Hemmings Find of the Day – Pontiac Banshee
Oft misstated fact of the day: John DeLorean didn’t want to copy the Corvette with the Pontiac Banshee. Yes, he wanted a two-seater sports car, but he didn’t want it to be an American-style nose-heavy...
View ArticleSIA Flashback – Pontiac Show Cars: The Chief’s Crowd Pleasers
After taking a look at Lincoln’s show car history, Thomas E. Bonsall turned his eye to Pontiac’s show cars for SIA #107, October 1988. However, where he could take a comprehensive approach with...
View ArticleSIA Flashback – Pontiac Banshee: Stillborn Competition for the Corvette
Unlike Ford’s Allegro II, the Pontiac Banshee is a pretty well-exposed concept car, so most auto enthusiasts are already fairly familiar with the overall story and the reasons why it never made...
View ArticleQuartet of concepts to appear at Pontiac-Oakland Club convention
Images courtesy Joe Bortz Catching an old concept car at a show or concours always provides a thrill, but to see four in one place is a rare opportunity indeed. Members of the Pontiac-Oakland Club...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1964 Pontiac Banshee
Of the first two Banshee prototypes that Pontiac built to test the waters for a two-seater sports car (later Banshee show cars followed in the 1960s and 1970s), the white V-8 convertible has long had...
View Article1964 Pontiac Banshee XP-833 coupe concept heads to auction
1964 Pontiac Banshee coupe concept. Photos courtesy Dragone Auctions. Intended as a shot across Ford’s bow, Pontiac’s Banshee XP-833 coupe was an answer to Ford’s Cougar II show car, and Pontiac brass...
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