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General Motors Design posted photos of a concept car that never went into production and that few people knew about, the Pontiac G8, on its official Instagram profile.

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This car is the last concept car produced by Pontiac before GM shut down the brand in 2009. It was created at Advanced Studio in California and was supposed to represent a fully functional vision of future Pontiac design, but it never happened.

The problems for GM started at the beginning of the 21st century when this American multinational automotive manufacturing company began to shut down its brands one by one: Oldsmobile, Hummer and Saturn, and in 2010 they did the same with Pontiac.

Visually, the G8 resembles the sedan of the same name that an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors, Holden (formerly known as General Motors-Holden), sold in Australia under the name Commodore. It should be noted that Holden sold this car around the world under different names: Chevrolet Lumina (Middle East, South East Asia, South Africa), Chevrolet Omega (Brazil) and Holden Commodore (VE). Also, there were other ideas related to the G8, but they all failed in the meantime.

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The Pontiac G8 is a concept that never went into production

General Motors Design has unveiled a special futuristic steering wheel design, reminiscent of a gaming console.

The news was published in a post on Instagram, which shows in which direction the development of the steering wheel is going. The steering wheel is upholstered in leather with buttons for autonomous driving system, while the impact of the driver will be minimal. It is not explained how the steering wheel would work, but some things are obvious.

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There is a touch screen on the steering wheel and it can be used to control the car, just like with game consoles. On the left are the haptic controls for gear selection and braking, while on the right is the setting control button. At the bottom are the menu and home buttons.

Although it could be assumed that it is an electric car, the steering wheel still shows readings for temperature and oil, but not for the condition of the tank. Also, it is visible that the screen shows a speed of 108 mph, which indicates that there will be no electronic limit in the future.

It is hard to expect that the use of this steering wheel could come to life any time soon. First of all, there is no room for an airbag that is legally required.

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