simmonsmb said:
going off of the introduction of the GTO at last year's show, we should know pricing and when we can start ordering them when they announce the car.
The GTO is not the best example to follow, as it is a bit of a freak in the GM lineup because it is imported (I don’t mean the car is a freak, but how it is handled by corporate is). I believe there were some GTO’s on dealer lots by last years NAIAS, or at least they were out shortly after. At any rate, pricing had been announced because production was underway and orders were being accepted by dealers. Its this late startup to production, and the extra time needed from order to delivery (because the cars must be shipped half way across the world) that makes it an odd-ball case.
The Corvette may be a better example. It was introduced in January at the NAIAS with delivery slated for September. However, pricing wasn’t announced for it until somewhere around summer (maybe late May into June, I cannot remember the exact date). It was around the time that GM corporate began accepting orders from dealers, and just a couple months shy of production. This practice seems to be the GM norm, and it is what I would expect from Pontiac.
That said, I wouldn’t be surprised to see what the final base MSRP will be at the auto show, as long as it is below $20K. However, full pricing probably depends on the actual date the car will begin to be produced, and we still have some uncertainty when that will be.