2010 was the last year pontiac made cars.
2010 was the last year pontiac made cars.
what is the last year pontiac made cars?
2010
the aveo 5-door hatchback was marketed as the "aveo5" in canada since its inception and in the us beginning with model year 2007. the models were sold as pontiac wave (4-door and 5-door, since the 2005 model year) and suzuki swift+ (5-door) in canada. the t200 wave sedan was replaced for the 2007 model year with the t250, coinciding with the release of the 2007 t250 aveo. for the 2009 model year, pontiac wave was renamed to pontiac g3 wave in canada. in the united states, pontiac sold the 5-door hatchback as the pontiac g3 starting in the spring of 2009. because of general motors phasing out the pontiac brand, the pontiac g3/wave is no longer manufactured after the 2010 model year, and the last pontiac g3 wave rolled off the line in december 2009, making this the last overall pontiac vehicle to roll off the line, even though the last pontiac for the american market was the 2010 pontiac g6. the pontiac g3 has the distinction of being the last pontiac-badged model introduced to the united states market before the brand's 2010 demise. for the 2010 model year, canadian models are simply referred to as pontiac g3.
chevrolet aveo (t200)
this marked the final production year for the third generation platform. release of the fourth generation model was imminent, and pontiac made few changes to the 1992 firebird. the special edition formula firehawk that appeared in 1991 was still available, although a lot of dealers were unaware of its existence. the lack of awareness and a sky high price tag conspired to keep the sales figures down on the special firehawk. as for the rest of the line, new exterior colors were available, including a bright "jamaica yellow". one interior color was changed, from the camel colored beechwood to a greyish beige. convertibles were still available. one improvement made on all 1992 f-bodies was the addition of some extra bonding agents to stiffen the structure of the cars. the extra bonding was an attempt to correct squeaks and rattles that some owners had complained about. this also allowed gm to experiment with some of the new technologies which were to be implemented on the fourth generation cars. mid-year, tpi-equipped cars only received blank throttle body plates rather than ones that had been marked "tuned port injection" on similar engines in prior model years; and black-painted valve covers replaced the silver components from previous years. as use of the l98 in the corvette had come to an end, rough-cast runners found their way into l98-equipped firebirds, and some cars received special rubber snubbers on the rear hatch frame that were designed to make the hatch more stable. this would be the last year for the light weight deep dish cross-laced wheels that had been available since 1987, and had been styled to look like expensive aftermarket rims. it would be the last year for the gta, the last year for concealed windshield wipers, and the last year for the aerodynamic body with the long hood and low roofline. it was also the last year for full leather covering on the front seats. some gta's ended up with drum brakes on the rear, presumably because of a shortage of disc brake parts. buyers were compensated for the downgrade. ultimately, very few trans ams, gta's, and formulas were produced in this model year, as most buyers were waiting for the next-generation models.
pontiac firebird (third generation)