Pontiac 6000

Pontiac 6000
1987–1988 Pontiac 6000 LE
Overview
Manufacturer	Pontiac (General Motors)
Production	1981–1991
Model years	1982–1991
Assembly	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (1988–1991) Framingham, Massachusetts, United States (1982) North Tarrytown, New York, United States (1985–1989) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1982–1988)
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size
Body style	2-door coupe 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon
Layout	Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive / all-wheel drive
Platform	A-body
Related	Buick Century (fifth generation) Chevrolet Celebrity Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
Powertrain
Engine	2.5 L LR8 I4 2.8 L LE2/LH7/L44/LB6 V6 3.1 L LH0 V6 4.3 L LT7 diesel V6
Transmission	3-speed 3T40 automatic 4-speed 4T60 automatic 5-speed Getrag manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	104.5 in (2,654 mm) (1982–1988) 104.9 in (2,664 mm) (1989–1991)
Length	188.9 in (4,798 mm) 193.2 in (4,907 mm) (wagon)
Width	72 in (1,829 mm)
Height	53.7 in (1,364 mm) 54.1 in (1,374 mm) (wagon)
Chronology
Predecessor	Pontiac LeMans[citation needed]
Successor	Pontiac Grand Prix

The Pontiac 6000 is a mid-size automobile manufactured and marketed by Pontiac from the 1982 to 1991 model years. As Pontiac transitioned to a numeric model nomenclature in the early 1980s, the 6000 replaced the LeMans as the mid-size Pontiac, slotted between the Phoenix (later the Grand Am) and the Bonneville. Through its production life, the 6000 was offered as a two-door and four-door notchback sedan and as a five-door station wagon.

The model line utilized the front-wheel drive GM A platform. Sharing a platform with the Buick Century, Chevrolet Celebrity (replacing the Malibu), and Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera (replacing the Cutlass Supreme sedan), the 6000 shared its roofline with the Cutlass Ciera. The 6000 STE was a sport-tuned model unique to Pontiac; the STE was named to the Car and Driver Ten Best three times (from 1983 to 1985).^[1] Following the discontinuation of its full-size namesake, the 6000 Safari was the final Pontiac to use the nameplate, becoming the final Pontiac station wagon in 1991.

For 1984, the 6000 became the highest-selling Pontiac line (with over 122,000 sold). As part of their legacy, together the 6000 and the other A-bodies became enormously popular — as well as synonymous with GM's most transparent examples of badge engineering, highlighted almost indistinguishably on the August 22, 1983 cover of Fortune magazine as examples of genericized uniformity, embarrassing the company and ultimately prompting GM to recommit to design leadership.^[2][3][4]

The 6000 was manufactured by GM at Oshawa Car Assembly (Oshawa, Ontario) from 1981 to 1988; subsequently, it was manufactured at Oklahoma City Assembly (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).^[1] The 6000 was replaced for 1992 as Pontiac fully phased in the four-door sedan version of the Grand Prix (introduced in 1990) as a successor.