It seems as if the Pontiac G8 sport truck, announced over the weekend and scheduled for its debut at this week?s New York International Auto Show, came straight out of the blue. Sure, we knew Australian buyers could choose a GM-built, Holden-badged ute for decades now, but we had little idea, save for a few hints here and there over the last few months, that GM had thought of bringing a sedan-pickup back to the United States. But it appears somebody in GM yearned for the return of the El Camino SS more than a decade ago. On the same trip to the GM Heritage Center where I spotted the awesomest Aztek I?ve ever seen, I grabbed a couple snaps of this 1994-1996 Impala SS-based El Camino SS. At first glance it appeared to have used a slightly modified body from a Caprice station wagon with a Plexiglas-type rear window. The concept seems to have debuted in 1995 and, according to what I could glean, could have entered production, but the increasing popularity of GM?s SUVs during the mid-1990s sidelined the El Camino. It?s only now that gas has become so expensive and SUV and big truck buyers started looking for more wallet-friendly options has the sedan-pickup idea has turned into a reality. Funny how things work out that way.
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