wonderbot
04-27-2008, 11:30 AM
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/04/pontiac-sporttruck-nameplate.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-p-o-n-t-ianda-c-gpontiac8-sport-truck/699042/)
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10,000. That's not a sticker price and it's not a production number. It's the number of submissions General Motors received for naming the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck (http://www.pontiac.com/namethiscar). The contest opened up just a month ago, following Pontiac's unveiling of the concept car-ute at the New York Auto Show. (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/new-york-2008-the-ute-has-landed-live-reveal-of-the-pontiac-g8/)
Granted, many of the names will be duplicates. And many of the names will be completely unusable, whether they're owned by other companies or just plain inappropriate. It'll take Pontiac a good long while to sift through them all, and while the carmaker won't reveal what names were submitted or which of them are being considered, a spokesman for the GM division did confirm El Camino was one of them, although it remains to be seen if GM can or will use a defunct Chevy name on a Pontiac vehicle. Meanwhile, although the public voice will be taken into consideration, Pontiac is safeguarding itself against an Alfa MiTo-type backtracking (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/24/alfa-declares-a-do-over-new-hatch-i-wont-i-be-called-furios/) by noting that, in the end, the company's marketing gurus will have the last say.
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[Source: KickingTires (http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/04/pontiac-asks-wh.html)]
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10,000. That's not a sticker price and it's not a production number. It's the number of submissions General Motors received for naming the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck (http://www.pontiac.com/namethiscar). The contest opened up just a month ago, following Pontiac's unveiling of the concept car-ute at the New York Auto Show. (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/new-york-2008-the-ute-has-landed-live-reveal-of-the-pontiac-g8/)
Granted, many of the names will be duplicates. And many of the names will be completely unusable, whether they're owned by other companies or just plain inappropriate. It'll take Pontiac a good long while to sift through them all, and while the carmaker won't reveal what names were submitted or which of them are being considered, a spokesman for the GM division did confirm El Camino was one of them, although it remains to be seen if GM can or will use a defunct Chevy name on a Pontiac vehicle. Meanwhile, although the public voice will be taken into consideration, Pontiac is safeguarding itself against an Alfa MiTo-type backtracking (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/24/alfa-declares-a-do-over-new-hatch-i-wont-i-be-called-furios/) by noting that, in the end, the company's marketing gurus will have the last say.
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[Source: KickingTires (http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/04/pontiac-asks-wh.html)]
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