For 1977, Pontiac replaced the Ventura with the Phoenix, a version of Chevrolet's fourth generation Nova.

Rear-wheel drive began its slow demise with the introduction of the first front-wheel drive Pontiac, the 1980 Phoenix ( a version of the Chevrolet Citation ).

The Pontiac 6000 was a mid-size car introduced by the Pontiac division of General Motors in 1981 for the 1982 model year, positioned between the smaller Phoenix and the slightly upscale Bonneville ( previously the LeMans ).

The sharing of suspension components with other GM cars meant the rear suspension and powertrain was almost identical to that of the Chevrolet Citation and Pontiac Phoenix ; the Fiero even included rear tie rod ends attached to a " steering knuckle ", although these were hard-mounted to the engine cradle and only used for maintaining the rear tire alignment.

Origins of General Motors ' badge engineering dates back to the early 1970s when the Chevrolet Nova compact was rebadged by the upscale Buick Apollo ( Skylark after 1975 ), Oldsmobile ( Omega ), and Pontiac ( Ventura II and Phoenix ) divisions as entry-level cars.

The Birthday Bash in 1994 was held at the Phoenix Plaza Amphitheater during the World Cup competitions in Pontiac.

* 1980 – 1984 Oldsmobile Omega, Pontiac Phoenix

* 1980 – 1984 Pontiac Phoenix

* 1982 – 1984 Pontiac Phoenix SJ

The Citation ( originally to be named the " Condor ") and its X-body siblings ( Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Omega, and Pontiac Phoenix ) were among GM's first front wheel drive compact cars, following the trend of front drive compacts such as the Honda Accord and Volkswagen Dasher.

* Pontiac Phoenix ( 1977 – 1979 )

* 1980 – 1984 Pontiac Phoenix

The X-body Omega, like its sister vehicles ( the Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix and Buick Skylark, proved fairly trouble-prone early on, necessitating an astounding number of government-mandated recalls for braking problems, fluid leaks and suspension issues, just to name a few.

The Pontiac Phoenix is a compact car sold from 1977 to 1984 by the Pontiac division of General Motors.

The rear wheel drive Phoenix was introduced in 1977 as the top-level trim of the Pontiac Ventura, and replaced the Ventura entirely in 1978.

Pontiac Phoenix

The Rear Wheel Drive portion of the article has been written and reviewed by Pontiac Phoenix owners of that generation.

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The Grand Am was reintroduced in 1985 when it replaced the Pontiac Phoenix.

* 1763 – American Indian Wars: Pontiac's Rebellion begins – Chief Pontiac begins the " Conspiracy of Pontiac " by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.

In a two-year campaign to promote sales, Vegemite was given away free with Kraft Walker cheese products via coupon redemption and this was followed by poetry competitions with imported American Pontiac cars being offered as prizes.

* April 30 – Led Zeppelin sets a new world record attendance for an indoor attraction at the Pontiac Silverdome when 76, 229 persons attend a concert here on the group's 1977 North American Tour.

Pontiac began by selling cars offering 40 hp ( 30 kW ) 186. 7 ci ( 3. 1-liter ) ( 3. 25x3. 75 in, 82. 5x95mm ) L-head straight 6-cylinder engines in the Pontiac Chief of 1927 ; its stroke was the shortest of any American car in the industry at the time.

Continuing the Native American theme of Pontiac, the Chieftain line was introduced to replace the Torpedo.

The Tempest's popularity helped move Pontiac into third place among American car brands in 1962, a position Pontiac would hold through 1970.

The last American Pontiac, a 2010 G6, was built on November 25, 2009, at the Orion Assembly plant.

Pontiac also became the ninth North American automobile brand since 1987 to be phased out, after Merkur, Passport, Asüna, Geo, Plymouth, American Motors ( AMC ) ( renamed Eagle in 1988, only to be phased out a decade later ), and Oldsmobile.

American Indian headdress and silver streak in a 1952 Pontiac Chieftain

Pontiac engines were not available in Canada, however, but were replaced with Chevrolet engines of similar size and power, resulting in such interesting and unusual ( at least to American car fans ) models as the Beaumont SD-396 with a Chevrolet big-block 396 cubic inch V-8.

