Celebrating the Best of Pontiac
Michael Schlee
At the end of the year Pontiac will cease to exist. Whether you view this as a sad day, or long overdue, one thing is for certain; Pontiac has made some of the most memorable vehicles over the past 52 years.
1965 Pontiac GTO
Who could forget the GTO, the Trans Am or the Fiero? Who can forget (although you might wish you could) the Aztek, the T1000 or the last generation Bonneville? These cars (and others) will remain in our consciousness years after the make has stopped production.
So you may be asking yourself, ‘Why 52 years and not 50?’ Well, in 1959 Pontiac started to use their trademark ‘Widetrack’ design and split grill nose. This ushered in the modern era of Pontiac.
So take a look below at some highlights (and lowlights) of Pontiacs over the past 52 years.
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- 1959 Pontiac Bonneville
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- 1960 Pontiac Catalina
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- 1961 Pontiac Tempest
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- 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix
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- 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Coupe
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- 1964 Pontiac GTO
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- 1965 Pontiac GTO
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- 1966 Pontiac Catalina
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- 1967 Pontiac Firebird
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- 1968 Pontiac GTO
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- 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix
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- 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
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- 1971 Pontiac Grand Ville
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- 1972 Pontiac GTO
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- 1973 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 1974 Pontiac Firebird
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- 1975 Pontiac Astre
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- 1976 Pontiac Sunbird
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- 1977 Pontiac Can Am
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- 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix
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- 1979 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 1980 Pontiac Phoenix
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- 1981 Pontiac T1000 Acadian
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- 1982 Pontiac Firebird
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- 1983 Pontiac 6000
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- 1984 Pontiac Fiero
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- 1985 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 1986 Pontiac Fiero
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- 1987 Pontiac Bonneville
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- 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix
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- 1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am
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- 1990 Pontiac Trans Sport
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- 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP
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- 1992 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 1993 Pontiac Firebird
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- 1994 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi
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- 1995 Pontiac Sunfire
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- 1996 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix GT
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- 1998 Pontiac Firebird Formula
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- 1999 Pontiac Grand Am
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- 2000 Pontiac Bonneville
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- 2001 Pontiac Aztek
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- 2002 Pontiac Firebird Collectors Edition
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- 2003 Pontiac Vibe
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- 2004 Pontiac GTO
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- 2005 Pontiac G6 GT
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- 2006 Pontiac Solstice
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- 2007 Pontiac G5 GT
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- 2008 Pontiac G8 GT
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- 2009 Pontiac Solstice Coupe
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- 2010 Pontiac Vibe
Tags: Bonneville, catalina, discontinued, fiero, firebird, GM, Grand Am, grand prix, GTO, le mans, Michael Schlee, pontiac, Trans Am
GM decision to drop the Pontiac line, in my opinion was the wrong thing to do. Pontiac was always the leader in the GM line for new ideas and style that was always ahead of the other divisions. I have owned 6 models in the past 30 years, and never had any problems with them, always provided safe reliable transportation that was fun to drive. Comfort and sport styling was the key for why I always looked to Pontiac versus any other GM line. Sorry to see them go.
pontiac and gmc are what they are utility cars
some, but few may call even call them reliable, which in my opinoin they are NOT.;;’
toyota is but one of the brands that has dominated the auto market
this is because of 3 simple reason, which are pogress, progress, progress
now im not talking up japanese import cars, or german car but the facts dont lie american cars are not good, at all
now u say youve been through 6 models, wow, ive owned my toyota camary for 14 years with out ANY magour problem and fuel efficency i can live with
the day an american car reaches over 450, 000 clicks with out ONE majour issue is the day it can compete in the bigs
the end of pontiac is the start to progress, we will just see how ford can compare, and no i dont expect much from ford either, seen way too many NEWER models die
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