In today’s car market, features like high-fidelity sound systems and integrated navigation are practically expected.
But cast your mind back to 2008. General Motors, grappling with financial difficulties, started on a significant restructuring plan.
This overhaul included the heartbreaking decision to phase out the iconic Pontiac brand. By 2010, Pontiac cars officially became a thing of the past. However, a recent peek into the archives of GM’s design department offers a look into an alternate reality.
General Motors recently revealed images of the Pontiac G8 concept car. This prototype served as a testbed for a potentially groundbreaking design direction for the Pontiac brand.
Notably, this marks the first time the public has ever laid eyes on the G8, a car designed just before Pontiac’s unfortunate demise.
Had Pontiac avoided its demise, it likely would have transformed into a niche performance brand, mirroring Dodge’s current position within Stellantis.
However, the Pontiac G8 concept, though a fully functional prototype, remains shrouded in technical obscurity.
This lack of concrete information opens the door for creative interpretation, and digital car enthusiasts haven’t been shy in expressing their visions.
Certainly, car enthusiasts often dream up futuristic versions of iconic cars. One such visionary is Jim, a virtual artist known online as jlord8, who has a passion for using CGI to create modified car designs.
Jim has set his sights on the Pontiac Vibe, imagining a hypothetical successor that bridges the gap between the unreleased G8 and the original quirky Vibe.