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2008 Pontiac G8 Reviews

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2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Base
We have Australia to thank for the all-new 2008 Pontiac G8. It was designed and is built there by Holden, a division of General Motors, and is sold as the Commodore SS. They've... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Base
We have Australia to thank for the all-new 2008 Pontiac G8. It was designed and is built there by Holden, a division of General Motors, and is sold as the Commodore SS. They've... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 New Era Performance Turbo Camshaft Package Install - New Era
With a New Era Performance turbo camshaft package we gain over 140hp in our turbocharged 2008 Pontiac G8. Follow along step by step to see how we install this kit and prove there a... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Rocker, Springs, Headers & Cross-Pipe Upgrade - Blown G8 Power Enhancements, V.1
We take our supercharged 2008 Pontiac G8 to the shop again for some minor upgrades. This time around we are upgrading the rockers, the valve springs, the headers and the cross-pipe... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT Procharger HO Intercooled Supercharger System Install - Four Doors Of Fury
Get the step-by-step installation of Procharger's HO Intercooled Supercharger System on our 2008 Pontiac G8 GT.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo America's Top 40 New Cars
Boost Your Game As An Automotive Authority... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Pontiac G8 Pedders Suspension Kit - Suspension Redemption
Part II: Performance-Aligning And Track-Testing The "Pedderised" G8... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Guillotine Falls on Pontiac G8 Sport Truck
The Pontiac G8 ST "Sport Truck," the planned modern-day version of the classic Chevrolet El Camino, has already fallen victim to the recession guillotine, despite developing a cult... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Pontiac G8 Suspension Upgrade Part 1 - Pedders Track II Suspension
Our G8 Gets "Pedderised" Part I: The Parts And The Install... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT Test Track - Off The Wire
Read about the 2008 Pontiac G8 GT dragstrip numbers and painting your bumper on a 1996 Z28.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT - G8 GT Road Test
Pontiac Takes Its Latest Swing At The High End And Has The Punch To Back It Up... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Tune Time Performance 2008 Pontiac G8 GT - America's Quickest G8
Tune Time Performance's GT Runs 12.0s With A Couple Bolt-Ons And A Shot Of Nitrous... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT - The First Test
Make no bones about it: GMHTP is hot for the new G8 GT.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8- Magna Charger G8 Supercharger Kit
For the last six years, GM has cut back on V-8 rear-wheel-drive platforms. With the extinction of the Camaro and Firebird, the cupboard of affordable RWD V-8 performance has been p... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT First Drive
Corner-Carving Mountain Roads In Pontiac's "Flagship" Performer With Some Seat Time In The Base Model, Too... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
A big, bold, Australian sedan with a 361-horsepower V-8 engine hits the market as gas prices top $4.00 per gallon. Will it succeed?... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Comparison Test: 2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV vs. 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
End Game: When spending $30K on a performance sedan, what drives you-front or back?... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT Photo Gallery
The 2008 Pontiac G8 GT is a winning blend of Euro elegance and American flash -- see the photo gallery of the car here.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
Pontiac's 361-hp Aussie rock star meets its twice-the-price Bavarian twin. Has GM finally built a bargain BMW?... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 GT vs. 2008 Dodge Charger R/T Photo Gallery
Down Under Siege: Pontiac's toothy new lizard from oz rumbles into Dodge Hemi territory. The forecast calls for clouds of tire smoke.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Comparison Test: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT vs. 2008 Dodge Charger R/T
Down Under Siege: Pontiac's toothy new lizard from Oz rumbles into Dodge Hemi territory. The forecast calls for clouds of tire smoke.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo First Test: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
It's all done with smoke in the mirrors... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Gym Dandies: Welcome to the new Golden Age of American Muscle
A horsepower war has been raging for several years even as the nattering on global warming has grown in intensity and shrillness. Well, power-fiends, get 'em while you can.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo First Look: 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
Pontiac's new G8 GT is the hottest import from Down Under since Elle MacPherson. Take closer look at this new rear-drive performance sedan.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo The Ultimate Pontiac G8 -- Just add a Z06 engine
My, how the badges lie. To anyone else on the road, this black Holden Commodore is a regular HSV GTS, the 6.0-liter V-8 sport sedan built by GM's Australian hot-shop, Holden Specia... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Preview: 2008 Pontiac G8
The G8 is coming with its optional 6.0-liter V-8 engine. We'll soon see how it stacks up against Pontiac's last rear-wheel-drive muscle car, the GTO.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Pontiac G8: Pounding out the Fingerprints
Motor Trend's Matt Stone joins GM's development team as they put the finishing touches on the 2008 Pontiac G8 sedan.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Holden HSV GTS
The wacky idea that General Motors had a few years ago--use a rebadged Holden coupe from Australia to bring back the Pontiac GTO, a true American classic--might have been bold, but... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Pontiac G8
All new(to North America anyway)... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2007 Holden Commodore SSV Photo Gallery
If the SS V driving experience recalls any other car, it's the previous-generation M5.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo Pontiac Gets a New RWD Car - 2008 G8
The aging FWD Grand Prix will be replaced in 2008 with the G8, a RWD car based on the Holden Commodore platform from Australia.... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Sports Sedan
These days, GM seems to draw all the answers to its problems from its overseas divisions (Saturn's Opel-derived revival being the most obvious). Pontiac's G8 comes from GM's Austra... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Sports Sedan
One of our top three significant Chicago debuts. These days, GM seems to draw all the answers to its problems from its overseas divisions (Saturn's Opel-derived revival being the m... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Sports Sedan
One of our top three significant Chicago debuts. These days, GM seems to draw all the answers to its problems from its overseas divisions (Saturn's Opel-derived revival being the m... click here to read more
2008 Pontiac G8 Base Review Photo 2008 Pontiac G8 Sports Sedan
These days, GM seems to draw all the answers to its problems from its overseas divisions (Saturn's Opel-derived revival being the most obvious). Pontiac's G8 comes from GM's Austra... click here to read more
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