Millsaps was also home to the famous game-ending play in the 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game, in which Trinity University defeated Millsaps by a score of 28-24 after the miraculous play that later won the Pontiac Game-Changing Performance of the Year award, which had never before been bestowed upon a play outside of the NCAA's Bowl Subdivision.

Indianapolis, Indiana lost in its bid to host the game at the Hoosier Dome, as did Detroit's Pontiac Silverdome and Seattle's Kingdome, who had also applied.

The engine design has also been used over the years in GM products built and sold under the Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Hummer, Opel ( Germany ), and Holden ( Australia ) nameplates.

While the 5. 7L was also offered on the 1980 Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, and Chevy Impala, they were soon discontinued by all divisions by the mid 80s.

1975 would also see the end of Pontiac convertibles for the next decade.

Pontiac also introduced its 151 cubic inch " Iron Duke " 4-cylinder overhead valve engine.

The Fiero was also an instant success and was partially responsible for Pontiac seeing its first increase in sales in four years.

Pontiac also began to focus on technology.

In the original plan GM also clarified that Pontiac would have begun to focus on " niche " models aimed at the " youthful and sporty " segment, but did not provide specifics.

GM of Canada also executed right-hand drive versions of Pontiac for export.

Pontiac dealers in Canada also sold smaller Chevrolet-based cars under the Acadian and Beaumont badges.

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.

Many movies have been filmed in and around Mendocino and Mendocino County, including Dying Young, The Russians Are Coming ; Overboard ( actually filmed in Fort Bragg ); The Dunwich Horror ; The Karate Kid, Part III ; Dead & Buried ; Forever Young ; Same Time Next Year ; Racing with the Moon ( partially filmed in Fort Bragg ); Pontiac Moon ; and The Majestic ( also partially filmed in Fort Bragg ).

The city of Pontiac also was home to Oakland ( automobile ) Motor Car Company which was acquired by General Motors in 1909.

Pontiac is also home to Notre Dame Preparatory High School, a private, Catholic school located in the North East area of the city.

Class one freight rail service is provided by Grand Trunk Western Railroad ( GTW ), which also operates a large classification yard in Pontiac serving the local auto industry.

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He also established a pricing structure in which ( from lowest to highest priced ) Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac — referred to as the ladder of success — did not compete with each other, and buyers could be kept in the GM " family " as their buying power and preferences changed as they aged.

In an attempt to ' converge ' the Pontiac look, the front grille was restyled to resemble the look of the Pontiac Solstice, also adopted by other vehicles in the Pontiac line.

In January 2010, Autoblog. com reported that the 2009 and 2010 model year Pontiac Vibes are also included in the 2009 – 2010 Toyota vehicle recalls related to unintended acceleration due to shared components with the Toyota Matrix.

" Sam & Dave also briefly retired in 1977, with Dave working at a Pontiac dealership in New Jersey and Sam working at an Austin, Texas, law firm as a process server.

As a result of Pontiac's rising sales, versus Oakland's declining sales, Pontiac became the only companion marque to survive its parent, with Oakland ceasing production in 1932.

In 1956 when Semon " Bunkie " Knudsen became general manager of Pontiac, with the aid of his new heads of engineering, E. M. Estes and John DeLorean, he immediately began reworking the brand's image.

Pontiac became the second brand General Motors has eliminated in six years.

Pontiac, located on the Clinton River, was Oakland's first town and became the county seat.

Both were attempting to attract a station on the new Fairbury Pontiac and Northwestern Railroad, which eventually became part of the Wabash Railroad.

and P. A., it later became the Pontiac, Oxford, and Northern ( P. O.

Pontiac quickly became a capital of the new automotive industry.

As the small " horseless carriage " manufacturers became consolidated under the mantle of the General Motors Corporation, Pontiac grew as the industry grew, suffering the same setback as other cities during the depression years of the 1930s.

Perhaps the oldest historical reference to the area that became Jeannette is the role the area played in the Pontiac War in 1763.

As with any new vehicle development, scores of individuals are involved with the conceptualizing, engineering, and marketing – but John DeLorean became the singular golden boy of Pontiac, and was rewarded with his 1965 promotion to head the entire Pontiac division.

The vehicle, the Pontiac Firebird, introduced for the 1967 model year became even more popular throughout the 70s.

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.

Pontiac maintained production on their straight-8, as well as a L-head inline six, through the end of the 1954 model year, after which a V8 became standard.

It became Pontiac's first captive import since the 1988-1993 Pontiac Le Mans.

No 2. 0 GT version was offered with the new range, although the 2. 0 became the sole engine offering for Canada, where the HC became the Firenza, marketed by Pontiac / Buick dealers without the Vauxhall name.

It then continued south-east as the Dixie Highway to Pontiac, Michigan, where it became Woodward Avenue, now designated as M-1.

In 1978, Stempel was appointed general manager of the Pontiac Motor Division where he worked on the Fiero – which used a plastic-body / space frame technology that became integral to GM's subsequent minivans and the Saturn linenup.

Pontiac became the first automaker to offer an optional EI, the breakerless magnetic pulse-triggered Delcotronic, on some 1963 models ; it was also available on some Corvettes.

The war became widely known as " Pontiac's Conspiracy " after the publication in 1851 of Francis Parkman's The Conspiracy of Pontiac.

For example, in 1988 Francis Jennings wrote: " In Francis Parkman's murky mind the backwoods plots emanated from one savage genius, the Ottawa chief Pontiac, and thus they became ' The Conspiracy of Pontiac ,' but Pontiac was only a local Ottawa war chief in a ' resistance ' involving many tribes.