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  1. 28th April 2009, 09:00 AM #1
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    America's Fastest-Dying Car Brands - Forbes

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    Indian automaker Tata bought the England-based manufacturer and Land Rover from Ford in 2008. Jaguar&#39;s total retail vehicle sales were down 5.8% last year, albeit less than the 24.4% decline the brand saw from 2006 to 2007 and the 32% decline the year ...
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    Not sure how many people are going to be sad about the PT cruiser being discontinued....

    In Depth: America's Fastest-Dying Car Brands

    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.
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    heard last night that pontiac has been killed off too, not just a model, the whole brand
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    always been a fan of the PT Cruiser myself... though never driven one

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

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    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.

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    just had a look through the pontiac range...... i can understand why pontiac didnt sell much!
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    Yep - that G8 looks familiar Sprint!

    PS - Sprint... as in ED XR-8 Sprint? Nice car if so...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shonky View Post
    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!
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