With gasoline prices at record highs, this isn't the best time to launch a high-performance muscle car. But Pontiac's Australia-built G8 has won praise from auto writers for its performance, handling and interior. Here's a sampling of the reviews:
-- All in all, this is the best-performing sedan in the segment. — David Thomas, Cars.com
-- Obvious cheap-outs are absent. A soft-touch plastic skin with a high-tech mesh pattern covers the upper dash and looks classy, as does the fine-weave headliner. — Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver
-- What you might not expect is the car's European sport sedanlike ride and handling balance. We don't throw BMW analogies around lightly, but the G8's ability to make haste on twisting tarmac while coddling its passengers in commendable comfort is genuinely Bimmer-like, faltering only in the brake pedal's undue softness.” — Edmunds.com
-- It has to be the performance bargain of the year. $31,845 for a big, powerful, quick, V-8-powered rear-wheel-drive sedan that's light on its feet and fun to drive? What's not to like? No, the mileage isn't great if you drive around with your foot in it all the time, and the exterior design is only marginally acceptable, but the car is definitely worth serious consideration if you want real performance for under $32,000. — Peter DeLorenzo, Autoextremist.com
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