2008 Pontiac G6 Value Leader 1 from North America - Comments

Nothing has happened to take this car back to the dealer.

Although nothing has happened mechanically to this car, I'm not at all happy with it. I wish I had rented one for a couple of weeks before I bought it.

The noise from the 4 cylinder motor is grating. I hate to have to accelerate hard because of the drone of the motor. Funny it didn't sound like that during my test drive, but a few months down the road it just keeps getting louder. My mechanic told me it's just the noise of a 4 cylinder. You'd think it would have better sound proofing in the cab.

Also the suspension is awful. I feel every crack and bump in the road. Believe it or not I looked under the car to make sure they installed the shocks when they built it. My Dodge truck (which I traded because of the mpg) was quieter and had a smoother ride.

I'm not going to own this car long, so if you're considering this car for gas saving, listen to that motor closely during your test drive, and instead of driving on smooth asphalt find a side road with gravel and cracks, that'll show you what the ride is really going to be like.

In its favor, it's a nice looking car, great mpg and lots of room in the cab.

I bought my Pontiac G6 brand new in June of 2008. I too wish I had rented one because I would not have purchased this. I have a 6 cylinder, gas mileage is horrible. I'm only getting about 20mpg doing city driving. This is a small thing, but where the door lock is makes it uncomfortable to drive if you put your arm up on the window. I'm not exactly thrilled with it, but guess I am stuck for the next 4 1/2 years with this car until it is paid off.

You wonder why GM is having such difficulty when this is one of the cars they make to compete with the Accord & the Camry.

I think the Malibu and the Fusion are very competitive in this class. Other than those, the American manufacturers have dropped the ball in the class.

A four cylinder being 'grating'? Yeah that's what the 2.4 sounds like. It's always sounded like that. You've probably just got more used to it. I hate the G6, simply because of its looks, but I'll stick up for it against your comments. You seriously checked to see if the shocks were installed? Wow. The G6 does very much so have a tight suspension, you can even feel it thru the wheel, but looking to see if there are struts/shocks on the car??? C'mon.

Well I'm thinking of buying one. To me it's a hard decision, as I'm one who is "old school" and thinks front wheel drive is WAY over rated. Let me put it this way, I drive a '96 woody Caprice wagon with the Lt1 5.7L in it. The ride is cool, the power and take-off awesome - especially for that size of a car. The G6 4cyl. that I tried took 19 "kid" seconds to get to 100km/h, the woody --- 9. But the only reason is that there are so many discounts on it and it will get great gas mileage, so for my first new car ever (I'm 45) I'm hoping the hosing you get on depreciation in the first few years will be lessened. But I'm still undecided. I'd rather have a G8.