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On April 27, 2009, GM announced they were ending the Pontiac brand. Often, another competitor in the range of GM's lineup of the brand was built on vehicles from other plates rebadged GM. Their swan song is a powerful rear-wheel drive sedan listening Back to Bonneville and Le Mans models who has struggled with many other brands for supremacy in the muscle car era. Ironically, this modern version is also a rebadged vehicle: Australian Holden Commodore.

While NASCAR has increased from tram cars modified for racing-spec, Australian V8 Supercars race series has remained close to the stock cars they are based on, adding race engines, hoops, and minor aerodynamic tweeks. As the rally racing, the rules for registration of series Supercars require Holden to offer a number of road-legal vehicles for sale to the public. While the World Rally Championship has Mitsubishi Evos and Subaru Impreza STI, Holden Special Vehicles (HSV), built Clubsport models for this purpose. The end result is a modern rear-wheel drive car powered by GM's legendary small block V8.

Seeking to return to the roots of brand performance, GM sold the Commodore in the states: first in the form of cutting the GTO, and later as the G8 four door. The top-of-the-line GXP is powered by an LS3 6.2L V8, the same engine used in the current Corvette. It produces 415hp and can reach 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, but only manages an EPA-estimated mpg 15 city/20 highway, away from the Corvette. The G8 has been regularly offered with a Corvette LS2 Australian version of 2006, handle 15 city/24 mpg highway, slightly less than the base V6.

The bet was not a success, which may be a good thing for buyers. The vehicle becomes a rather ordinary market performance to massive reductions Please mark death, put it in the price range for a regular family sedan. It may not be the end for the Commodore Americanized, as there are rumors it will be reduced as a Chevrolet, but only as a police car.