The split grille returned, as well as all-new bodies and a new design of a perimeter-frame chassis for all its full-size models ( something which would be adopted for all of GM's intermediate-sized cars in 1964, and all its full-sized cars in 1965 ).

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.

This same year, Pontiac completely restyled its full-sized cars, moved the Bonneville, and replaced it with a higher luxury model named the Grand Ville, while Safari wagons got a new clamshell tailgate that lowered into the body while the rear window raised into the roof.

Nitro-powered cars operate like full-sized fuel vehicles more than their electric counterparts do, making use of a two stroke engine rather than an electric motor.

The new model offered a sportier, high performance, somewhat smaller and lower-priced alternative to the other personal luxury cars then on the market such as Ford Thunderbird, Buick Riviera, Lincoln Continental Mark III and Oldsmobile Toronado, The 1969 Grand Prix production ending up at over 112, 000 units, far higher than the 32, 000 1968 Grand Prix built from the full-sized Pontiac body.

By 1977, GM's full-sized cars reflected on 1973 oil crisis and preceded later DOT downsizing.

The cars equipped with the 428 Cobra Jets had emblems borrowed from the full-sized Fords ( a red-and-chrome badge reading " 428 ") mounted on the fenders behind the parking lamps.

Many anglers will go out with 2. 5 inches ( 6. 4 cm ) of good ice for walking, but the recommended is 4 inches 10 cm ), 5 – 6 inches ( 13 – 15 cm ) for Sleds ( Snow Machines, Snowmobiles ) 7 – 12 ( 18 – 30 cm ) for light cars and 14 – 16 inches ( 36 – 41 cm ) for full-sized trucks.

This was still unusual in Europe for full-sized family cars and gave the Princess a cabin space advantage when compared with similarly sized cars from competing manufacturers.

During the 1973-74 energy crisis, which brought on a greater demand for smaller cars in place of the larger cars that had been GM's bread and butter profit machine for decades, Mitchell oversaw the styling and design efforts of GM's downsized full-sized and intermediate-sized cars which were introduced in 1977 and 1978, respectively, some of the last designs that he would lead -- and all based on themes first developed in his 1975 Cadillac Seville.

The Estate Wagons, as did other GM full-sized wagons during these years, used a unique rear suspension with multi-leaf springs instead of the coil springs used on other full-sized Buicks, and other full-sized GM cars.

DeLorean and other Pontiac planners decided to make the switch in light of declining sales of the full-sized Grand Prix in comparison to competition from unique personal cars in both the luxury and sporty car fields including the Ford Thunderbird, Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Toronado at the luxury end, along with the emerging ponycars such as the Ford Mustang and Pontiac's own new-for-1967 Firebird.

Variations of the 1969 GP's central V-nose grille appeared on other 1970 Pontiacs including the full-sized cars and intermediate Tempest / Le Mans series.

The 1965 98 was completely redesigned from the ground up along with other full-sized General Motors cars but retained the larger C-body shared with Cadillac and Buick Electra in contrast with the B-body used in the Oldsmobile 88.

The Custom Cruiser wagons, as did other GM full-sized wagons during these years, used a unique rear suspension with multi-leaf springs instead of the coil springs used on other full-sized Oldsmobiles, and other full-sized GM cars.

For 1964, Oldsmobile's full-sized cars received a minor face-lift that included new sculpted bodies, grilles and taillights.

This allowed Oldsmobile ( and Buick, which used the same body and stretch wheelbase for its Sport Wagon ) to offer a wagon comparable in overall size to the full-sized Chevrolet Impala and Pontiac Catalina wagons, but without diluting the cache of its full-size cars with a utilitarian body style.

There were exceptions to this rule however, such as the full-sized elves who appear in Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter as well as Northern English and Scottish Lowlands folklore ( as seen in such tales as The Queen of Elfan's Nourice and other local variants ).

From 1965 to 1970, it would be Oldsmobile's flagship station wagon, as no full-sized wagons were produced.

* Oldsmobile Delta 88 ( 1965 – 1989 ) While the " 88 " series of Oldsmobile's date back to the 1940s, and were offered in a variety of trim levels, the introduction of the Delta 88, which superseded the Super 88 line as Olds mid-level full-sized vehicles, was a watershed event for the division.

