Pontiac’s answer to the Mazda MX-5 Miata, the Solstice went on sale for 2006 and was followed up by a turbocharged GXP version last year. A healthy list of changes for 2008 include several features ...
Conceived in the late 1970s as a two-seat economy commuter car, the Pontiac Fiero evolved into a sports car over its short life span. Just as it became the car it should have been, GM killed it.
Let's cut right to the juicy part: What's it like to drive a Solstice stuffed with a 400-horse, 6.0-liter, LS2 V-8? Imagine the spine-tingling thrill of piloting a nimble sports car with low-end ...
Introduced for the 2006 model year, the Pontiac Solstice was the corporate cousin to the Saturn Sky. Powered by the LE5 2.4-liter inline four, the Solstice generated 177 horsepower and 166 pound-feet ...
Nostradamus must have been reincarnated to covertly infiltrate GM's ailing marketing department. How else--in a drought of creativity that's produced vapid vehicles like Vue, Ion, and Lucerne--could ...
The parking attendant said it best. “Doesn’t look like a Pontiac,” he noted as we pulled into a Manhattan garage in a silver Solstice—the all-new convertible roadster with the curvy looks and ...
This Pontiac Solstice is part of an ongoing online auction that will end in a few days. It is offered at no reserve and has the usual flaws one may expect from a car that is almost two decades old.
Adrian has been engaged in automotive media and content creation since 2016, starting as an independent content creator in his spare time, before joining the CarBuzz Team as a writer in April 2024. A ...
The Pontiac Solstice is the crown prince of the General’s lineup. With curves and flares, bulges and rakes, it’s the modern equivalent of the Coke bottle aesthetic of yesteryear. Sure, some may prefer ...
This short-lived Pontiac became one of GM’s most underrated modern sports cars before the brand disappeared entirely.
In roughly a year writing for SlashGear, I have penned more than 25,000 words worth of articles on the Pontiac brand, which was formed by General Motors in 1926 and dropped in 2010 as part of GM's ...