The earliest histories mention trade conducted in the area at the Potawatomi Trail and Pontiac Trail crossings of the Huron River by French traders, and later English then American settlers.

On April 27, 1763, a council of several American Indian tribes from the Detroit region listened to a speech from the Ottawa leader Pontiac.

Among the numerous examples of the use of the supercar description include the May 1965 issue of the American magazine Car Life, in a road test of the Pontiac GTO, and how " Hurst puts American Motors into the Supercar club with the 390 Rogue " ( the SC / Rambler ) to fight in " the Supercar street racer gang " market segment.

On the other hand, the Saturn Aura, while based on the same platform as the Opel Vectra, is a unique model for the North American market similar to the Pontiac G6.

* Pontiac Firebird, American muscle car

Pontiac or Obwandiyag ( c. 1720 – April 20, 1769 ) was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion ( 1763 – 1766 ), an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation of the Great Lakes region following the British victory in the French and Indian War.

From his American friend Nudie Cohn, he acquired the peculiar white arty Pontiac car ( Nudie Mobiles ), skillfully decorated with American coins.

American muscle cars, such as the GTO, Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Plymouth GTX or a Plymouth Barracuda also made appearances.

The car used as KITT in the series was a customized 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am sports model that cost US $ 100, 000 to build.

Knight Rider 2000, a 1991 sequel movie featuring Michael Knight and Devon Miles, with KITT being given a new sporty red body ( a close copy of the Pontiac Banshee IV concept car, was actually a Dodge Stealth with custom body work ) as the Knight 4000, and serving as a Television pilot for a would-be new series starring Susan Norman as Shawn McCormick, but it did not sell.

Acoli then drove the car ( a white Pontiac LeMans with Vermont license plates )— which contained Assata Shakur, who was wounded, and Zayd Shakur, who was dead or dying — down the road at milepost 78 across from Service Area 8-N ( the Joyce Kilmer Service Area ), where Assata Shakur was apprehended.

The Pontiac LeMans and Trooper Harper's patrol car were taken to a state police garage in East Brunswick.

He buys his dream car ( a 1970 Pontiac Firebird ) and starts working out after he overhears Angela tell Jane that she would find him sexually attractive if he improved his physique.

For an extended period of time — prewar through the early 1950s — the Pontiac was a quiet, solid car, but not especially powerful.

While new car buyers could buy a Cadillac for that price, the Bonneville raised new interest in what Pontiac now called " America's No. 1 Road Car.

A 1958 Tri-Power Pontiac Bonneville was the pace car for that year's Indianapolis 500.

Although GM officially ended factory support for all racing activities across all of its brands in January 1963, Pontiac continued to cater to performance car enthusiasts by making larger engines with more power available across all model lines.

The 1967 model year saw the introduction for the Pontiac Firebird pony car, a variant of the Chevrolet Camaro that was the brand's answer to the hot-selling Ford Mustang.

For 1969, Pontiac moved the Grand Prix from the full-sized lineup into a G-body model of its own based on the A-body intermediate chassis, but with distinctive styling and long hood / short deck proportions to create yet another niche product-the intermediate-sized personal-luxury car that offered the luxury and styling of the higher priced personal cars such as the Buick Riviera and Ford Thunderbird but for a much lower pricetag.

In addition in the late ' 60s, GM directed their GM and Pontiac divisions to develop concept mini-cars called commuter car for urban drivers.

GM developed a gasoline-electric drive hybrid the XP-833 and Pontiac the X-1 a rear wheel mid engine car that was powered by a radical X-shaped aircraft type air-cooled two-stroke radial engine where the standard crankshaft was replaced by a unit called a Scotch yoke.

While the GM car was fully tested the Pontiac concept was not.

For the first time since 1970, Pontiac was the number three domestic car maker in America.

This was the first in a series of NASCAR-ready Super-Tempest and Super-Duty V-8 engines and introduced the long line of multi-carburetor equipped engines that saw Pontiac become a major player during the muscle car and pony car era of the 1960s.

This feature also made it possible for Pontiac to invent the modern muscle car, by the relatively simple process of placing its second largest-displacement engine, the 389 cid, into its mid-size car, the Le Mans, creating the Pontiac GTO.