十大归于尘土的汽车品牌

2009年：庞蒂克

    所有消失的汽车品牌中，庞蒂克（Pontiac）是人们最怀念的一个。庞蒂克的历史可追溯到1926年，它塑造了一个平价的高性能汽车制造商的良好形象，旗下产品包括令人难忘的庞蒂克GTO。一直到1988年，庞蒂克仍然是美国第三受欢迎的国内汽车品牌。不过20世纪90年代早期，Fiero停产后，庞蒂克的名字开始更多地打上了通用汽车平台的烙印——缺乏特色，毫无魅力。年轻顾客开始转向进口品牌，庞蒂克只好在日渐萎缩的大马力国产汽车市场陪伴着年老的车主。2010年，在密歇根州通用汽车Orion工厂的装配线上，最后一辆G6孤苦伶仃地下线之后，庞蒂克宣告停产。

2009: Pontiac

    Of all the brands that have disappeared, Pontiac is one of the most sorely missed. With a history stretching back to 1926, it had built a well-established identity as a maker of performance cars at popular prices, like the memorable GTO. As recently as 1988, Pontiac was the third-most-popular domestic car brand in America. But after the demise of the Fiero in the early 1990s, the Pontiac name became mostly associated with badge-engineered GM platforms of little distinction or desire. Younger buyers moved over to import brands and left Pontiac with older owners in a steadily shrinking market for high-horsepower domestic cars. Production ended in 2010 at GM's Orion, Mich. plant when a G6 forlornly made its way down the assembly line.