We here at Car Lust concentrate more on the amusing and the anecdotal than on the pressing news of the day–after all, there are plenty of quality automotive news sites already filling that niche. But even we can’t ignore the huge news that as part of GM’s bid to remain viable, it will be axing Pontiac (along with Saab, Saturn, and Hummer) next year. This is obviously huge news; Pontiac is a major GM brand and has produced some legendary cars, but that didn’t save it from following Oldsmobile, Plymouth, and AMC into the scrap heap.

The usual suspects have the news aspects handled (Autoblog, Jalopnik, The Truth About Cars, Wall Street Journal, Motor Trend, among others), so we will, as usual, take a slightly different path. Tonight we’ll run Chuck Lynch’s farewell to the marque, and during the rest of this week we will feature profiles of some of our favorite Pontiacs. Interspersed within this new content will be vintage, possibly soon-to-be-collectible Pontiac-related Car Lust posts of the past. We’ll wrap it all up on Friday with a round-table discussing our experiences with Pontiac and how we feel about its demise.

While I’m a Saab devotee and a Saturn loather, we can discuss the implications of this news for those two brands later. This week at Car Lust will be all about Pontiac.

–Chris H.
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