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06-16-2006, 12:55 PM
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=115773#4
DETROIT — It looks as if Pontiac has another hot convertible on its hands: The 2006 G6 convertible is flying off dealer lots.
Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson told Inside Line that the G6 convertible is selling at an average transaction price of $31,300 as of June. The G6 convertible has a base price of $28,490, including a $650 shipping charge. The G6 convertible is averaging five days on dealer lots.
"The '07s are already in production, and there shouldn't be an extended time for people to wait for the G6 convertible," Hopson said.
The car is built at the GM plant in Lake Orion, Michigan, on the same lines as the coupe and sedan models of the G6. Hopson said the plan is to build 15,000-20,000 2007 G6 convertibles, but the factory has the flexibility to build as many as 30,000-35,000 a year, or roughly 25 percent of total G6 volume.
Production of the 2007 Pontiac Solstice will begin at the end of June in Wilmington, Delaware. GM sold 17,000 2006 Solstices and will build 20,000 for the '07 model year. "The '07 Solstice is not sold out, but there is a waiting list of a couple of months," Hopson said.
He said the average transaction price for the '06 Solstice is approximately $24,000, more than $3,500 over the car's base price of $20,490. One of the top options on the Solstice is $795 chrome-plated aluminum wheels. Hopson said 25 percent of Solstice buyers add that item to the convertible. A turbo Solstice GXP will debut in the fall and account for about 40 percent of total volume, or approximately 8,000 units.
Perhaps the best news for Pontiac is the renewed interest in the brand on the West Coast. Pontiac says 2006 retail sales increased by 9.7 percent in Los Angeles over 2005 numbers and were up 16.9 percent in San Francisco in the same time period. "These are places we don't do traditionally well in," Hopson said. "It tells us we are starting to turn the corner and get back on people's radar screens."
DETROIT — It looks as if Pontiac has another hot convertible on its hands: The 2006 G6 convertible is flying off dealer lots.
Pontiac spokesman Jim Hopson told Inside Line that the G6 convertible is selling at an average transaction price of $31,300 as of June. The G6 convertible has a base price of $28,490, including a $650 shipping charge. The G6 convertible is averaging five days on dealer lots.
"The '07s are already in production, and there shouldn't be an extended time for people to wait for the G6 convertible," Hopson said.
The car is built at the GM plant in Lake Orion, Michigan, on the same lines as the coupe and sedan models of the G6. Hopson said the plan is to build 15,000-20,000 2007 G6 convertibles, but the factory has the flexibility to build as many as 30,000-35,000 a year, or roughly 25 percent of total G6 volume.
Production of the 2007 Pontiac Solstice will begin at the end of June in Wilmington, Delaware. GM sold 17,000 2006 Solstices and will build 20,000 for the '07 model year. "The '07 Solstice is not sold out, but there is a waiting list of a couple of months," Hopson said.
He said the average transaction price for the '06 Solstice is approximately $24,000, more than $3,500 over the car's base price of $20,490. One of the top options on the Solstice is $795 chrome-plated aluminum wheels. Hopson said 25 percent of Solstice buyers add that item to the convertible. A turbo Solstice GXP will debut in the fall and account for about 40 percent of total volume, or approximately 8,000 units.
Perhaps the best news for Pontiac is the renewed interest in the brand on the West Coast. Pontiac says 2006 retail sales increased by 9.7 percent in Los Angeles over 2005 numbers and were up 16.9 percent in San Francisco in the same time period. "These are places we don't do traditionally well in," Hopson said. "It tells us we are starting to turn the corner and get back on people's radar screens."