Terry Box wrote a farewell to Pontiac and its GXP.
Bang
You're dead Pontiac.
My 1967 Tempest OHC six burned valves and Pontiac never said they were sorry. What a disaster. Its gosh awful three speed manual was hooked to a low cost hurst in name only shifter that caused it to hang up and get stuck in one gear, I remember driving an entire weekend in second gear, driving excitement yessir!
Cast as chevy's black sheep cousin, pontiac only occasionally found its groove in high performance spikes of the auto business as you mention now. GM would not let them have a corvette look a like or a truck or a real SUV, hence the Azteck the worst looking car since the Pacer.
The Fiero was a good idea and like this bxp8holden whatever, it was killed off as soon as it finally got a nice V 6, five speed and fatback design, but then they also caught on ire.
The two seat turbo what ever it is called is no miata but an attempt to make a miata look like some sort of two seat gto, and I understand the reliability is on pair with a corvair.
One foot in performance another lost in four door land, No guts no glory, and compromising gets one to this point
I tend to avoid compromise as it always leads to an abdication of principle
Margaret Thatcher
Professor Elam 
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