They are likely descended from a full-sized species of European hippopotamus, and reached their small size through the evolutionary process of insular dwarfism which is common on islands ; the ancestors of pygmy hippopotami were also small and thus there was never a dwarfing process.

At the state-sponsored facility, which was named Jamestown Festival Park, later renamed Jamestown Settlement, full-sized replicas of the three ships that brought the colonists, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery were constructed at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, and docked at Jamestown, where became a permanent attraction to be both toured, and seen by water from the nearby Jamestown Ferry system operated by VDOT, and relocated for the festival to nearby Glass House Point.

The original ICON workstations were housed in a large wedge-shaped steel case, with a full-sized keyboard mounted slightly left-of-center and a trackball mounted to the right.

Kitti Ping, a scientist trained in genetic manipulation by the Eridani, genetically " upgraded " these into full-sized flame-breathing telepathic dragons, who were able to sear the Thread before it could fall to the ground.

Traditionally, full-sized American station wagons were configured for six or nine passengers.

Later reports strongly suggest that the Car and Driver GTOs were equipped with a engine that was optional in full-sized Pontiacs.

Telephones were concealed in over 50 other objects including a necktie, comb, watch, clock, handkerchief, magazine, a garden hose, a car cigarette lighter ( the cigarette lighter was hidden in the car phone ), belt, wallet, a bottle of perfume, ( to use it you had to push down on the top, and Max complained of smelling like a woman ) the steering wheel of a car ( where Max complained that if he made a right turn he dialed the operator ), a painting of a telephone, the headboard of his bed, a sandwich, lab test tubes ( in which Max grabs the wrong one and splashes himself ), and of all places, as a tiny phone inside another full-sized working phone!

At the same time, Detroit's then-Big Three automakers ( Ford, Chrysler, GM ) were marketing downsized full-sized automobiles like the Chevrolet Caprice, the Ford LTD Crown Victoria and the Dodge St. Regis which met the CAFE fuel economy mandates passed in 1978.

In fact, they were made for adults — their small size is so that they could be used in situations where a full-sized violin was too large to carry, or too expensive to own.

Meanwhile, performances were transferred to the temporary Courtyard Theatre, which was a full-sized working prototype for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, built on the site of the RSC's studio theatre, The Other Place.

Many of the luxury convenience options available on the more expensive full-sized Chevrolet models, such as power windows, were not available on the Biscayne.

The 1969 Caprice and other full-sized Chevrolets were restyled with crisper body lines and front bumpers that wrapped around the grille ( again with optional concealed headlights, for which headlight washers could be added as a new " one year only " option ) along with ventless front windows on all models.

Inside were revised interiors featuring a two-spoke cushioned steering wheel and new instrument panel with horizontal sweep speedometer and instrument placement similar to previous full-sized Chevrolets.

A bigger 400 cu in ( 6. 6 L ) engine was included with the 442 option, based on the newly introduced 425 cu in ( 6. 9 L ) engine from the full-sized Oldsmobiles while the Oddfire Buick V6 and Olds 330 cubic-inch Jetfire Rocket V8 were carried over from the previous year with increased power ratings for the V8 options.

The 1966 models were slightly restyled again with bodylines similar to the full-sized Olds 88 and semi-fastback rooflines with extended sail panels and tunneled rear windows on Sport ( pillared ) and Holiday ( hardtop ) coupes.

He noted that miniatures may appear in a litter bred from full-sized Pekingese and were exhibited in classes for dogs less than 7 pounds at the major dog shows in Britain.

Most modern instruments are full-sized ones at 8 ' pitch or ottavini at 4 ' pitch, although there are no surviving Ruckers instruments of this pitch, and most probably none were ever made by his workshop.

Power front disc brakes were now standard equipment on Electras, replacing the finned aluminum drum brakes used in full-sized Buicks since the late 1950s.

Grand Prixs and all other full-sized Pontiacs were completely restyled for 1965 featuring more rounded bodylines with Coke-bottle profiles, and a increase in wheelbase to ( for Grand Prix, Catalina, and all Safari station wagons — Bonneville and Star Chief increased proportionally from to ).

Development of the new intermediate-based 1969 Grand Prix began in April 1967 after a few prototype GPs were built on the full-sized Pontiac platform as originally planned.

Model years through 2010 were traditional mid-sized SUVs, with the redesign for the 2011 model year classifying it as a full-sized crossover SUV.