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• Automakers blow into Chicago with eye on future

  - 2007-02-09

  CHICAGO -- Automakers are in town this week to unveil some of their new cars and trucks at the Chicago Auto Show. Among them is General Motors, which is showing a new Pontiac sedan, the G8, which is unlike anything else the automaker sells. GM also...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Pontiac, Saturn, sedan, SUV, Vue

• A Torrent of criticism for Pontiac's new SUV

  - 2006-02-17

  This won't be one that wows 'em with General Motors' new dedication to premium presentation. Torrent, Pontiac's version of the crude Chevrolet Equinox crossover SUV, seems cheap and clumsy -- like the Equinox (Test Drive, June 18, 2004). The front-wheel-drive test vehicle's plastic parts were yester-tech; brittle and flimsy....

  Tags: cargo, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SUV

• The best of both worlds: Pontiac's new product combines the best of a sedan and an SUV

  - 2005-10-01

  Why sacrifice comfort for style and features? The 2006 Pontiac Torrent taps into the desire for a mid-size vehicle with car-like agility and SUV capability and versatility.

  Tags: Pontiac, SUV

• Fresh ground.(Detroit)(General Motors pickup)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-05-01

  What you see here is a completely new model from GMC, one so different that it's not yet acknowledged by the company. But it's for real and it's the first of a new SUV line that GM will sell under both Pontiac and GMC badges. Built on...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SUV

• San Antonio Express-News All About Cars column.

  - 2004-11-06

  By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--The ungainly Pontiac Aztek is on the way out, and the Torrent is coming in its place. During last week's California International Auto Show in Anaheim, Pontiac...

  Tags: car, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Honda Motor Co., Pontiac, sales, Saturn, SUV

• GM issues safety recalls on 1.5 million cars, SUVs

  - 2004-11-05

  DETROIT, United States AFP — General Motors Corp. is recalling nearly 1.5 million vehicles sold in North America to correct a variety of safety problems. The biggest recall involves faulty brake lights on 946,817 mid-size sport utility vehicles, including the 2002-2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Oldsmobile Bravado and the...

  Tags: car, Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SUV

• Chicago Tribune Auto Letters Column.

  - 2004-03-07

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 7--QUESTION: Is there a difference between an '04 Pontiac Montana van and an '05 Pontiac Montana "crossover sport van?" I feel GM is treating us like imbeciles, thinking we'll buy ...

  Tags: car, Chicago, General Motors Corp., hybrid, minivan, Pontiac, SUV, Tribune Co.

• San Antonio Express-News On the Road Column.

  - 2004-02-13

  By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 13--Who needs a big, expensive, gas-guzzling SUV when a pretty cool-looking small wagon will do? That's what Pontiac was betting on when it teamed with Toyota to...

  Tags: car, Matrix, Pontiac, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Chicago Tribune Transportation Notes Column.

  - 2003-09-14

  By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 14-- Pontiac confirms that the replacement for the Grand Am due next fall as a 2005 model will be called G6, the name of the concept car displayed this year. Pontiac will unveil...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Pontiac, SUV, Transportation, Tribune Co.

• Rollover, crash test results for fourth group of 2003 vehicles available on NHTSA website.

  - 2003-07-15

  M2 PRESSWIRE-15 July 2003-US DOT: Rollover, crash test results for fourth group of 2003 vehicles available on NHTSA websiteC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07142003 The U.S. Department of Transportations National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA today posted its fourth listing of model...

  Tags: Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp., Pontiac, rollover, SOFTWARE, SUV