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1990 Pontiac Grand Prix Turbo Coupe Test Drive

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by .

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For fans of the ‘Excitement’ Division, going from third in sales in the US Market, to extinct in 18 years is hard to grasp. Especially considering as recent as 1990 they were making unique, one year only editions of the corporate ubiquitous GM10 platform. The Turbo version of the Grand Prix initially debuted as a [...]

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1991 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA Test Drive

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by .

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The Firebird, Pontiac’s answer to Fords Mustang, via the Camaro in 1969, lasted one year in its initial body style. Skip ahead to its third and final generation, the F-body like most cars, performance oriented or not saw a drastic reduction in its fulfilment of that classification. But like everything, evolving to keep up with [...]

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1989 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am 20th Anniversary Test Drive

Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by .

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The 20th anniversary Pontiac Firebird Trans am was the fastest production F-body to date, and for quite some time there after. Using the famous Buick turbo 3.8 that powered Regals from 1978 through 1987, ending its Buick career in the highly admired GNX, eventually being discontinued when GM transformed its midsized entry from a rear [...]

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1988 Pontiac Bonneville SSE Test Drive

Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by .

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For almost fifty years, the Bonneville represented Pontiac’s full size car. For 1987, Pontiac introduced a radically different Bonneville. Instead of using traditional rear-wheel-drive, the new Bonneville used a more economical front-wheel-drive platform. It joined the two-year-old H Body platform with the Buick Le Sabre and Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight. Initially, a 150 hp (110 kW) 3.8 [...]

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1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula vs Toyota MR2 Comparison Test Drive

Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by .

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1987 Pontiac Fiero GT Test Drive

Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by .

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It’s too bad the word convertible has already been taken up in the description of cars with fold down tops because, in another sense, it would be almost the perfect word to describe the Pontiac Fiero. With its steel underbody, replaceable plastic skin panels and various drivetrain options, you might say the Fiero is the [...]

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1985 Pontiac Fiero GT Test Drive

Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by .

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Most will argue that the only Pontiac Fiero worth any consideration was the GT V6 in its final year of production when the P-car, finally received a major upgrade to it’s suspension, which it originally rooted to cars such as the Citation, and Chevette. The car took five years to develop, and five years to [...]

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1984 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 Test Drive

Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by .

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Most will argue that the only Pontiac Fiero worth any consideration was the GT V6 in its final year of production when the P-car, finally recieved a major upgrade to it’s suspension, which it originally rooted to cars such as the Citation, and Chevette. The car took five years to develop, and five years to [...]

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