U-Holden ute "awuzange ulingane nombono kaPontiac"

I-oda Likhanseliwe: I-Pontiac G8 ST ute eyakhiwe e-Australia.

Imboni kaGM Holden e-Elizabeth bekumele iqale amalungiselelo okukhiqizwa kwe-Commodore-based Pontiac G8 ST phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa, kanti ukulethwa okuhlelelwe ukuthi kuqale ekupheleni konyaka.

Ngokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe okungafika ku-5000 V8 ngonyaka, isinqumo sizobhekana nesizinda sokukhiqiza se-Holden e-Adelaide.

Umkhulumeli wePontiac ezinze eDetroit uJim Hopson uthe isinqumo sokukhansela uhlelo lokuthumela ngaphandle senziwe "njengengxenye yokubuyekezwa kwezimoto ezihlobene nezinhlelo zesikhathi eside zeGM."

"I-G8 ST yayingahambisani nombono wesikhathi esizayo kaPontiac njengomkhiqizo wemoto yezemidlalo."

"Kodwa-ke, lesi sinqumo asiwathinti amanye amamodeli we-Pontiac G8, okuhlanganisa ne-G8 GXP esanda kukhishwa."

Okhulumela iGM Holden, uJonathan Rose, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi lolu hlelo lumisiwe.

"Sithole lesi siqinisekiso ngobusuku obubodwa," esho. Noma ngabe imakethe yase-US iqala kulo nyaka, noma yisiphi isinqumo sokuqala kabusha uhlelo lokuthekelisa ute sihlala sisePontiac, kusho uRose.

"Lokhu kuzoba yisinqumo sePontiac," esho.

Isinqumo sikaPontiac asithinti ukuthunyelwa kwe-G8 sedan okusekelwe ku-Commodore sedan. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokwehla kokudayiswa kwezimoto zaseNyakatho Melika, iPontiac ithengise izimoto ze-G15,000 eziyi-8 kuphela, ingxenye yalokho obekulindelekile.

Izimakethe zaseNyakatho Melika kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi ziyizimakethe zokuthekelisa ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-GM Holden.