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Upcoming: #carchat 8

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on April 29, 2009

Filed under GM, General Motors, Government, Future, Green, Mileage, Classic, Japan, History, Misc, Discussion, Social Media, carchat, lifestyle, Pontiac, design, Pontiac

Tonight, on news of Pontiac's demise (it is Pontiac Death Week here on vLane, after all), we base our discussion around obsolete cars, trucks, and brands. Also, the company in charge of promoting BBC's Top Gear here in America has given us some Season 10 DVDs to give away, so check out the #carchat How-To, or click through for a #carchat widget. Anyone can join us at 8PM EST tonight, on Twitter.

This week:

• Discussion: Did Pontiac deserve to die?
• Discussion: Looking at "obsolete" brands, what do they have in common?
• Discussion: The Tata Nano, the Smart fortwo, the Geely iG…how small will cars get before we end up commuting in the Peel P50?
• Giveaway: Top Gear Season 10 DVD.

So click through and read a few links related to tonight's discussion.

Discussion: Did Pontiac deserve to die?

Required reading:

• Pontiac editorial on autoextremist.com
• Pontiac Aztec on Time's 50 Worst Cars list
• Jalopnik.com's 10 Best Pontiacs list

Discussion: Looking at "obsolete" brands, what do they have in common?

Required reading:

• "Dead brands dying" on The Truth About Cars.com
• A list of most popular discontinued brands
• Forgotten luxury car brands on Businessweek.com

Discussion: The Tata Nano, the Smart fortwo, the Geely iG…how small will cars get before we end up commuting in the Peel P50?

Required reading:

• The Microcar Museum
• "Why our love of small cars didn't last" on the New York Times.com
• Gordon Murray's upcoming T25 city car

How to follow a discussion on Twitter

Three easy steps:

• Sign up for Twitter
• Load up #carchat in a new tab in your web browser.
• On your Twitter homepage, use the box (and 140 characters) to say something pertinent to the discussion. Reply directly to someone by putting an "@" in front of their Twitter name. Be sure to add "#carchat" to whatever you say during the discussion, so that others following along can read what you've written — or questions you may have asked.

Or, just have this window open and watch this widget…be warned, though, it won't update in realtime.

Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.