America's Fastest-Dying Car Brands - Forbes

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[spudboy]

Not sure how many people are going to be sad about the PT cruiser being discontinued....

In Depth: America's Fastest-Dying Car Brands (http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/27/dying-car-brands-lifestyle-vehicles-pontiac_slide_2.html)

But GM isn't the only automaker that has made cuts. Chrysler announced plans last February to discontinue three of its models--the PT Cruiser, the Chrysler Aspen and the Dodge Durango--and it cut four others in 2008.

[Sprint]

heard last night that pontiac has been killed off too, not just a model, the whole brand

[Outlaw]

always been a fan of the PT Cruiser myself... though never driven one :p

Sad about Pontiac though... better hurry and go buy myself a trans-am before all there prices jump :eek:

[JDNSW]

American (and other countries') car brands have been disappearing since the start of the motoring era.

Just to name a few, more or less at random:-

Oldsmobile, Reo, Pierce-Arrow, Stutz, Auburn, Stanley, Locomobile Baker Electric, Autocar, Bantam, Willys, Cord, Detroit Electric, Doble, Durea, Graham, Hupmobile, Hudson, Kaiser, Moline, Nash, Paige, Peerless, Rugby, Essex, Stearns, Whippet,

All of these were produced for at least five years, some of them for decades.

John

[Sprint]

just had a look through the pontiac range...... i can understand why pontiac didnt sell much!

[Shonky]

Yep - that G8 looks familiar Sprint!

PS - Sprint... as in ED XR-8 Sprint? Nice car if so... ;)

[Sprint]

Yep - that G8 looks familiar Sprint!

PS - Sprint... as in ED XR-8 Sprint? Nice car if so... ;)

indeed.... although a much used and abused example of its breed!