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About Pontiac:

Pontiac is a marque of automobile produced by General Motors and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 1926 to the present. In the GM brand lineup, Pontiac is a mid-level brand featuring a sportier, high-performance driving experience for a reasonable price, and its advertisements appeal to younger customers.

The Pontiac brand was introduced by General Motors in 1926 as the 'companion' marque to GM's Oakland Motor Car line. The Pontiac name was first used in 1906 by the Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works and linked to Chief Pontiac who led an unsuccessful uprising against the British shortly after the French and Indian War. The Oakland Motor Company and Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works Company merged in November 1908 under the name of the Oakland Motor Car Company. The operations of both companies were joined together in Pontiac, Michigan (in Oakland County) to build the Cartercar. Oakland was purchased by General Motors in 1909. The first General Motors Pontiac was conceived as an affordable six cylinder that was intended to compete with more inexpensive four cylinder models. Within months of its introduction, Pontiac outsold Oakland. As Pontiac's sales rose and Oakland's sales began to decline, Pontiac became the only 'companion' marque to survive its 'parent', in 1932.

Return to yesteryear: 1997-2004
Beginning in 1996, Pontiac began mining its historic past. The all new Grand Prix debuted with the Wide Track chassis making a return spearheaded by the "Wider is Better" advertising campaign. In 1998 Ram Air returned to the Trans Am. It would eventually make its way to the Grand Am.

The 1999 model year saw the replacement of the Trans Sport with the larger Montana minivan.

Faced with declining sales and a saturated sports car market, GM killed the Pontiac Firebird and its sister Chevrolet Camaro after the 2002 model year.

All other Pontiac models carried on until the end of the 2004 model year with only minor revisions and updates.


All change: 2005-present
For the 2005 model year, Pontiac embarked on a series of major changes not seen since the 1980s. Within four years, all of their cars would be replaced completely, both in design and name.

First to fall was the Bonneville which had no direct replacement. The same year, the Pontiac Grand Am was replaced with an all new model called the G6. The Sunfire was replaced with the G5 in the 2007 model year. Next in the line will be the G8; scheduled for the 2009 model year it will be a replacement for the Grand Prix and fill the void left by the Bonneville.


In an attempt to return Pontiac's focus to strictly performance oriented vehicles, the Montana was discontinued after the 2006 model year. Also for 2006, Pontiac fielded the unique Solstice roadster. Equipped with a range of 4-cylinder engines, the Solstice is intended to compete with cars like the Mazda Miata, Honda S2000 and the Saturn Sky. However, these attempts took a step backward with simultaneous release of the Torrent Crossover SUV.


Style trademarks and logo

Pontiac "Arrow-head" LogoA Native American Headdress was used as a logo until 1956. This was changed to the currently used Native American red arrowhead design after GM realized that Pontiac was suffering from some confusion with other marques. In particular, the 1955 and 1956 Pontiacs had grilles reminiscent of Mercury and fins and taillights reminiscent of Oldsmobiles.

Besides the 'Indian head' logo, another identifying feature of Pontiacs were their 'silver streak' - one or more narrow strips of chrome-plated steel which extended from the grille down the center of the hood. Eventually they extended from the rear window to the rear bumper as well, but ultimately along the tops of the fins instead. Although initially a single 'silver streak', this stylistic trademark doubled for a short time to two, representing the cylinder banks. The streaks along with their grille ripples and the fins were all discarded at the same time as the Indian head logo. Two long-standing styling derivatives of the 'silver streak' motif are the familiar split grille design (which in the past often meant a massive vertical divider down the middle of the grille) and multiple-stripe shaped lights.
 

An alternate slang term for the marque among performance enthusiasts is Poncho.
Another slang term used in the early stages of brand was "Indian" due to the subject matter of its logo.

About Pontiac cars:

Pontiac 2+2 (1964-1970)
Pontiac 2000 Sunbird (1983-1984)
Pontiac 6000 (1982-1991)
Pontiac Acadian (1976-1987, Canada)
Pontiac Astre (1975-1977; 1973-1977 Canada)
Pontiac Aztek (2001-2005)
Pontiac Bonneville (1957-2005)
Pontiac Catalina (1959-1981)
Pontiac Chieftain (1950-1958)
Pontiac Custom S (1969)
Pontiac De-Lux (1937)
Pontiac Executive (1967-1970)
Pontiac Fiero (1984-1988)
Pontiac Firebird (1967-2002)
Pontiac Firefly (1985-2001, rebadged Suzuki Swift, Canada)
Pontiac G3 (2006-present, rebadged Daewoo Gentra, Mexico)
Pontiac G4 (2005-present, rebadged Chevrolet Cobalt, Mexico)
Pontiac G5 (2007-present, rebadged Chevrolet Cobalt)
Pontiac G6 (2004-present)
Pontiac G8 (2008)
Pontiac Grand Am (1973-1975, 1978-1980, 1985-2006)
Pontiac Grand Prix (1962-present)
Pontiac Grand Safari (1971-1977)
Pontiac Grand Ville (1971-1975)
Pontiac Grande Parisienne (1966-1969, Canada)
Pontiac GTO (1964-1974, 2004-2006)
Pontiac J2000 (1982)
Pontiac Laurentian (1955-1981, Canada)
Pontiac LeMans (1962-1981, 1988-1993)
Pontiac Matiz (1998-2005, rebadged Daewoo Matiz, Mexico)
Pontiac Matiz G2 (2006-present, rebadged Daewoo Matiz, Mexico)
Pontiac Montana (1999-2005)
Pontiac Montana SV6 (2005-2006, continues in production for Canada and Mexico)
Pontiac Parisienne (1983-1986; 1958-1986, Canada)
Pontiac Pathfinder (1955-1958, Canada)
Pontiac Phoenix (1977-1984)
Pontiac Pursuit (2005-2006, Canada)
Pontiac Safari (1955-1989)
Pontiac Silver Streak
Pontiac Solstice (2006-present)
Pontiac Star Chief (1954-1966)
Pontiac Star Chief Executive (1966)
Pontiac Strato-Chief (1955-1970, Canada)
Pontiac Streamliner
Pontiac Sunbird (1975-1980, 1985-1994)
Pontiac Sunburst (1985-1989, rebadged Isuzu Gemini, Canada)
Pontiac Sunfire (1995-2005)
Pontiac Sunrunner (1994-1997, rebadged Geo Tracker, Canada)
Pontiac Super Chief (1957-1958)
Pontiac T1000 (1981-1987)
Pontiac Tempest (1961-1970, 1987-1991, Canada)
Pontiac Torpedo
Pontiac Torrent (2006-present)
Pontiac Trans Am (1969-2002)
Pontiac Trans Sport (1990-1998)
Pontiac Ventura (1960-1970 full-size, 1973-1977 compact)
Pontiac Ventura II (1971-1972)
Pontiac Vibe (2003-present)
Pontiac Wave (2004-present, rebadged Daewoo Kalos, Canada)

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