In April 2009, after GM announced the discontinuation of the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010, CEO Fritz Henderson stated that the Solstice would not continue under another GM brand.
Although they considered selling the Wilmington plant and the Solstice/Sky products to an outside business, the Wilmington assembly plant closed in July 2009.In October 2009, the DeLorean Motor Company expressed interest in continuing production of the Solstice, but production has not resumed to date.
The base G8, referred to in Pontiac sales literature as the "G8 Sedan", is available with a 3.6 liter High Feature V6 engine, producing 256 horsepower (191 kW). The only transmission available is a five-speed GM 5L40-E automatic; fuel economy is officially rated at 17 mpg-US (14 L/100 km) city/25 mpg-US (9.4 L/100 km) highway.
Following the development of the Zeta architecture and because of its position as the GM global center of RWD development, GM Holden in Australia led the final design, engineering, and development of the Camaro.
However, the new Camaro will be produced at the Oshawa Car Assembly manufacturing plant in Canada. Chevrolet Camaro Wallpapers Chevrolet Camaro 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1/4 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2010 Chevy Camaro | Chevrolet On a New Chevrolet Camaro! 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Chevrolet Camaro Wallpapers The new Camaro appeared 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Pics 2010 Chevy Camaro | Chevrolet Chevrolet Camaro 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Pictures 2,750 jobs would have been lost at the Oshawa manufacturing plant which had been originally scheduled to be closed in 2008; some of these jobs were saved due to the new Camaro's production. This new product program and conversion of the Oshawa plant to a state of the art flexible manufacturing facility represented a US$740,000,000 investment.
