Word: pontiac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...From Pontiac General Manager S. E. ("Bunky") Knudsen came word that in Pontiac's first three days in the showrooms, dealers delivered more than 6,000 of the 1960 models, and confirmed orders for another 17,359 cars. It was a performance, said Knudsen, that "shows promise of surpassing the 1959 model...
This is just a prelude. Next spring Ford will roll out a compact Edsel called Comet. In a year Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac will come in both compact and regular sizes. All told, Detroit is betting $700 million on these cars-about $150 million on the Corvair, $100 million each for Falcon and Valiant, $350 million for the "bigger" compacts. How well this huge gamble pays off will affect not only Detroit, but automakers and buyers round the world. Says West Germany's Heinz Nordhoff, president of Volkswagen, with some understatement: "1960 will be the most interesting year...
...holding the line on prices, showed no increases for the first time in eight years. Chevrolet has held the line on all six-cylinder models and reduced V85 by $10. Chevy's Turboglide automatic-transmission price was cut $30 and its radio $13.50. Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac also made cuts in optional equipment...
Powering Challenger I were four 1959 Pontiac engines-two driving the front wheels, two the rear-that delivered a total of 1,800 h.p. on alcohol and nitromethane. The engines were coordinated by a hydraulic arm that controlled all four clutches simultaneously. Said Mickey: "We want to prove we can coax more speed out of one engine-or two, or three, or four-than any other men alive...
...Moran is well known in Cadillac and Pontiac, Mich., and in the imperial palaces of the Orient. On the other hand, he has never been in Buyck or Austin, Minn...