It's Official: Pontiac Is History

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Muhammed El-Hasan
on April 27, 2009 10:35 AM | | Comments (0) |

Bad news for the Power Chevrolet Pontiac dealership in Hawthorne.

Here's Saturday's story on the Pontiac and Hawthorne.

What killed Pontiac

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Pontiac car brand, once marketed as General Motors' "excitement division," will be killed off by the end of next year, the carmaker announced Monday.

The decision to shutter Pontiac was one of several aggressive steps GM spelled out in an updated survival plan Monday. The government has given the company until the end of next month to restructure and slim down in order to survive.

The new GM will focus on four core brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac.

Read more on Pontiac's demise.

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