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Pontiac G8 versus BMW 5 Series, revisited
By Adam Kinder on Mar 11, 2009 in Internets, Motorsports
Yeah, it’s been a while, I have more posts coming, I just wanted to toss this tidbit up there.
I played the demo for that Wheelman game recently, the one where Pontiac paid bundles to have the “official” car in the game be a G8, even though they are begging for taxpayer money to keep the company running.
But that’s another rant.
Anyway, the car in the game sucks. Bodyroll to the heavens, can’t hold a corner worth a shit, and the rear end looks like the rear of a Civic you would find deep in the Valley. As I previously wrote, Pontiac had this cute campaign going after the BMW 5 series, saying that the G8 was superior.
If they wanted an even more stupid comparison, they should have attacked the BMW 330 for not being able to do 0-60 as fast as their precious G8. Nevermind that the 330 has about 200 less horsepower, it’s all about the marketing angle right?
So, I posted up another comment on the Youtube video for the 5 versus 8 commercial:
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Ok let me get this straight… Pontiac creates a 6.2L engine that is only capable of getting ~400HP, and a car that can only pull a 0.9 on the skidpad. ( Protip: To the ones saying “This is better than a Mustang” the Mustang gets .87-.88, so you’re right there with them ) The MSRP is $45,000
Then, they go after the stock 5 series?
You know what you can get for $45,000?
A 2005 BMW M5 with a 5L engine that gets 500HP ( Since the Germans know what the fuck they are doing ) and 0.99-1.1 on the skidpad.
And I don’t see BMW crying to their government for a handout either.
I’ve gotten quite a few flames so far, one from “buyamericanyounazis”. This is the average intelligence of the Pontiac G8 fanbase: they would rather spend $45k on yet another crappy American sedan/coupe that can’t hold it’s own against other cars in it’s class, than buy a superior sports car ( or even sedan, the M5 SEDAN gets better times than the G8 coupe ) just because it’s BY GOD AMERICAN ( built in Australia ).
Even better, if we’re not counting price range, for $70k you can get a BMW M3 with an even SMALLER engine that STILL gets more horsepower than the G8.
Maybe they should use that bailout money to hire better engineers, rather than starting a pissing match against another car company that can kick the shit out of you.
ok you fucking douche bag! Why dont you get your head out of your ass and get a reality check, your just pissed cause your precious bemmer has some american compitition! The one thing i hate the most is people talking shit about american cars! They are verry well built and even though your bmw might get the looks, its all in the name… oh and this might be old news but didnt some of the 5 series cars get recalled in 06 and 07??? exactly because their pices of SHIT! SO SUCK A DICK!
DELICIOUS IRONY
If American cars were better built and worth the asking price, Pontiac wouldn’t be getting the axe, now would they?
There is no part of my post you can refute. Vomiting up “Amerrrican FUCK YEAH” doesn’t count as a refutation either.
BMW has 0 American competition. Pontiac basically wasted their last chunk of tax-payer money on trying to convince people that its high tier sports car was faster than a mid tier saloon.
All I did was reset the bar to where it should have been in the first place. Pontiac G8 ( Pontiac’s high tier sports car ) versus the BMW M5 ( BMW’s high tier sports car in the 5 family ). Verdict: G8 gets its ass kicked, as we all expected.
And there’s no arguing with those dyno results. A 6.2L engine that can barely push ~370 HP at the wheels. THAT is why American carmakers are in trouble.
You are kidding? Right? I spank imports all over the place with my car. Pontiac sold more cars then buick and hummer put together, but GM decided to ditch the hummer and pontiac to focus on the elderly… more elderly Americans buy buicks then pontiacs, and no one with half a brain buys a hummer. You find imports going to kids or.. young adults more then american cars because of some misleading information… “better gas mileage” “better warranty” “less problems”.. all these are false… MANY american high end cars get better gas mileage then imports, ALL American companies give better warranties, i.e. DODGE, GM and FORD, GM has a 10 year 100,000 warranty.. And before you say “Oh they need it because they are junk” no.. far from the truth son.. They know what we WANT, we want them to stand behind the product longer.. Anyway, I would never buy an over priced import… name means nothing to me… i’m old enough to know better.