But don't be fooled folks, there is some brilliant marketing at work here. Even the car's website is designed with our demographic in mind; featuring a mosaic of the car made up of images like Transformers and Halo (clearly being promoted at the bottom of the page). Admittedly, the whole thing is very slick. Now, if only this car wasn't $30,000 ... oh yeah, and a Pontiac.
[Thanks Josh ... even if you might be a Pontiac marketing guy]















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Hopefully they've been upgraded to support CDs or something... because I'm not waiting 20 minutes for the tape deck to load my Spy Hunter simulation.
The Saturn Aura (introduced 2007) is based on the 2002 Opal Vectra.
The Saturn Astra (introduced 2008) is just a rebadged 2004 Opal Astra. They couldn't even be bothered changing the name.
Its funny how much stock people put in a name. The car uses the same engine that GM put in the CTS in 04 and im pretty sure the chassis and transmission is the same as the G6's.
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Dunno how it is where you live but where I live just saying the name of your cars maker can either get people rolling their eyes at you,laughing or nodding respectfully.
Marques usually build up a reputation of being dependable, crap, luxurious etc so it's to be expected that people associate all cars in a brand under one umbrella.
P.S> I thought it looked very much like the monaro.
- security crash-test ratings
- gas mileage
The rest is superfluous.
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Dammit!
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(Goes to Wikipedia)
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As for the commercial, thats some seriously smart advertising. Give the person who came up with that idea a rase because everyone who ever played Spy Hunter is going to feel an instant emotional attraction to that ad.
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Anyway sweet ad.Midway try making a proper Spy Hunter game again please.
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http://www.motortrend.com/photo_gallery/112_0804_2008_pontiac_g8_vs_dodge_charger_photo_gallery
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Who knows maybe they're not crap anymore.
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i bet the solstice is a piece too right?
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Also like other people are stating, I've heard mostly positive things about the G8. Of course some people don't care for the styling (I like the Holden front better) or other minor quips, but overall I would've seriously purchased one of these if it test drove well and if I didn't already buy a car. It's GMs fault they didn't release it a few months earlier when I needed a car... they got their money from me anyways.
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Help! :) Thanks.
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Original Design Team...
Programming - Tom Leone, Art - Steve Ulstad, Brian Colin, Sharon Perry, Kevin O'connor, Cabinet - George Gomez, John Kubik.
Brian Colin
Game Refuge, Inc
http://www.gamerefuge.com
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