I-Pontiac iyeza

I-Pontiac G8 eyakhiwe e-Australia manje isiyatholakala kuma-showrooms e-Kanda.

I-HOLDEN yandisa ukuhlasela kwayo eMelika ngePontiac G8 manje etholakalayo ukudayiswa eCanada.

Yakhelwe endaweni yokuhlanganisa izimoto ye-GM Holden e-Elizabeth, eNingizimu ye-Australia, i-Pontiac G8 inikeza uhambo nokubamba olubushelelezi njenge-Holden SS Commodore futhi isekelwe kuplathifomu yokushayela ngamasondo engemuva eyakhiwe ngu-GM Holden ukuze imakethe yomhlaba wonke.

Ukuthuthela eCanada kungokokuqala kuGM Holden futhi kulandela ukukhishwa kwePontiac G8 ezinyangeni ezine ezedlule e-United States.

I-GM Holden ihlela ukuthumela ngaphandle ingxenye yazo zonke izimoto ezenziwe eNingizimu ne-Australia kulo nyaka ukuze zisetshenziswe emgwaqeni e-US, Canada, Middle East, Brazil, South Africa nase-UK.

Imenenja yezokuxhumana kwaGM Canada uTony LaRocca uthe ulindele ukuthi i-G8 idume.

"Sijabule kakhulu ngokuhlolwa okuphezulu kwemodeli ye-V6 ethokozisayo kodwa eyongayo, ezomela ingxenye enkulu yokuthengisa kwethu."

E-US, i-Pontiac G8 ingenye yezimoto ezithengiswa ngokushesha kuphothifoliyo ye-GM. Umphathi wezobudlelwano bomphakathi wakwaPontiac uJim Hopson uthe sebeyidayisile i-6270 G8 selokhu yakhululwa.

“Kuyahlaba umxhwele ukuthi noma amanani entengo kaphethiloli aphakeme kakhulu emakethe yaseMelika, iG8 GT enenjini engu-V8 yenza ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-70 alawo adayisiwe,” usho kanje.

“Uma kubhekwa imakethe yase-US eshintsha ngokushesha, ngeke ngicabange ngenani lokuthengisa unyaka wonke, kodwa kuze kube manje sijabule kakhulu ngokusebenza kwe-G8 futhi nabathengisi bethu basaqhubeka nokufuna okungaphezu kwalokho esikufunayo. Ngiyakwazi ukuletha.

“Angikwazi ukukhulumela imakethe yaseCanada, kodwa ngingakutshela ukuthi le moto ibilindelwe ngabomvu ngabathengi baseCanada abebehlale bephoxekile ngokuthi asikwazanga ukudayisa iPontiac GTO kuleli.

Uthe amakhasimende abo abuka iGM njengenkampani yomhlaba wonke. “Ngakho-ke, ukuthi i-G8 yakhiwa e-Australia akubathusi.

“Labo abaneso elikhethekile lezimoto zezemidlalo bayayithakasela imikhiqizo yakwaHolden.

“Nakuba iPontiac GTO (esekelwe kuVZ Monaro) ingaphumelelanga ngendlela ebesingathanda ngayo, ukusebenza kwemoto akukaze kube nokungabaza futhi abaningi balaba banikazi beGTO bebehamba phambili kulayini weG8 entsha, ngokwengxenye ngoba bebazi. U-Holden uzobandakanyeka."

I-G8 sedan inenjini engu-3.6 litre DOHC V6 enamandla angu-190kW kanye ne-torque engu-335Nm, ekhiqizwa yiHolden Engine Operations yaseVictoria.

I-G8 GT inenjini engu-6.0 litre V8 ekhiqiza amandla angu-268kW no-520Nm ne-Active Fuel Management, ethuthukisa ukonga kuphethiloli ngokushintshanisa amasilinda ayisishagalombili kuya kwamane.

Umphathi wemikhiqizo yePontiac G8 yase-US uBrian Shipman uthe "iphakheji elihle kakhulu lokusebenza". “I-Pontiac G8 njengamanje iyimoto enamandla kakhulu ngedola ngalinye e-US. Ijubane elikhulu ifike ku-0 km/h kuneBMW 60 Series futhi inamandla amaningi.”