Word: pontiac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Class Six, 305 to 350 cu. in., provided the big surprise. The Pontiac. the "old maid's delight" to last year's speed buffs, turned out to be 1957's fire-eater. With three dual carburetors, the 317-h.p., 347-cu. in. Pontiac engines won the first three places, at a top speed of 131.747 m.p.h., even though the fastest was disqualified from the flying mile on a technicality. Far back were the Plymouth Furys and Ford Fairlanes. In acceleration the Pontiacs ran first and second, the fastest reaching a record 85.308 m.p.h...
Before the last trial was timed, enough statistics were logged for an imaginative adman to make even the also-rans sound like world-beaters. But Chevrolet and Pontiac had easily been the week's winners, and the Chevrolet-makers could claim to have reached an automotive milestone: the first U.S. stock auto engine that can put out one horsepower for each cubic inch of displacement without benefit of a supercharger...
...Glass Courthouse. In Pontiac, Mich., 13 days after he was sworn in as probation officer for traffic offenders, Leo F. Coyle resigned, following the disclosure that in 1956, after he received one ticket for faulty headlights, one for running a red light and three for speeding, his license had been suspended...
...them, and a half-hour musical review (title: America on the Move) that ran six times a day. Among the show stoppers: the high-priced cars that will go into limited production this year-Cadillac's $12,500 Eldorado Brougham (output restricted to 1,000 the first year), Pontiac's convertible Bonneville Special (only 2,000, and for dealer use only), Ford's retractable hardtop convertible (about...
...LUXURY AUTOS are being unveiled at Manhattan's National Auto Show this week. Among them: Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham (price: about $12,000, with production held to 1,000 a year); Pontiac's Bonneville sports convertible with fuel injection (production limited to 2,000 in first year); Nash's Rambler Rebel, due this spring, has 255 h.p., optional fuel injection; Mercury's $3,500 Turnpike Cruiser...