2008 Volkswagen Passat Komfort Dekalb Il Near Rockford Illinois

• Slidable folding front center armrest w/storage compartment
• Center console-inc: (2) cup holders
• 4-spoke steering wheel w/height-adjustable telescopic steering column
• Instrumentation-inc: speedometer
• odometer
• trip odometer
• tachometer
• fuel/ temp gauges
• gear indicator
• warning lights
• tire pressure monitoring system
• Headlights-on warning tone
• Seat belt reminder & fuel cap seal warning
• Multi-function trip computer-inc: trip time/length
• average speed/fuel consumption
• outside temp
• Pwr windows-inc: driver-side 1-touch up/down & lockout features
• pinch protection
• window lock-out feature on driver side door
• Central pwr locking system-inc: automatic door locks
• key-operated window open/close
• selective unlocking at driver door
• Remote keyless entry w/trunk release & panic button
• Emergency key stored in key fob
• Cruise control w/stalk-mounted controls
• Remote trunk/fuel door releases located on drivers door
• Audible/visible anti-theft vehicle alarm system-inc: doors
• hood
• trunk
• radio
• starter
• Immobilizer III theft

• Slidable folding front center armrest w/storage compartment
• Center console-inc: (2) cup holders
• 4-spoke steering wheel w/height-adjustable telescopic steering column
• Instrumentation-inc: speedometer
• odometer
• trip odometer
• tachometer
• fuel/ temp gauges
• gear indicator
• warning lights
• tire pressure monitoring system
• Headlights-on warning tone
• Seat belt reminder & fuel cap seal warning
• Multi-function trip computer-inc: trip time/length
• average speed/fuel consumption
• outside temp
• Pwr windows-inc: driver-side 1-touch up/down & lockout features
• pinch protection
• window lock-out feature on driver side door
• Central pwr locking system-inc: automatic door locks
• key-operated window open/close
• selective unlocking at driver door
• Remote keyless entry w/trunk release & panic button
• Emergency key stored in key fob
• Cruise control w/stalk-mounted controls
• Remote trunk/fuel door releases located on drivers door
• Audible/visible anti-theft vehicle alarm system-inc: doors
• hood
• trunk
• radio
• starter
• Immobilizer III theft

Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. We are located in Dekalb, Illinois but we serve all of Northern IL and Chicago. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta, and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com

The brand that put rolling excitement on the road for generations of Americans has come to an end.

 The last Pontiac for the U.S. market was built by General Motors on Wednesday: a white, G6 sedan that rolled off the assembly line in Orion Township around 12:45 p.m.

There was no cake or commemorative banner or senior GM official on hand, and no media were allowed: just a group of “final process” workers to oversee the last 100 G6 models assembled.

Many workers stopped to pose for photos with the last cars as they moved down the assembly line.

It was a subdued goodbye for an 82-year-old brand that debuted under the bright lights of the New York Auto Show in 1926.

GM announced in April that it would phase out Pontiac as part of a bailout orchestrated by the U.S. government.

Unlike the last Oldsmobile, an Alero signed by hundreds of plant workers and donated to the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, the final G6 models will be sold as part of a fleet order.

“It’s sad that a brand that was once as prestigious as Pontiac is leaving the marketplace,” said Tim Jennings, Internet Sales manager of Tom Sparks Auto of DeKalb IL. “However, as usual, we (Tom Sparks Auto) are making the best out of a bad situation. We are committed to our Pontiac driving friends and will continue to sell and service the brand as long as there is a demand for us to do so.” Pontiac was our number 2 seller last year behind Buicks.

For some Pontiac enthusiasts, it’s an inglorious ending for a car line that popularized Silver Streak styling in the 1930s and defined the muscle car era.

The Orion Township plant will be idled and retooled to produce a new small car in 2011.

“We want to survive the next 18 months until we start building GM’s next small car,” said Pat Sweeney, president of UAW Local 5960, the union that represents workers at the factory.

Sweeney said it was a bittersweet time for the plant’s 2,400 employees.

Many of the same workers were building the Oldsmobile Aurora sedan when GM decided to discontinue Olds in December 2000.

In December, the automaker will end production of the Pontiac G3 Wave, a subcompact built in Mexico and sold only in Canada — marking the official end of production for the brand.

Launched in 1926 as a companion to GM’s Oakland division, Pontiac is the third best-selling automobile line of all time in the United States, behind Chevrolet and Ford.

Under GM’s brand hierarchy, it was slotted above Chevrolet and below Oldsmobile, and was favored for years by schoolteachers, the cast of “I Love Lucy,” and other middle-class wage earners.

