I was caught a little off guard seeing a Pontiac badge in the parking lot. Except for a missing driving light, this was clean enough to be a new car. The Pontiac Matiz was unfortunately a direct descendant of the Daewoo Matiz. In the States, the Pontiac brand was tortured by GM with a Daewoo imported and sold between 1989 and 1993 as the Pontiac Lemans. It seems fitting that GM management decided to torture the last years of Pontiac in Mexico with another awful Daewoo. It is unclear when the Pontiac brand finally breathed its last in Mexico. The car seems to have been badged as late as 2013 with the Pontiac name. It is confusing as some dealers market models as recent as 2015 as Pontiacs even though the cars clearly wear the garish gold bowtie of Chevy. The Matiz saw time under the Chevy umbrella and appeared to continue for sale even as the Spark was introduced and sold
A few spaces down was a Chevy Comfort. The Comfort appeared to be a Chevy offering from the mid 2000's to 2010. Considering the car's diminutive size, Comfort seems a bit ironic for a name.
There was no after-work hiking this evening as I had a flight reservation to take me to Houston then on to Denver and Spokane.
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