Ke hele mai nei ʻo Pontiac

Loaʻa ka Pontiac G8 i kūkulu ʻia e Australia i nā lumi hōʻikeʻike ma Kanda.

Ke hoʻonui nei ʻo HOLDEN i kāna hoʻouka kaua ʻAmelika me ka Pontiac G8 i loaʻa i kēia manawa no ke kūʻai aku ma Kanada.

Kūkulu ʻia ma ka hale hui kaʻa o GM Holden ma Elizabeth, South Australia, hāʻawi ka Pontiac G8 i ka holo maʻemaʻe like me ka Holden SS Commodore a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma kahi kahua kaʻa huila hope i hoʻomohala ʻia e GM Holden no ka mākeke honua.

ʻO ka neʻe ʻana i Kanada ka mea mua no GM Holden a ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka Pontiac G8 ʻehā mau mahina i hala aku nei ma United States.

Hoʻolālā ʻo GM Holden e hoʻokuʻu aku i ka hapalua o nā kaʻa āpau i hana ʻia ma South Australia i kēia makahiki no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke alanui ma US, Canada, Middle East, Brazil, South Africa a me UK.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony LaRocca, ka luna kamaʻilio ʻo GM Canada, manaʻo ʻo ia e kaulana ka G8.

"ʻOliʻoli nui mākou i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka hiʻohiʻona V6 hoihoi a hoʻokele waiwai, e hōʻike ana i ka nui o kā mākou kūʻai kūʻai."

Ma US, ʻo ka Pontiac G8 kekahi o nā kaʻa kūʻai wikiwiki loa i ka portfolio GM. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jim Hopson, luna hoʻomalu o Pontiac, ua kūʻai aku lākou i ka 6270 G8 mai ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai.

"He mea kupanaha ia me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kumukūʻai wahie kiʻekiʻe ma ka mākeke US, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka V8-powered G8 GT ma mua o 70 pakeneka o kēlā mau kūʻai aku," wahi āna.

"Ma muli o ka loli wikiwiki ʻana o ka mākeke US, ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e pili ana i ka nui o ke kūʻai aku no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, akā i kēia manawa ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hana a G8 a ke hoʻomau nei kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka makemake ma mua o kā mākou. Hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi aku.

"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo no ka mākeke Kanada, akā hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe ua manaʻo nui ʻia kēia kaʻa e nā mea kūʻai mai Kanada i hoʻohilahila mau i ka hiki ʻole iā mākou ke kūʻai aku i ka Pontiac GTO ma kēia ʻāina."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e nānā kā lākou mea kūʻai aku iā GM ma ke ʻano he hui honua. "No laila, ʻo ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka G8 ma Australia ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha iā lākou.

"ʻO ka poʻe me ka maka kūikawā no nā kaʻa haʻuki mahalo i nā huahana Holden.

"ʻOiai ʻo ka Pontiac GTO (e pili ana i ka VZ Monaro) ʻaʻole i kūleʻa e like me kā mākou i makemake ai, ʻaʻole i nīnau ʻia ka hana o ke kaʻa a ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia mau mea GTO ka mea mua i ka laina no ka G8 hou, ma kahi hapa. no ka mea, ua ʻike lākou e pili ana ʻo Holden."

Hoʻohana ʻia ka sedan G8 e kahi ʻenekini 3.6-lita DOHC V6 me 190kW a me 335Nm o ka torque, i hana ʻia e Holden Engine Operations ma Victoria.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka G8 GT e ka mīkini pahu liʻiliʻi 6.0-lita V8 e hana ana i 268kW a me 520Nm me Active Fuel Management, kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hoʻokele waiwai ma ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o ʻewalu a me ʻehā mau pahu.

ʻO ka luna huahana ʻo Pontiac G8 US ʻo Brian Shipman i ʻōlelo ʻo ia "ʻo ka pūʻulu hana kūpono". "ʻO ka Pontiac G8 ke kaʻa ikaika loa i kēlā me kēia kālā ma US. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki i ka 0 km/h ma mua o ka BMW 60 Series a ʻoi aku ka mana.