Pontiac Grand Prix

Pontiac Grand Prix
2004–2008 Pontiac Grand Prix
Overview
ManufacturerPontiac (General Motors)
Model years1962–2008
Body and chassis
ClassPersonal luxury car (1962–1987)[1]
Mid-size car (1988–2008)
LayoutFront-engine, rear-wheel-drive (1962–1987)
Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive (1988–2008)
Platform
  • B (1962–68)
  • A (1973–81)
  • G (1969–72, 1982–87)
  • W (1988–2008)
Chronology
SuccessorPontiac G8 (sedan)
Pontiac GTO (coupe)

The Grand Prix is a line of automobiles produced by the Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1962 until 2002 as coupes and from 1989 through 2008 model years as four-door sedans.

First introduced as a full-size performance coupe for the 1962 model year, the model repeatedly varied in size, luxury, and performance over successive generations. The Grand Prix was the most expensive coupe Pontiac offered until the 1970s, when the Bonneville Brougham and the Firebird Trans Am became more exclusive;[2] the Grand Prix moved into the intermediate personal luxury car and later the mid-size market segments.[1]

All Grand Prixs from 1962 through 1972 were pillarless hardtops (except for the 1967 convertible).

  1. ^ a b Keefe, Don (2007). Grand Prix: Pontiac's Luxury Performance Car (An Enthusiast's Reference). Ertel Publishing. ISBN 9781583881842.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Flammang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).