Pontiac reaches end of the line
Orion Township -- The ride is over for the brand that put rolling excitement on the road for generations of Americans.
General Motors Co. built the last Pontiac for the U.S. market Wednesday: a white, G6 sedan that rolled off the assembly line in Orion Township around 12:45 p.m.
There was no cake or commemorative banner or senior GM official on hand, and no media were allowed: just a group of "final process" workers to oversee the last 100 G6 models assembled.
Many workers stopped to pose for photos with the last cars as they moved down the assembly line.
It was a subdued goodbye for an 82-year-old brand that debuted under the bright lights of the New York Auto Show in 1926.
GM announced in April that it would phase out Pontiac as part of a bailout orchestrated by the U.S. government.
Unlike the last Oldsmobile, an Alero signed by hundreds of plant workers and donated to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, the final G6 models will be sold as part of a fleet order.
For some Pontiac enthusiasts, it's an inglorious ending for a car line that popularized Silver Streak styling in the 1930s and defined the muscle car era.
Nice wording...BUT gone for the good!
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