Re: Who thinks it’s time to start talking about Pontiac again?

@Grawdaddy:

1. This is a PONTIAC site, not a SAAB site. Frankly, I don’t care how many hits SAAB gets.
2. SAAB wasn’t a traditional American GM brand, whereas Pontiac was; SAAB was originally Swedish. Also, GM had an interest in SAAB for a very short period of time, whereas Pontiac had been solidly a part of GM for many decades. When you mention SAAB, I would venture that very few people think of GM. When you mention Pontiac, the link to GM is clear.
3. SAAB will re-appear as an electric-vehicle brand in March ’14. Pontiac has not yet been of assured of returning. Therefore, SAAB loyalists aren’t in quite the predicament that Pontiac loyalists are. So, why have SAAB loyalists spoken? At least their brand IS returning in some form. Pontiac loyalists would like to be told the same about THEIR brand.
4. So there are more SAAB loyalists than there are Pontiac loyalists; I really don’t care. I don’t concern myself with SAAB at all. Not only that; GM doesn’t own the rights to SAAB anymore. GM DOES still own the rights to Pontiac. Therefore, your mention of SAAB is actually irrelevant to a GM website, and to this thread in particular. This thread is about getting GM to revive a brand; there is absolutely nothing that GM can do about SAAB now, even if it wanted to. You would have made more sense mentioning Olds.
5. You’ve defeated your own argument when you said Pontiac’s figures of 20 to 30 years ago tell nothing of sales that might occur next year. That argument cuts both ways. If Pontiac were still around, its sales might have been higher next year than YOU seem to suggest. Shifting comsumer base? That occurs all the time. Who knows how it will shift next year? If you intended by your post to throw cold water on the movement to revive Pontiac, I’m afraid you’ve failed, and quite miserably, too.