
Yet, the ascending beltline and the lowered nose made the Torrent looks sporty enough for an SUV of its size. The clear cuts for the headlights and the rounded fog lights mounted in the bumper were not exactly on the same page.

Pontiac had its specific front fascia, which looked excellent on coupes such as Firebird or GTO, but on the Torrent, it wasn't exactly a match made in heaven.
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While in Europe it made the Chevrolet Captiva, in the U.S., it was the Equinox that gave its underpinnings to its Pontiac sibling. Since it already had an impressive experience in building such vehicles, it tried to sell them worldwide under different brands. In the mid-2000s, the SUV market was rising, and Chevrolet knew it.

GM tried to revive the Pontiac brand with the introduction of a new SUV on the market, the Torrent, which shared its platform with the Chevrolet Equinox and the European Opel Antara.
