GM Design has revealed an idea it by no means had the prospect to unveil – and it wears a well-known title.
On its Instagram account, GM Design has revealed a sequence of pictures of the Pontiac G8 idea designed by its Superior Studio in California, which was the ultimate idea from the model.
Accomplished in 2008, it by no means had an opportunity to be revealed – Normal Motors introduced it was shuttering the Pontiac model on April 27, 2009, shortly earlier than the American large filed for Chapter 11 chapter on June 8, 2009.
Pontiac had launched the G8, a rebadged Holden VE Commodore, in early 2008. It’s unclear when this idea, which previews a next-generation mannequin, was set to make its motor present debut.
It’s additionally unclear simply how a lot of the G8 idea’s design would have filtered by way of to a second-generation mannequin.
GM Design does, nonetheless, say the idea was “a totally functioning imaginative and prescient of the longer term design language of Pontiac from 2008”.
It’s a daring design, too. Pontiac’s trademark twin-nostril grille options, however there are vertically oriented headlights with extra of a Cadillac flavour.
There’s a rakish, coupe-like roofline, a pointy crease operating down the aspect, and outstanding hips, culminating in a hatchback rear that bears a passing resemblance to GM’s Mazda MX-5 rivals of the time, the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky.
Inside, there’s a dramatic, driver-focused sprint, with a minimalist centre stack, chrome-ringed analogue gauges, and a Corvette-like look general.
The G8 idea is a pillarless hardtop, and any manufacturing automobile derived from this might have virtually definitely gained a B-pillar.
Pre-bankruptcy, GM had grand plans for the Australian-engineered Zeta platform underpinning the Commodore and G8, and which can have underpinned this idea.
It was set to be rolled out to the Buick, Cadillac, Pontiac and reportedly even Saab manufacturers, underpinning every little thing from sedans to coupes to utes.
In the long run, it solely underpinned the Holden Commodore and its derivatives, in addition to the Chevrolet Camaro.
GM additionally had grand plans for the Pontiac model, repositioning it as a extra targeted, efficiency model – a lot as Dodge has develop into.
The corporate’s former vice chairman of product improvement, Bob Lutz, advised Motor1 if Pontiac had survived, it could nonetheless have the Solstice roadster, plus a second-generation G6 sedan on the rear-wheel drive Alpha structure.
Click on a picture to view the total gallery, and take a look at the GM Design Instagram account for extra behind-the-scenes imagery.
