I have a friend that is a Pontiac dealer. I asked him about the availability of a manual transmissions and he sent me the hot sheets. Looks like no luck so far. Here they are:

PONTIAC HOT SHEET - October 12, 2007



Sales Items Reference
Latest Incentives:
$ BPG Incentives... Attached is a summary for your information.

Launch Items:
G8 Launch Update ...

a.. G8 Micro-Site now live at Pontiac.com/G8
b.. Vehicles expected to arrive in late Q1 2008.
c.. First Consensus is planned for December 2007.
d.. Pattern orders will be available for dealers with earned
allocation to tag on-line starting in January 2008. Stay tuned for more
details.
e.. G8 Order Guide, Order Workbench, and AutoBook now available.
f.. G8 spread with "coming soon" is featured on pages 2-3 of the new
2008 Pontiac product catalog (available now).
g.. G8 intro ad spreads are in November issues of select enthusiast
magazines including Motor Trend, Automobile, Road & Track, Car & Driver, and
Autoweek, most dropping in early October.
h.. First G8 IDL broadcast featuring product and marketing
highlights/updates is scheduled for late November 2007. Stay tuned for date
and times.
i.. 28-City G8 product training tour planned to start in early 2008.
Stay tuned for more details.

G8 Pricing Announced ... G8 Sedan (V6) will start at $27,595 including
DFC and the G8 GT (V8) will start at $29,995 including DFC.

G8 in the News ...
"We're pretty impressed that GM managed to keep the base price below
$28,000 ... Mark our words, this car will sell out, at least in its first
year of production and perhaps one or two after that." John Neff, Autoblog,
October 2, 2007

"Zigging the zags up the switchbacks of Palomar Mountain, both G8
versions showed genuine cornering poise with trustworthy grip, suppressed
body roll, solid chassis rigidity, and ... tangible steering feedback ...
the V-8 attacks grades with a mighty shove and a barrel-chested bellow from
its twin tailpipes. The G8 GT will be quick, with 60-mph times likely to
fall in the low-five-second range." Car and Driver, November issue, after
test driving non-US global versions

"Just prior to the end of the drive, we stop near the Hoover Dam for a
few quick grab shots. A guy in his early 20s comes up and says, 'I don't
know what that is, but I like it.'" Motor Trend, November issue, on a drive
with GM engineers.
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"b.. Vehicles expected to arrive in late Q1 2008."

Darn.
- Ray
Who was hoping for a January 2nd test drive...

I just talked to a dealer friend of mine today and he said they got the word yesterday that they could start taking orders in Dec and the date to get the car was early to mid Feb. Thats from his Pontiac rep.

I just talked to a dealer friend of mine today and he said they got the word yesterday that they could start taking orders in Dec and the date to get the car was early to mid Feb. Thats from his Pontiac rep.I had heard too (2 wks ago) that they would be able to tag a car in December, and arrival would be late Feb, but now they say in that 10/12 update that the tag date will be in Jan, and delivery is in late Q1 which is late March - sounds like another month late :cry: BTW - tagging a car means they can select from GM pre-selected optioned cars and colors, so good luck with your selection the first time around.

Actually with so few options to choose from, premium package, sport package, sunroof and who would not order at least two of those three? And what, only 6 colors, sounds like there should be plenty of cars exactly like a person would spec. (barring manual tranny)

Actually with so few options to choose from, premium package, sport package, sunroof and who would not order at least two of those three? And what, only 6 colors, sounds like there should be plenty of cars exactly like a person would spec. (barring manual tranny)

Werd!! There cant be that many confgurations with so little options and colors. I want be in the market for a G8 until dec '08/jan '09 anyway so hopefully more options and colors will be out or i can find a steal on a 08MY.