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from Edmunds.com

Summary: General Motors will build a variety of cars for Pontiac, Chevy, even Buick on its new Zeta platform.

CHICAGO — The 2008 successor to the Pontiac GTO will be joined by performance-oriented siblings at Chevrolet and luxury editions at Buick late in the decade, according to supplier sources who spoke with Inside Line here at the Chicago auto show.

The next-generation GTO will be built on a new General Motors architecture known internally as the Zeta platform. It is basically an evolution of the current chassis that underpins the 2005 GTO, which is assembled in Australia by GM's Holden subsidiary.

The new GTO, however, will be built in Michigan, Inside Line has learned. It will be joined by a new sporty coupe and companion convertible model at Chevrolet. The bow-tie division reportedly will not resurrect the Camaro name on the car, but is said to be considering using the Monte Carlo badge on this new midsize rear-drive model.

Unlike the GTO, which will continue to be powered by a high-output Corvette V8, the Chevy two-doors, which are due around 2009, reportedly will offer buyers a choice of V6 and V8 engines.

Pontiac also will get a new rear-drive sedan, which internally is being referred to as the G8. Offered with V6 and V8 engines, it will debut around 2009, and will take the place of the front-wheel-drive Bonneville, which is being phased out later this year. It may also supplant the front-drive Grand Prix.

The production version of Buick's stunning Velite convertible concept is also expected to share the Zeta chassis, but the car will focus more on luxury than performance. Although the Velite is expected to be built in Michigan at the same factory as the Pontiac and Chevy models, a rear-drive Buick luxury sedan is expected to be imported from Holden in Australia.

What this means to you: GM is gambling hundreds of millions of dollars that Americans will embrace a new generation of midsize rear-drive performance and luxury models later in this decade.

NOTE: Not all this info is accurate:
1. The 2009 Zeta date is 2 years off
2. The Chevy is the, well, take a freaking guess, CAMARO!!!
3. There is no Buick Zeta to be built, there is a Kappa Buick, however.

-- Edited by SOAD2k8 at 21:27, 2005-02-17

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I figured they'd fill the slot that the Camaro held eventually.

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BALEETED!

-- Edited by SOAD2k8 at 21:53, 2005-02-17

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BALEET!

-- Edited by ifcar at 06:12, 2005-02-18

What the heck is that? I didn't do that. Who's messing with my account? (Is ready to call in his "investigators".)

-- Edited by thewizard16 at 23:33, 2005-02-18

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HURRY! EDIT THAT COMMENT OUT BEFORE HE SEES! XD

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"HURRY! EDIT THAT COMMENT OUT BEFORE HE SEES! XD"
idk wtf is going on

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"idk wtf is going on"


It's a secret. You'll find out on 1/10/06.

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"BALEET!-- Edited by ifcar at 06:12, 2005-02-18

What the heck is that? I didn't do that. Who's messing with my account? (Is ready to call in his "investigators".)-- Edited by thewizard16 at 23:33, 2005-02-18"


You quoted soad's little secret when you told him to keep it secret. I edited it out.

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" It's a secret. You'll find out on 1/10/06."
Oh, he told me in chat.

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"Oh, he told me in chat."


*******.

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" *******."
lol

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"BALEETED!-- Edited by SOAD2k8 at 21:53, 2005-02-17"


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"Oh, he told me in chat."
What is it?

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"What is it? "
Ask SOAD, he told me not to tell, sorry.

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O yea, forgot i told u.

n e ways, its better that it aint posted now, as it is now, cause i could get in troble with GM, and its more fun this way.

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"O yea, forgot i told u.

n e ways, its better that it aint posted now, as it is now, cause i could get in troble with GM, and its more fun this way. "

Yes, of course, we wouldn't want the GM mafia tracking you down.

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Yes, of course, we wouldn't want the GM mafia tracking you down."


Maybe you wouldn't. I think it would be hilarious.

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