Pontiac Bonneville Concept
The pontiac bonneville is an automobile built by pontiac from 1957 to 2005.
Pontiac bonneville concept. 16 pontiac grand prix g force concept 2002. The bonneville known as the parisienne in canada until 1981 and its platform partner the grand ville are some of the largest pontiacs ever built. Unique features included a plexiglass canopy gull wing windows and an all fiberglass body. Earl and hand built by homer c.
Save money on one of 83 used pontiac bonnevilles in seattle wa. The pontiac bonneville special is a pontiac concept car unveiled at the general motors motorama in 1954 the first 2 seat sports car prototype the division had ever produced. Let s travel back to 1982 or so and see what the pontiac studio is up to preparing a new generation of bonneville to sit on the fwd h body platform. The brand was introduced as a limited production performance convertible during the 1957 model year.
The idea came to him while he was watching world speed records being established at the salt flats in utah. The pontiac bonneville gxp concept added a little pep to the big family sedan that pontiac sold. Unfortunately making the car cool was a little late in the life cycle and the buying public was not very happy with the car due to its heavy weight and boring design. In station wagon body styles they reached just over 230 inches 5 8 m.
Here s a rather light and airy design with a familiar familial front end. Earl gave the ambitious project to pontiac perhaps to enhance the division s sporty image. Find your perfect car with edmunds expert reviews car comparisons and pricing tools. The 1954 pontiac bonneville special concept car was designed to be a grand touring sport coupe that was also capable of racing at bonneville.
H body pontiac bonneville concepts. The name bonneville was meant to convey high performance. Bonnevilles were full sized with the exception of a brief period of mid size between 1982 1986. This car was meant to be unlike anything else ever produced and there is no doubt that goal was met.