Official U.S. sales figures for Pontiac G3 / Wave, 2009/2010 (R.I.P.)

[MetroMPG]

Poor little Pontiac...

(FYI, see Aveo sales stats...)



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Its first month of sales in the US (Canada had the Wave / G3 from the 2004 model year) was February 2009 (80 sold). The company officially announced the demise of the Pontiac brand just 2 months later, on April 27th.

GM's own sales stats show a total of 6233 G3's sold between Feb 2009 and Jan. 2010, the last month they break down Pontiac sales by individual model:

Feb-09        80
Mar-09        141
Apr-09        197
May-09        282
Jun-09        515
Jul-09        1100
Aug-09        2563
Sep-09        312
Oct-09        227
Nov-09        173
Dec-09        633
Jan-10        10

Total         6233

Not suprisingly, the two best months for the G3 coincided with the "Cash for Aveos" (see earlier post) ... I mean Cash for Clunkers... program, when 1100 (Jul) + 2563 (Aug) of these puppies rolled out the door.

So if you've got one, hang on to this future collectible! Only ~6233 sold in the U.S., compared to over 370,000 Aveos since its launch in 2003 as a 2004 model.

Subcompactculture.com has a short story on the G3's short history ( http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/0 ... ac-g3.html ), and Jalopnik figures it's "One of Seven Cars that Killed Pontiac" ( http://jalopnik.com/5231336/seven-cars- ... ed-pontiac ).

[thehunterooo]

you could make a G3 by changing the front bumper and sterring wheel

not like ponitac did much to change it lol

[MetroMPG]

And would you be satisfied with a paint-by-numbers Mona Lisa as well?

[petrified.rabbit]

the dash is very different in the g3 as well..

but gm only released them in the us to get rid of the inventory to sell of pontiac... otherwise NONE would have been sold here. Correct?

[thehunterooo]

the dash is very different in the g3 as well..

but gm only released them in the us to get rid of the inventory to sell of pontiac... otherwise NONE would have been sold here. Correct?

forgot about the dash and gauge cluster, which i love, too bad they didnt bring that pontiac style to the aveos

i wonder if a dashes could be switched too?