I love the look of those cars. They just have great poise, look classy and mean at the same time, and have that great performance potential as well as real practicality.
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