[pontiac6269]

Bought my first Ford a 2001 F350 dually with a 7.3 auto 4 years ago and bought my first Dodge a month ago, 2014 Charger Pursuit with a 5.7. Never thought I would own either. Still have a 04 Bonneville and 08 Grand Prix. I'll never sell my 81 Chevy C20 or 85 K5 Blazer even both are rusty.

[Fullsize455]

Somebody over there at GM needs a good hard slap. Many people, in fact. What a disgrace.

[Tom Vaught]

The TRI-POWER name is a slam at every Pontiac owner after they killed the Brand on Pontiac and Olds Vehicles.

Sad.

Tom V.

[Sirrotica]

By using a 4 cyl in a truck they're trying to squeeze out ever ounce of mileage from the engine.

By using the moniker Tri Power they're trying to squeeze the last ounce of advertising out of the previously named Pontiac induction system.

By killing off the Pontiac brand they squeezed me out of their customer base forever, Karma sucks GM......

We have a shirt for that too, I have the shirt on right now!!!!!!!!!

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by 72projectbird

I liked the square wheel wells.

Dodge is killing GM. They're killing them in the advertisement department too. While GM runs these ridiculous ads with that limp wristed host, Dodge is showing Hellcats ripping around cities and their trucks actually working.

I saw pictures of the square wheel wells, I did not like them, but in person, I like them too....

in My opinion, GM is catering to the high end buyer, not the common working folk that live paycheck to paycheck. Most likely because all the designer/planner folks are high $$ salaried folks also....

I was really underwhelmed when the 100 year anniversary pickup came out, although in full size AND the Colorado version..the full size is one version only, maxed out on options, 4WD, sticker 54,000.00 no version that Joe Public can afford.....

[Vol]

Such sad commentary from GM. Wonder why 70's-90s GM trucks hold a value.

[ho428]

At least we still have Super Duty. Oh wait, Ford stole that.

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by ho428

At least we still have Super Duty. Oh wait, Ford stole that.

Actually Pontiac stole that from ford trucks, they had it in I believe 1958.....

That's the old ford super duty hood scoop rearward facing, that Pontiac bought from ford, and faced it frontward and changed the part number on it. Along with the hood scoop they took the name too.

[Pontiacdaver]

Yes, GM is wringing every last drop of history out of Pontiac. Sad, if GM had let Pontiac run, instead of hamstringing them all the time, Chevy would have been the division they killed. GM just made sure Chevy got every advantage, kind of like a favorite child while Pontiac had to improve on what they were given.

[Fullsize455]

Even being a Pontiac guy, I don't see how this is a slap in the face specifically to Pontiac and its fans, considering there were a lot of tri-power Chevrolets and some Oldsmobiles as well. It's a slap to all of them.

[mgarblik]

There is a good chance the millennial moron Jr. Engineers at Chevy thought they invented the name Tri-Power. They probably had no idea it was used in the past by Pontiac and for that matter, may not know what a Pontiac is.

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Should have been Try-power.

4 cylinder turbocharged motor that uses cylinder deactivation to run on only 2 cylinders?

Um, okay.

X 2. A two cylinder engine pushing a 4,500 lb truck?

[hurryinhoosier62]

Originally Posted by b-man

A REAL Tri-Power....

[trophy421]

Please excuse me while I step aside and vomit.

[brut4s]

I was done with GM after they killed off Pontiac cars and trucks after the 4x4 with a solid front axel . At least I have my GTO and 1988 K5 Blazer.

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

By using a 4 cyl in a truck they're trying to squeeze out ever ounce of mileage from the engine.

By using the moniker Tri Power they're trying to squeeze the last ounce of advertising out of the previously named Pontiac induction system.

By killing off the Pontiac brand they squeezed me out of their customer base forever, Karma sucks GM......

We have a shirt for that too, I have the shirt on right now!!!!!!!!!

After the way GM treated the Pontiac division, for most of it's existence, I really didn't need yet another reason to NEVER EVER buy a GM product. But they just gave me another one anyway. OK, marketing department, Jr. engineers and sales department. Lets think this through together. We want to sell lots of new trucks. Lets first steal a name tied forever to a division we purposely killed off. That name stood for a specific performance option for the highest output engines of the day. Now we will take that stolen name and apply it to the smallest 4-cylinder engine ever installed in a full size truck. The rationale for using the name makes no sense at all in any way, no matter how it is explained. But we will apply this basterdi$$ed name anyway to further denigrate the history and legacy of GM's best division and most dedicated owners. "that's the way to sell more trucks", Brilliant!!. 90% of the people who will buy these trucks have no idea what Tri-Power is or was. So what was the point? I guess just to piss off the few thousand Pontiac fans still alive. Mission accomplished.

[Sirrotica]

Hmmmmm. Maybe a Tri Power shirt to throw it back in their faces, AGAIN, Whatdya think?

Maybe find a guy that does business with GM so he can wear it to one of their meetings, it's happened before, as a few of us know. ……………..

It could read like this;

TRI POWER, BY PONTIAC, IT AIN"T IN A 4 CYLINDER CHEVY TRUCK !!!!!

Nice big illustration of a Tri Power manifold and carbs with chrome air cleaners on it...………………….interesting...……….

I know it means absolutely nothing to GM, but throwing it back in their faces feels good...……………………..LOL

Little tag down in the corner, "Designed by the Pontiac Resistance, to be worn proudly."

[mgarblik]

Every time I try to just "let it go", they come up with some crap like this. Why not go all the way and put little decals on the front fenders that say "Ram Air II" pointing to the twin piston front brake calipers? What's the difference. Or how about "GTO" emblems for "Grand Truckster Overlord"? Makes about the same sense.

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

Hmmmmm. Maybe a Tri Power shirt to throw it back in their faces, AGAIN, Whatdya think?

Maybe find a guy that does business with GM so he can wear it to one of their meetings, it's happened before, as a few of us know. ……………..

It could read like this;

TRI POWER, BY PONTIAC, IT AIN"T IN A 4 CYLINDER CHEVY TRUCK !!!!!

Nice big illustration of a Tri Power manifold and carbs with chrome air cleaners on it...………………….interesting...……….

I know it means absolutely nothing to GM, but throwing it back in their faces feels good...……………………..LOL

Little tag down in the corner, "Designed by the Pontiac Resistance, to be worn proudly."

If I was doing a new T-shirt, I would have a picture of a beautiful Tri-power that said "This is Tri-power". Then I would have a second picture of that butt ugly 4-banger that says, "This is a warranty claim" "Learn the Difference"

[72projectbird]

Man, some of you really took it personal when Pontiac S.T.B.