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The Hydra-Matic, GM's first fully automatic transmission, was a great success, inspiring a host of rivals -- including some within General Motors itself. This week, we look at the origins of Dynaflow and ...
In 1956, GM's Pontiac Motor Division was close to death. Its sales were down, its market share declining, and its image at a low ebb. That summer, however, help arrived in the form of Bunkie Knudsen, Pete ...
3. Cammer: Pontiac's OHC Six
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... after the demise of the Fabulous Hudson Hornet and its "Twin H-Power" straight six, Pontiac introduced a sophisticated new overhead cam six that promised V8 power and six-cylinder economy. This week, ...
4. Stayin' Alive: The Chevrolet Monte Carlo
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Certain cars become emblematic of a time and a place, perfectly encapsulating the values, priorities, and obsessions of their eras. For America of the fifties, it's the 1955-57 Chevrolets and the '59 Cadillac; ...
Launched in 1983, the Pontiac Fiero promised to be a good-looking, affordable mid-engine sports car, introducing exciting new techniques in production and design. Alas, it proved to be one of GM's great ...
As many of our readers are probably aware, General Motors announced at the end of April 2009 that its venerable Pontiac division will become extinct in late 2010. This week, we take a look at the rise ...
Performance car enthusiasts tend to be a somewhat humorless bunch, whether you're talking about Ferraristes, old-school muscle car fans, or import tuners. If they have one thing in common, it's that they're ...
...  business. Let's look at an early example of downsizing that succeeded: Pontiac's sporty 1969 Grand Prix. Click here to read more about the 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix  ...
... of disco-era glory. It was Pontiac's first turbocharged production car, but it also brought down the curtain on a storied era of unique Pontiac engines. This is the story of the little-loved, oft-forgotten ...
For more than half of its 80-year history, the Pontiac Division of General Motors has tried, with varying degrees of success, to present itself as the hotshot of the GM line-up, with an advertising tagline ...
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... to make something new and different out of it. Such was the case with Pontiac's "pony car," the Pontiac Firebird. Click to read more about the 1967-1969 Pontiac Firebird and Firebird Trans Am  ...