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This One-of-a-Kind Pontiac G8 CST was originally a Pontiac G8 GT given to famed car designer Neil Tjin by General Motors in 2008.

For those unfamiliar with Neil Tjin’s previous works, the West Coast designer has built a number of high-performance Japanese cars including a R34 Skyline sedan with a RB26DETT GT-R engine as well as a carbon-fiber wrapped 240SX. GM asked Neil Tjin to create a Pontiac G8, like no other, so it could tour the country at the SEMA industry trade shows, and make people want to buy a G8, knowing they could make it whatever kind of car they dreamed it to be.

Tjin created a one-of-a-kind G8 CST, built together with California’s Unique Fabrication and features a special Webasto twin-vent sunroof. The car’s exterior is finished in a PPG blue-gray paint scheme and inside there is diamond-stitched two-tone (red/black) leather as well as a Focal audio speaker system with custom subwoofers. The resulting product looked like a corvette was mated with a BMW 5-series.

Unfortunately, Pontiac disappeared, and this left only a handful of Pontiac G8's out there, with this particular G8 having features that none of the others have.

The most amazing feature of this car which you can see (and hear) is the Vortech Supercharger. Vortech made only made one supercharger kit for the G8 and this car has it.

The list of enhancements and upgrades for this car can all be found on the web. What you may not find out is that $30,000 worth of parts and labor was put into this car (on top of the car's base value). You have the have the chance to purchase this car at only a fraction of what it's worth and appraised for.

Before Neil sold the G8, he made it "street driveable" by having the air lift suspension, sports/racing seats (and bar), and promotional stickers removed.

Eibach sport lowering springs were installed as well as the OEM factory passenger and drivers seats. Of course the upholstery on the OEM factory seats matches the $10,000 custom interior that amazed the crowds at the SEMA shows.

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Tue, Feb 7 2017

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Bob Lutz sits down for Autoline Detroit - Click above to watch video after the jump
Autoline Detroit recently played host to Bob Lutz, and, as is always the case, the former General Motors vice chairman dished out some great commentary. Lutz was promoting his new book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business, and talk quickly turned to his role as it related to product development and high-level decision making at GM. While on the topic of brand management, Lutz revealed a few rather interesting tidbits about his former employer:
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