Pontiac dead… Holden export crisis looms
words – Josh Dowling

It’s official GM will close Pontiac as part of its global restructure…. And with it an important export market for Commodore…

The Holden Commodore’s export to North America is under a cloud following an announcement overnight that General Motors would close the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010.

The recently appointed president and CEO of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, announced via a webcast video conference last night (between 11pm and midnight Australian time Monday, April 27) that the Hummer, Saab and Saturn brands would be sold or closed by the end of this year, and Pontiac would be “phased out by no later than 2010″.

However, the Commodore-based Pontiac G8 sedan is expected to be phased out by the end of this year.

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