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#177744 - 11/20/07 12:30 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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The Ute has actually been around for quite awhile in Australia.
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#177745 - 11/20/07 05:25 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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the Ute is a mainstay in the land down under...guys restore the old ones and make hotrods out of them...I noticed in one article that Holden even offers a four door ute.
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#177746 - 11/26/07 01:19 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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More info on the Ute

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=123602?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..3.*
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#177747 - 11/26/07 06:32 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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But it's so ugly...!!
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#177748 - 11/26/07 09:20 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I'm digging it thumbsup
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#177749 - 11/27/07 05:35 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I've always had a soft spot for the El Caminos. The ute looks like a natural progression as well. Too bad I need more room then that cab allows. I predict low production #s for the Ute. Roughly less then 5k a year. Then the ute will sell and Pontiac will get a better rep. If they flood the market the ute will sit on the lot not sell and effectively what ever shortcomings it has will be directed to the rest of the G8 family and Pontiac will suffer.
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#177750 - 11/28/07 11:02 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I think they should hold the low production numbers for the hi-po versions and make a v6 version more readily available...lets be real here, lots of us droll over the hot new cars but when it come to plunking down the bucks we buy more of what we need and is in our budget. I thinkit would be cool to have one since I dont own a truck and dont need one very often...but I aint gonna mortgage the house for a thirsty hot rod...a nice v6 model would be more affordable and useful.
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#177751 - 11/28/07 11:48 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I'm not a big fan of the G8 sedan... but how I wish I could get the money for a G8 Ute.
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#177752 - 12/02/07 10:37 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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*bluuckkk* *raaaaalllllffff* why the Ute? Please, why? The ElCo was square for a reason: roundness looks bad on trucks.

The wagon aint too bad. I think. eh. I'll stick with the Z06, Silverado, G8, and G6, tyvm.
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#177753 - 12/02/07 05:01 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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Quote:
Originally posted by Richard Candelario:
*bluuckkk* *raaaaalllllffff* why the Ute? Please, why? The ElCo was square for a reason: roundness looks bad on trucks.

The wagon aint too bad. I think. eh. I'll stick with the Z06, Silverado, G8, and G6, tyvm.
The elkie was square cause it was based on the monte. Round works on trucks. Just look at a 51 chevy.
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#177754 - 12/02/07 08:30 PM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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Quote:
Originally posted by RooK:
I'm not a big fan of the G8 sedan... but how I wish I could get the money for a G8 Ute.
Man, I love the G8...except for the wagon, anyway.
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#177755 - 12/03/07 11:51 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I was excited about the truck until the picture showed up.

How ugly.
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#177756 - 12/06/07 09:45 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I'm not at all fond of that putrid green colorin the pics...but the truck itself I'm likin...especially visualizing the G8 front fascia in place.
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#177757 - 12/06/07 09:56 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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I think the wagon looks sweet! Make it a little meaner and it'll hang with the magnum, maybe!
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#177758 - 01/16/08 09:16 AM Re: Pontiac Excitement
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Well Lutz said no sportwagon. They just not fashionable enough. No GTO until they get the CAFE standards under control and maybe we'll get a four door of the Ute in GMC guise.

No sportwagon
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1287653#post1287653

four door ute
http://www.mellor.net/mellor/enews.nsf/edition/C4FB1DDA89C86095CA2573D1003D16E2//GoAutoNews_416.pdf
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