Pontiac? General Motors’ New Vehicles Need a Name

Not to be outdone by Ford Motor Company’s Bay Area bikeshare program, General Motors has unveiled two new, two-wheeled vehicles that are sure to get any Camaro ZL1 owner’s pulse racing. We’ve poked fun at the Blue Oval’s non-car efforts of late, but entering the pedal-powered field is serious stuff for companies — stagnating new […]

Junkyard Gem: 1991 Pontiac 6000 LE

Sibling to the Chevrolet Celebrity and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, the Pontiac 6000 sold pretty well during the early-to-middle 1980s, but had been relegated to the dealership bargain bin and fleet-car cul-de-sac by the time of Operation Desert Shield. Here’s a final-year-of-manufacture 6000 LE that I photographed in an Arizona self-service wrecking yard. This car was […]

Junkyard Gem: 2001 Pontiac Aztek

Ah, the Pontiac Aztek. Everyone laughs at the Aztek … except, apparently, for Coloradans who like to go camping, bike riding, hiking, and all that outdoorsy stuff that folks do in the Centennial State. You’ll see Azteks being driven, unironically and without shame, all over the place in the Denver region, and now plenty of […]

Should Pontiac be revived?

Founded in 1926, Pontiac was named after a Ottawa Chief who also had an entire city named after him. Legendary wouldn’t you say? Pontiac was supposed to an companion brand to another GM brand by the name of Oakland. Not to long after Pontiac was introduced, in 1931 Oakland was rebranded into Pontiac. This was […]

Pontiac could be a phoenix rising from the ashes

Of the deceased American car companies from the past 50 years such as Hummer, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Plymouth and Saturn, I believe the most worthy resurrection would be Pontiac. After all, it’s no longer politically correct to drive an ex-military vehicle with single-digit gas mileage, nor do Millennials and Gen-Xers desire AARP-associated nameplates such as Mercury […]

Jay Leno tries out a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge that looks factory fresh

Filed under: Celebrities,Videos,Pontiac,Coupe,Classics,Performance Here comes The Judge… to Jay Leno’s Garage. Continue reading Jay Leno tries out a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge that looks factory fresh Jay Leno tries out a 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge that looks factory fresh originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for […]