RYEDOGGRACING

I was just told today by a Union Official that GM want us to have the Cruze in the show rooms by Jan. 01 2010 instead of April of 2010. We might start cruze production this July or sooner. We will use up the Cobalt parts and maybe keep building them till july. Then on shut down they will retool the line. Also they are talking about putting the turbo motor that they have now in the Cruze along with the motor they are shipping over here from Europe.

Jeff9000CD

What about a coupe?

metroplex

Considering GM High Perf Vehicles was shut down, I have my doubts about a Cruze SS debuting for MY10/MY11 especially since GM took a lot of bailout money.

ericgt79

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yea what about a coupe

ChevySKIDOO

maybe there going to go in the direction of the lancer impreza corolla and not offer a coupe

ace921000

there wont be a ss

metroplex

Will there be something to replace the 09 SS/TC?

DarkSergeant

They need to introduce the Astra VXR, be a great model to replace my wife's SC with.

Unfortunately, GM want to be douches and cancel performance trims..

clicknd

They are also canceling Saturn so there wont even be an astra in america anymore.

DarkSergeant

Touche .

xp8ntball

On GMInsidenews, there are rumors suggeting the next-gen Astra is coming to the US as a Buick seeing as the Opel Insignia is also gonna be sold as a Buick Regal.

metroplex

They screwed up the Astra by not offering a turbocharged VXR for the US models and not offering a moonroof for the 3-door hatch. I sat in the 3-door Astra and thought it was very nice. The clutch was extremely light, the gearbox was decent, but the lack of a sunroof was a deal breaker.

I am curious if GM will ever release something like the 08-09 SS/TC in the near future.

DarkSergeant

Maybe Pontiac will grow some ***** and become GM's no-**** performance wing.

The whole 'no more SS' thing kind of smacks of killing Superman in the 90s.

jstarkiller78

maybe chevy will get the 3dr Astra 2.0l turbo. you need to see the bodykits for that car .

metroplex

Saturn is gone, so it is unlikely the Astra VXR will make its way here as a Saturn. The Delta Astra VXR doesn't make as much power as our SS/TC.

FWIW, the Cruze has replaced the Lacetti in WTCC for 2009 so we're going to be seeing a lot more of the Delta II/Cruze from this point forward.

Pontiac doesn't offer much high-tech options for their cars. You'd have to go with Cadillac to get the features that are available on some high-end 2010 Fords: LED tail lights, Xenon HID headlights (Mustang, Taurus SHO) but Cadillac has Lincoln beat for performance.

It'd be great if the Delta Cobalt SS/TC had the body style of a G6 Coupe. Those are sexy.

DarkSergeant

Cadillac HAD Lincoln beaten... not sure without the 'V'.

Pontiac doesn't need to offer high end options, they just need to offer fast-ass versions of what Chevy is selling. And should also consider going all RWD (which was supposedly a brand-plan with the introduction of the Solstice).

Anyhow, I think the Solstice and G8 are good for the Pontiac brand. The G6 looks nice but is kind of sedated in my opinion (though I've only driven, original V6, LE5 and GT trims). The G5 should've had a GXP, but whatever.

xp8ntball

Possibly a Buick Astra? Whatever it is, Buick is getting a compact car based on the deltaII platform.

http://www.nextautos.com/spy-shots-b...#gallery-13416

jstarkiller78

they had a vauxhall astar vxr on top gear it had 240 hp 2.0l turbo it happens to be the same as the opel astar opc its a tune down setup of cobalt tc ss in them. So cobalt 2dr ss tc is gone lets put 2.0l in the 3dr astar here and call it buick astar gnx or the chevy astar ss tc .you know as much as i do all of us here see buying that car