# G8 to live on as a... (update j/k) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 13, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460 "2009-07-13T05:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/21 "2009-07-13T16:41:42Z")
Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![blk99z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@blk99z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk99z28)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/22 "2009-07-13T16:51:45Z")
> [@BigEd88](#): > > I think it should have came back in the park avenue variant, Buick needs some models if they truly are trying to keep it around. > > Sure that one doesn’t have a V8 but its the holden statesman on zeta, so it could. Whats strange is that it doesn’t ahve the classic Buick grilles on the fenders and the caprice has a little port there. I agree,Buick for the SBW, Then they could use the long WB version as the next DTS. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/23 "2009-07-13T20:15:03Z")
look what I stumbled across: > **[Autoblog Most Popular Tags](https://www.autoblog.com/tag/)** > > Browse our most popular tags for the latest automotive news and advice. ![http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/2008-chevrolet-lumina-ss-24.jpg](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/2008-chevrolet-lumina-ss-24.jpg) Chevy Lumina SS named Middle East’s “Sports Saloon of the Year” “The Lumina SS, as you’re well aware by now, is simply a rebadged Holden Commodore SS, the same way that the forthcoming Pontiac G8 GT is” No wonders GM found itself in this rough patch, all the good stuff was overseas teasing us…North American made zeta Camaro, maybe they really are starting to change. For the record…Lumina doesn’t really scream out V8 performance for me at all… ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/24 "2009-07-13T20:43:29Z")
Glad they are keeping the platform, but not liking the Chevy front end on it. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/25 "2009-07-13T21:16:05Z")
hmm i would possibly rock one ---
**Author:** ![blk99z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@blk99z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk99z28)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/26 "2009-07-13T21:49:57Z")
Looks soo much better with-out the nostrils on the hood. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/27 "2009-07-13T22:00:23Z")
lol @ lumina. way to “bring back” the nostalga of a pile. what’s next, re-badging a holden as a corsica? lol ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/28 "2009-07-13T22:20:01Z")
I wish they would get rid of the pile of shit Chevy names like Caprice and Lumina. They have a long reputation of being piles of shit and its a shame that the Holden will get that stigma. ---
**Author:** ![slow84ta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slow84ta/32/7265_2.png) [@slow84ta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slow84ta)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/29 "2009-07-15T06:43:25Z")
I just heard from a retired GM employee that it was gonna be rebagded as a Buick… Either way :tup: ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/30 "2009-07-15T06:46:54Z")
Henderson is a buzz-kill > **[Fritz Henderson to Autoblog: Chevy Caprice is being looked at as](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/15/fritz-henderson-chevy-caprice-is-being-looked-at-as-police-app/)** > > Ever since General Motors announced this spring that it was killing the Pontiac brand as part of its restructuring, fans of the Holden-developed G8 sedan have been clamoring to save it as a Chevrolet. After company officials repeatedly said over the... > “We’ve been looking at it for police applications. As for whether or not it’s broader than police applications, I am not a believer in re-branding and re-badging. We’ve been talking about in terms of potential police applications and we’ll leave it at that.” > > Henderson also threw a soaking wet blanket on the idea of adding production to Oshawa alongside the Camaro, saying that the cars will continue to be sourced from Australia. So, for the moment, it looks like Zeta sedan fans will probably have to be content with taking a Blues Brothers approach to the problem: Buying their next car as a decommissioned black-and-white. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/31 "2009-07-15T07:45:03Z")
Also how can he say: “I am not a believer in re-branding and re-badging” GM’s whole truck line up is rebadged/reskinned Sierra - Silverado Yukon - Escalade Traverse - Acadia - Enclave etc But even if he says thats the old GM then explain these 4 new mid sid SUV’s ![http://www.motorauthority.com/content/thumbs/2/0/2010_chevrolet_equinox_main_630-1219-630x360.jpg](http://www.motorauthority.com/content/thumbs/2/0/2010_chevrolet_equinox_main_630-1219-630x360.jpg) ![http://wheelsnrevs.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/2010-gmc-terrain.jpg](http://wheelsnrevs.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/2010-gmc-terrain.jpg) or ![http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/08/medium_2763679495_240a5f1edd_o.jpg](http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/08/medium_2763679495_240a5f1edd_o.jpg) and this ![http://www.everyjoe.com/files/2009/06/2009_saturn_vue.jpg](http://www.everyjoe.com/files/2009/06/2009_saturn_vue.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/32 "2009-07-15T13:41:58Z")
> [@jt76](#): > > :tup: > > now old dudes can callout big ed and spray these as well! LOL > [@Violator](#): > > I wish they would get rid of the pile of shit Chevy names like Caprice and Lumina. > They have a long reputation of being piles of shit and its a shame that the Holden will get that stigma. The Caprice was never a “…pile of shit…” the Lumina maybe, but the Caprice was a great car in it’s day, was very reliable, and served it’s purpose very well. I have no problem with it coming back as a Caprice, but also would rather it come back under a new name. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/33 "2009-07-15T15:01:25Z")
ya know its one thing to rebadge a cobalt as a G5, but totally different to rebadge a car from Australia that isn’t even sold here. Maybe they should have just been sold off fire sale style during bankruptcy with talk like that. At least the old SRX was on a “cadillacs” platform. And whats wrong with rebadging when the cars are at least somewhat unique to one another. Rebadging in my mind is what going on with the Esclade/Tahoe etc or those minivans they had that were all the same except for the pontiac having a split grill lol ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/34 "2009-07-17T05:42:24Z")
> The G8 will not be a Caprice after all. I’d mentioned it, and said we were studying it, giving it a serious look, because a car like the G8 was just too good to waste. > > That’s all still true. But I have to say that, with my new “marketing” hat on, upon further review and careful study, we simply cannot make a business case for such a program. Not in today’s market, in this economy, and with fuel regulations what they are and will be. [http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2009/07/it\_seemed\_like\_a\_good\_idea\_at\_the\_time….html](http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2009/07/it_seemed_like_a_good_idea_at_the_time%E2%80%A6.html) Looks like Henderson had a talk with him ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/35 "2009-07-17T05:50:24Z")
Is Henderson MOBOOST4U’s dad or something? ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/36 "2009-07-17T07:44:33Z")
> [@Justin](#): > > The Caprice was never a “…pile of shit…” the Lumina maybe, but the Caprice was a great car in it’s day, was very reliable, and served it’s purpose very well. I have no problem with it coming back as a Caprice, but also would rather it come back under a new name. The Impala was the luxury caprice, while the caprice was the middle management biscayne, while the biscaye was meant for the blue collar worker… The caprice does have a decent amount of history behind it. ---
**Author:** ![dezod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dezod/32/7467_2.png) [@dezod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dezod)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/37 "2009-07-17T12:44:19Z")
I like the G8. I think it had body lines like an IS300, which I own and like. Damn! GM is offing all of the decent cars… ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/38 "2009-07-17T15:19:51Z")
yep, losing faith. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/39 "2011-01-21T12:50:49Z")
Bump just parked next to the new Caprice last night in GM’s garage. Think Cruze design just bigger with dual exhaust. Pictures on my other camera. ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460/40 "2011-01-21T13:14:06Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > Bump just parked next to the new Caprice last night in GM’s garage. > Think Cruze design just bigger with dual exhaust. Pictures on my other camera. Well stop teasing and post them. Any word on weather they will have the “SS” model with a LS vette engine [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/g8-to-live-on-as-a-update-j-k/70460.md?page=3)