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...Pontiac SSEi. The supercharged 3.8-liter V-6 engine in this sports sedan -- a member of the Bonneville family -- is rated at 205 h.p., a 21% boost over its brethren. There's no hesitation when a driver puts the pedal to the floor, and little hesitation in Pontiac showrooms either. The base price is an alluring $18,599; sales for all Bonnevilles are up 40% from a year...
...hand, which had turned purple from strangling a golf putter in anticipation of the announcement, finally relaxed. "A great day," said Gregg, who has guided George Bush through the bruising world of New Hampshire Republican politics since 1979, when the two men first toured the state in Gregg's Pontiac station wagon. "This will really help the President here...
...Starsiak will graduate from Lyons Township High School in the prosperous Chicago suburb of La Grange. To celebrate the event and to speed her trips home next fall from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, her father Drew is buying Heather a new car to replace her 1989 Pontiac Sunbird. What will it be? On such questions turns the fate of the U.S. auto industry in this grimmest spring in memory...
...next dealer, Dan Wolf Pontiac, where Drew bought Heather's Sunbird, the salesman is pleasantly surprised to see the Starsiaks back in the market so soon. Idle salesmen gather around as if to observe a rare species...
...drop of 28% from 1985 levels. Meanwhile, Honda sales increased 29.7%, to 716,500. The sales pitch for autos today would have bored the driving gloves off an '80s car buff: safety features (antilock brakes, air bags), versatility (four doors, built-in child seats) and value. A 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix model sells for under $20,000 but looks (on the outside, anyway) like last year's sporty $26,000 Turbo model...