Living in Detroit, I see some unique cars on the road. Many are factory masked/camo cars in which are pre-production being road tested. It's not often that I see a car I can't identify, regardless of make, and even the pre-production cars can't fool me. I can often still determine at least the make, if not what future model it will be.
Today, I spotted a production car, that from a distance had me going "WTF is that?" As I got closer, I could read it's badges: Pontiac G3. A G3? Really? They built those? Obviously, the gearhead in my had absolutely zero interest in the car itself, yet I couldn't help but scratch my head wondering "When the hell did they build this?" They guy was next to me as we waited in traffic, so I inquired. It was a 2009, apparently built only one year, and was based upon a Chevy Aveo.
He said he gets a lot of people who ask about it. I can only assume it's a pretty "rare" car, as I have never seen one before, and in my line of work (law enforcement) I see a lot of cars and obviously pay great attention to makes/models. As rare is it may be, the econo-box piece of shit did nothing for me, and isn't my style any way. Yet like I said, I couldn't let it go, I had to inquire about it.
Anybody else come across a car lately on the road that threw you, where you just weren't able to figure out what it was?
Today, I spotted a production car, that from a distance had me going "WTF is that?" As I got closer, I could read it's badges: Pontiac G3. A G3? Really? They built those? Obviously, the gearhead in my had absolutely zero interest in the car itself, yet I couldn't help but scratch my head wondering "When the hell did they build this?" They guy was next to me as we waited in traffic, so I inquired. It was a 2009, apparently built only one year, and was based upon a Chevy Aveo.
He said he gets a lot of people who ask about it. I can only assume it's a pretty "rare" car, as I have never seen one before, and in my line of work (law enforcement) I see a lot of cars and obviously pay great attention to makes/models. As rare is it may be, the econo-box piece of shit did nothing for me, and isn't my style any way. Yet like I said, I couldn't let it go, I had to inquire about it.
Anybody else come across a car lately on the road that threw you, where you just weren't able to figure out what it was?
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