What is it?
Pontiac G8 GT SEMA Edition
What's special about it?
Except for its custom orange paint, some orange accents scattered around the interior, drilled and slotted brake rotors, and 20-inch wheels and tires, Pontiac's G8 SEMA Edition is simply the production version of the G8 GT that is coming to showrooms next year. That's exciting enough in itself.
The 2008 Pontiac G8 sedan debuted way back at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, so there are no surprises here.
To recap, the G8 is about the size of a BMW 5 Series sedan and it will be built in Australia atop GM's new rear-wheel-drive Zeta platform. The GT version of the G8 is powered by the 6.0-liter version of GM's small-block V8, and this engine is rated at 361 horsepower and 385 pound-feet of torque. In the G8 GT, this V8 is backed by a six-speed automatic transmission with trigger-type shifting, and a six-speed manual transmission will eventually be offered for the 2009 model. The suspension is independent at every corner, the braking is by discs all the way around and there are so many airbags aboard that it could theoretically be rented out as a bouncy castle at a toddler's birthday party. And those four manly exhaust tips are standard equipment.
For a lot of observers at the SEMA show, the most intriguing element of the G8 will be trying to figure out how much of the car's substance will carry over into the forthcoming Camaro.
What's Edmunds' take?
Pontiac's new muscle sedan looks better every time it appears. — John Pearley Huffman, Contributor
Pontiac G8 GT SEMA Edition
What's special about it?
Except for its custom orange paint, some orange accents scattered around the interior, drilled and slotted brake rotors, and 20-inch wheels and tires, Pontiac's G8 SEMA Edition is simply the production version of the G8 GT that is coming to showrooms next year. That's exciting enough in itself.
The 2008 Pontiac G8 sedan debuted way back at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, so there are no surprises here.
To recap, the G8 is about the size of a BMW 5 Series sedan and it will be built in Australia atop GM's new rear-wheel-drive Zeta platform. The GT version of the G8 is powered by the 6.0-liter version of GM's small-block V8, and this engine is rated at 361 horsepower and 385 pound-feet of torque. In the G8 GT, this V8 is backed by a six-speed automatic transmission with trigger-type shifting, and a six-speed manual transmission will eventually be offered for the 2009 model. The suspension is independent at every corner, the braking is by discs all the way around and there are so many airbags aboard that it could theoretically be rented out as a bouncy castle at a toddler's birthday party. And those four manly exhaust tips are standard equipment.
For a lot of observers at the SEMA show, the most intriguing element of the G8 will be trying to figure out how much of the car's substance will carry over into the forthcoming Camaro.
What's Edmunds' take?
Pontiac's new muscle sedan looks better every time it appears. — John Pearley Huffman, Contributor
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