Pontiac and Holden had a healthy relationship then, with the Holden Maloo imported to the US in 2004 as the GTO, and the Commodore hitting our shores in 2008 as the G8. Both vehicles had ute ...

When referring to Pontiac’s final flagship, the G8, the adage “saving the best ... variants including a two-door coupe utility or “Ute” in Aussie-speak—think Chevrolet’s El Camino ...

Part of the production increase can be attributed to the Pontiac G8's impending arrival, but there have been cagey references to importing the VE Ute, which shares the VE platform with the G8.

For those of you interested in picking up one of the new Pontiac G8 ST utes when they come to the US next year there's good news. In a recent round of ute/pickup crash testing in Australia ...