A true coupe turned sports car
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So, you believe you know your cars now, do you? Well, think about this to be a test of your knowledge of Pontiac history. 21 Pontiacs are featured here : some are current models while others are truly classic in every sense of the word, all the way back to the early 1960s.
6000 – Full sized [or almost] front wheel drive sedan of the 1980s.
Aztec – hideous is as nauseating does. This crossover car abashed the Pontiac fleet for 2 years during the early 00s.
Bonneville – Full sized Pontiac sedan excitement retired in 2005 after more than 40 years of service. Part of GM’s huge restructuring and retiring of top model names.
Catalina – This model hearkens back to the mid 60s when two door hard tops ruled the day. Discontinued during the late 70s during GM’s’down sizing’ shell game days.
Fiero – Mid-engine sport two-seater built for Pontiac during the go-go 80s. GM reached into their parts bin and took out Chevette and other components to form this tiny roadster.
Firebird – It doesn’t need to be said that this’pony’ car is sorely missed. The good news is that it could be back by the point the 2009 model year rolls around.
Firefly – Twin to the Geo Metro, the Firefly was Pontiac’s three cylinder captive import of the late eighties to mid nineties.
G6 – Current compact model in Pontiac’s arms depot available in rakish coupe or sporty sedan.
Grand Am — With its 1973 debut, the Grand Am quickly became the division’s mid-range performance car. Quit in 2005 with a number of other Pontiac model names.
Grand Prix – concealed tail lights and a concave back window marked the Grand Prix’s 1963 debut. The car has survived GM’s model name shake out and today’s car is a medium-sized, front wheel drive sports sedan.
GTO – Introduced in 1967, the GTO was a true coupe turned sports car. Eliminated in the 1970s, the GTO is back thanks to GM’s Australian division, Holden. Rear wheel drive and a gigantic V8 too.
LeMans – Originally a tempest model, the LeMans became its own model once the tempest name was quit in the 1970s. Retired in the mid 1990s after an inexpensive Korean car was allowed to carry its name. Sheesh!
Montana — A minivan for Pontiac, if not for the ages.
Parisienne – during the 1980s Pontiac needed a version of the Chevrolet Caprice. This full sized, rear wheel drive sedan filled the bill.
Phoenix – Part of GM’s’X cars’ of compact import fighting vehicles introduced during 1979 as a 1980 model.
Sunbird – nothing apart from a rebadged Chevy Cavalier.
Sunfire – Compact coupe retired in 2005 as a part of, you guessed, GM’s model restructuring.
Sunrunner – nothing except a rebadged Geo/Chevy Tracker.
Tempest – From the early sixties until the early seventies, the term’muscle car’ befit this hot coupe. Particularly nice as a convertible!
Trans Sport – ugly looking minivan that debuted in the early 1990s. Mercifully replaced years after by the Montana.
Vibe – A currently produced compact 5 door sport lorry ; cousin to the Toyota Matrix.
So, there you have it. At least another half dozen models were left out from this period of time and many models that dated back to the division’s founding as a part of the Oakland vehicle Company in 1926. Pontiac excitementhave you caught it yet?
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