Tag: Pontiac
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Collectible Pontiac Aztek?
The seller pitches this as the “next collectible car.” This is the Rally Edition, but I just don’t see it as collectible. This car will be much like an AMC Pacer – they will appear at shows and cars and coffee events, but that won’t make them valuable. One thing I can guarantee is that…
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Much of the GTO Experience for Le$$
There are plenty of examples of the Pontiac LeMans out there, but many are stripped of options or have been turned into fake GTOs. Hopefully, this cool example won’t suffer that fate. This one is well optioned, including a 350, four-speed manual and air conditioning. Sure, it doesn’t have the GTO’s 400 or 455 engine,…
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Pre-Ecoboost Convertible Pontiac Turbo
When it launched, the Pontiac Solstice GXP with Ecoboost turbo, along with the G8, made for arguably the most interesting Pontiac lineup in decades. In classic GM fashion, that means it was time to kill off the entire brand. This was similar to the Fiero and Cadillac Allante fix-then-kill strategy. Many forget that the Solstice…
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What’s weirder than a sideways, pushrod V8?
Probably, a great many things are weirder; but this is still entertaining, to say the least. I don’t believe those hood scoops were stock on this scooptie, but the transverse-mounted 5.3L pushrod driving the front wheels was indeed. GM shoehorned an LS4 5.3L V8 into this body to create this Grand Prix GXP, along with…
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Lame Collectible? Pontiac Fiero Pace Car
Many factory Pace car replicas are considered quite collectible and some even come with a good level of performance. This isn’t one of them. The all-new Fiero paced the Indy 500 in 1984; so, naturally, Pontiac put out a replica for sale. Everyone knows the Fiero improved throughout its lifecycle and was a very good…
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Pretty Fly for a Sh!tbox
Here in the US, we only got the turbocharged, three-cylinder-powered Suzuki Swift/Cultus in the form of the Chevy Sprint from 1986 through 1988. When the second generation car came to the US, the only high performance variant available was the excellent Suzuki Swift GTI (later GT due to VW lawsuit threats). Canada, however, got a…
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Almost a Failure to Launch: Pontiac Solstice Coupe
We recently posted a Saab 9-4x, which barely escaped the plant before Saab shut down due to GM’s decades of mismanagement. Here we have another vehicle from another GM brand that didn’t survive – the Pontiac Solstice Coupe. The Solstice was a good car to begin with, but the Coupe ramps things up in the…
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Cut-rate Veyron?
The good news here is it’s a fake supercar that’s NOT based on a Fiero. Interstingly, though, there’s still a Pontiac connection, as this is apparently based on a late model GTO. The bad news is it’s still a fake supercar and a fake French one, at that. The seller claims this is 65% done.…
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More NASCAR badness: 1992 Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition
We’ve never before seen a 1992 Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition, but that’s okay. This is yet another GM NASCAR tribute car with decals added and little, if anything, else. This one’s described as a parts car or restoration project. We can guess which one it will end up… At $600, we don’t think it’s…
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Rare AND Undesireable!
Here we have a 1979 Grand LeMans. I’m not sure I even knew about this car, which was basically the entry trim of the Grand Prix. What makes this rare is the 4-speed trans. Would YOU drive it? This is interesting for its strangeness, but we think the price is rather high… Click for Craiglist…