05-14-2008, 03:04 PM
G8's are great cars, built on the Holden Commodore.
wrong there, Pontiac and BMW have both been doing the split grill for a LONG time. Its more along the lines that both companies went with a split grill seperately. Both split grill designs can be traced back to the beginning of the century.
1929 Pontiac Roadster, notice the split grill.
![[Image: 1929PontiacRoadster.jpg]](http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Pontiac/1929PontiacRoadster.jpg)
1932 BMW 303
![[Image: 303_thumb.jpg]](http://bmw.mapledesign.ca/images/303_thumb.jpg)
The split grill had gone through changes with both companies but its pretty much something that both companies have done. Pontiac did not emphasize it as much, some think it may be due to World War I being that BMW is a German company.
DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 Wrote:I thought the same thing...very BMW like shape from the side, and Pontiac swiped the split front grill design from BMW about 30 years ago!
wrong there, Pontiac and BMW have both been doing the split grill for a LONG time. Its more along the lines that both companies went with a split grill seperately. Both split grill designs can be traced back to the beginning of the century.
1929 Pontiac Roadster, notice the split grill.
1932 BMW 303
The split grill had gone through changes with both companies but its pretty much something that both companies have done. Pontiac did not emphasize it as much, some think it may be due to World War I being that BMW is a German company.
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