Pontiac G8 will become the future Chevrolet Caprice

Finally Bob Lutz remains at the helm of the folder developments of new products at General Motors, which brings the today make critical decisions for the future of the company.

Thus, we learn that the Pontiac G8 designed and developed by the Australian filiere the giant American, based on the Holden Monaro model, will become the future Chevrolet caprice. Between the years 1960 and 1990, the large sedan Chevrolet Caprice has been for all these years, one of the values ​​from the most solvent in the industry.

Chevrolet Caprice

Being new on the market, so you can not expect a major change that would have been made in the Pontiac G8 into a Chevrolet Caprice. It will therefore inherit the new grid Chevrolet products and logos that apply.

Caprice will be able to benefit from three well different engines and targeted to relatively disparate clienteles. Its base engine is a 3.6-liter V6 delivering 256 horsepower, while the median engine is a powerful 6.0-liter V8 with 361 horsepower. Regarding engine GXP version, the 6.2-liter V8 will untap anything less than 415 horsepower.

By the same token, Mr. Lutz confirmed the release in 2011 of discoverable version of the Chevrolet Camaro and the green light to the production of the Cadillac CTS Coupe.