The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Back in March at the New York Auto Show, Brian Shipman of Pontiac told me that the G8 ST (Sport Truck) - a direct import of the Australian Holden Ute - would not offer a V6. It made sense, as this was a glamour truck rather than a work vehicle. Since they figured 40 - [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Pontiac has announced it will begin selling the Holden Ute, a car-based pickup much like the sporty haulers that Americans had known years earlier as the Chevrolet El Camino and Ford Ranchero.
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
We’ve been receiving DOTS Bonus Edition photos at a rate faster than we can post them at the current pace, so today we’re going to have a special Bonus DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, with a series of vehicles captured in the wild by our readers. Today’s theme will be Down On The California Street, and the first [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
We've been receiving DOTS Bonus Edition photos at a rate faster than we can post them at the current pace, so today we're going to have a special Bonus DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, with a series of vehicles captured in the wild by our readers. Today's theme will be Down On The California Street, and the first machine is this Holden ute that Froggmann found in Anaheim. How many California cities can you name...
Top Speed (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Posted on 04.21.2008 15:39 by Simona Filed under: Holden | pickup trucks | Holden Ute | special editions | Australia GM Holden will unveil its new value-packed VE Ute 60th Anniversary Special Editionat the National 4x4 Show in Brisbane this week. Adding to an already impressive list of standard features including ESP(r) and 18-inch alloy wheels, the VE Ute 60th Anniversary Special Edition boasts over...
Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
A CAIRNS man involved in a love triangle allegedly rigged a crude home-made car bomb to his ex-mate's Holden ute, but it fell off in traffic.
CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Whilst Pontiac introduced its all-new, Holden Ute based vehicle to the public at the New York Auto Show as the G8 Sport Truck (details here), that will not be the car’s name when it enters the North American market in late 2009. As many of our readers are already aware, Pontiac has launched an online competition where consumers can propose a name for the G8 Sport Truck. According to GM, the
Truckblog News (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Here's our weekly Monday morning re-cap of our top blogs from last week, that are note worthy: • Man Converts Hummer H3 Into Remote Controlled Truck • Friday Beerblog: ''Da Hulk'' Crazy Lifted Holden UTE Pickup Truck • New Kia Motors Corp Unibody Pickup Truck • Hummer H3T Pickup Truck Put To The Test • IntelliStick Monitors Your Motor • Mopar Introduces A New 3 Year Or 100,000 Mile Warranty • 2009...
Top Speed (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Posted on 03.21.2008 11:40 by Ralph Kalal Filed under: | rumors | New York Auto Show | trucks Amid the hoopla of the New York Auto Show and GM's preview of the upcoming Pontiac version of the Holden ute produced in Australia – what we'd call the El Camino of today – comes a dissenting opinion, presented by one Peter M. DeLorenzo, the voice of AutoExtremist.com. DeLorenzo thinks the things going to...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Considering everything under the skin of the new Pontiac G8 El Camino sport truck is basically a Holden Ute, it stands to reason all the modifications done to this truck-car could be done to our sport truck. How would you feel about a 926 HP El Camino? We would feel pretty good about it, all seven seconds we drove it before planting it into a wall somewhere. The mega-hoons at C.A.P.A. Performance...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
I've made no secret of my excitement about the imminent arrival of the Aussie-sourced, rear wheel-drive Pontiac G8. Today, GM announced that they're bringing the Holden Ute as a Pontiac. And though you get to vote for the name (Alfa Romeo recently did this for the MI.To and ignored the result), "Chevy El Camino" is not an option. And then there's the G8 GXP. To inject a little excitement into what...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
THE Holden ute is set to be exported to the United States as a Pontiac, but Americans don't know what to call the new "pick-up".
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
THE Holden ute is heading to the United States, with GM Holden set to export the Aussie icon.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
A few weeks ago we, along with our friends at PickupTruck.com , were given exclusive access to a vehicle whose return we've been anticipating for what seems like forever. Today our prayers to the General have been answered -- the El Camino is back! In January we reported this re-bodied Holden Ute would be called the 2010 Pontiac G8 ST , and like a Phoenix rising screamin' from the ashes of a bygone...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Given the current QOTD , it seems only right to have an Aussie-themed Bonus Classic Ad Watch today, so here ya go! This ad sort of reminds us of Robert Crumb's History of America , with its small towns evolving into McMansion-filled edge cities and tiny utes morphing into somewhat larger versions. But, by God, the Aussies never stopped making cars with truck beds, while Los Norteamericanos cruelly...