But it was during the 1960s that the division came into its own, capitalizing on America’s growing thirst for racing and unbridled performance with muscle cars such as the GTO and Firebird.

More than any other GM brand, Pontiac epitomized performance, speed and sex appeal.

“It was the car teenage boys lusted after and teenage girls hoped to be seen in,” said Bob Casey, automotive historian and curator of transportation at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn.

Rivals were forced to follow with similar muscle cars, giving Detroit automakers bragging rights over the cars that Japanese rivals were marketing based on fuel economy, quality and reliability.
Pontiac’s U.S. sales peaked in 1984 at almost 850,000 vehicles, roughly four times as many as it sold last year. Over 83 years, Pontiac sold some 41 million cars and trucks, Automotive News estimates.

For some Pontiac fans, the beginning of the end came during the 1970s, when fuel economy concerns forced GM and other automakers to downsize cars.

Foreign competition and a lack of differentiation from other GM models steadily eroded Pontiac’s customer base.

As its U.S. market share steadily dropped from around 50 percent in the 1960s, analysts repeatedly called for GM to trim its bloated lineup and focus on two or three divisions.

As it did with Oldsmobile in the 1990s, GM tried to resurrect Pontiac in recent years with new rear-wheel drive performance models such as the G8 sports sedan and the Solstice roadster.

Venerable names and models like Bonneville, Grand Prix, Firebird and Grand Am were retired.

But it also continued to market vehicles such as the G3, G5 and Torrent that were not much different than Chevy models. And it relied too heavily on fleet customers and struggled to become profitable again.

“Most Pontiacs haven’t been hot in years,” Casey said. “The consumption ladder that GM used for years — a car for every purse and purpose — no longer worked in the U.S. market.”

“Regardless of what GM is doing with Pontiac, one of our best selling cars has always been the Grand Prix and G6,” Jennings said. “We are proud of our history of selling quality pre-owned Pontiacs to the folks in DeKalb, Sycamore and will continue to do so.”

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Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. We are located in Dekalb, Illinois but we serve all of Northern IL and Chicago. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta, and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com

The arrival of the 2008 & 2009 Hyundai Sonata has got the employees of a premier Dekalb-Sycamore, Il used car dealership excited. The internet sales manager, Tim Jennings, of Tom Sparks Auto, has already seen the success of the 2007 Hyundai Sonata and is thrilled about the upcoming Sonata which has already hit the store. “Already one of our better sellers, the Hyundai Sonata is a great car with great quality. I can only imagine how well the 2008 Sonata will sell once we get it in our showroom. Over the past several years Hyundai has really transformed their company into a global competitor.”

Jennings also spoke about the extremely rare financing opportunity that has recently become available. “For the first time in a long time, we are able to offer our good credit friends interest rates as low as they have been in a while on our pre-owned vehicles. And even if you’ve had a problem or two with your credit, or perhaps you’ve got no credit at all, we can still help.” Jennings and his team of Credit Miracle Workers encourage anyone wanting pre-approval to visit:

https://www.carthink.net/secure_applications/finance/financing.asp?company_name=TomSparksBuickofDekalb

In other Hyundai news, the manufacturer unveiled its newly designed 2011 Sonata on Sept. 17th, 2009. Hyundai says the new design will be key to its goal in reestablishing its image. Hyundai, currently a top automotive manufacturer from South Korea, is looking to continue to climb the overall image ladder until it becomes number 1 in the world.

A recent study by Business Week and Interbrand scored Hyundai as the 8th best global brand, scoring higher than Porsche, Ferrari, and Lexus. Hyundai Motor Corporation believes that the redesigned 2011 Sonata will help gain more momentum in reestablishing their image. The new Sonata sports a longish nose, panoramic sunroof, and a coupe-style design. Hyundai’s Vice Chairman Chung Eui Sun said, “The Sonata will set a new standard for world class mid-size sedans with state of the art technology, superior quality, and emotional design.”

Hyundai plans to sell 450,000 Sonatas per year globally when it enters full production on the model year 2011 Sonata. Sparks Automotive will try to have one of the largest selections on the ever growing popular Sonata model in Northern Illinois.

Tom Sparks Auto is the premier Used Car Dealership in Dekalb-Sycamore IL. They are located in Dekalb, Illinois but they serve all of Northern IL. We even offer FREE transportation to and from Chicago Airports. The cities we serve include Hinckley, Rochelle, Rockford, St Charles, Elgin, Waterman, Shabbona, Malta and anyone looking for Worry-Free Car Buying in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin! At Tom Sparks Automotive we have many Used Cars to choose from including Buick, Pontiac, GMC, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Hyundai and Kia. For more information about Tom Sparks, please visit https://www.tomsparks.com