The G6 was introduced by Pontiac for the 2006 model year as its midsize car, replacing the outgoing Grand Am. The alphanumeric designation, I guess, was supposed to make it sound more modern and sporty.
Whereas the '05 Grand Am had been on the N-body chassis, shared with the Olds Alero and Chevy Malibu, the new car was on GM's global Epsilon platform, used on everything from the Fiat Croma to the Saab 9-3.
The G6 received a slight styling refresh midway through the 2009 model year, which this Summit White sedan has, creating a "2009½" model, however that was to be the final model year for all coupes and convertibles.
The basic sedan, a big seller to rental fleets, carried on through 2010, among the last Pontiacs made or sold, as the entire brand was a goner for 2011. This particular hooptie is almost certainly an ex-rental, with the normally-aspirated LE5 ECOTEC 2.4L under the hood, flailing out 164 SAE net horsepower.
This one was snapped with a Sony a700 and 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens in May of 2025.
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