Pontiac Executive

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Pontiac Executive
Production period: 1967-1970
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Sedan , station wagon , coupé
Previous model: Pontiac Star Chief
Successor: Pontiac Catalina Brougham

The Pontiac Executive was an upper mid -range model built by the US automobile manufacturer General Motors under the Pontiac brand and offered from 1967 to 1970.

Year by year

1967-1968

Executive Series 256 (1967–1968)
Pontiac Executive (1968)

Pontiac Executive (1968)
Production period: 1967-1968
Body versions : Sedan , station wagon , coupé
Engines:
Petrol engines : 6.6–7.5 liters
(195–287 kW)
Length: 5532-5654 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3073-3150 mm
Empty weight : 1778-2017 kg

In 1966, the previous Star Chief model had the nickname Executive, but this name became the actual model name in 1967. Between the more simply equipped Catalina and the luxurious Bonneville , the Executive occupied the middle position in the range of " full-size " automobiles. The cars featured the design typical of Pontiac's late 1960s, with a wide radiator grille with a painted center bar and twin headlights on top of one another. The fashionable " Coke-Bottle-Design" (first tested on the Chevrolet Corvair 1965) manifested itself in a hip bend over the rear wheel cutouts.

A 4-door sedan and two hardtop versions with 2 or 4 doors were available with the larger wheelbase . The 5-door station wagon with six or nine seats, like all Pontiac station wagons at that time, had a 3 "shorter wheelbase and was nicknamed the Safari . A V8 engine with 6555 cc, which ran at 4600 min −1 delivered an output of 265 bhp (195 kW).

In 1968, the front view of the cars changed significantly: Instead of the twin headlights lying one on top of the other, there were now a little further inward, side by side. There were no technical changes this year, but more powerful engines were now available upon request:

  • 6555 cc capacity of 330 hp (243 kW) at 4800 min -1
  • 6555 cc capacity of 340 hp (250 kW) at 4800 min -1
  • 6555 cm³ displacement with 350 bhp (257 kW) at 5000 min −1
  • 6555 cc with 360 hp (265 kW) at 5100 min -1
  • 6555 cc with 366 hp (269 kW) at 5400 min -1
  • 7014 cc of 375 hp (276 kW) at 4800 min -1
  • 7014 cc of 390 hp (287 kW) at 5200 min -1

In these two years, 68,088 long-wheelbase sedans and coupés and 23,534 short-wheelbase station wagons were built.

1969-1970

Executive Series 256 (1969-1970)

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Production period: 1969-1970
Body versions : Sedan , station wagon , coupé
Engines:
Petrol engines : 6.6–7.0 liters
(213–287 kW)
Length: 5601-5687 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3099-3175 mm
Empty weight : 1798-2098 kg

In 1969 there were no major changes in the appearance of the vehicles, but the wheelbases were increased by 1 "each. The basic V8 engine now developed 290 bhp (213 kW) with the same displacement.

In 1970 there was another major facelift . The cars now had twin headlights arranged side by side in rectangular boxes and the radiator grille consisted of two vertically arranged grille surfaces which, together with the wide, chrome-plated central bar, formed a bulky, protruding nose. The wide taillights (on the coupé and sedans) were placed in the rear bumper. There were no technical changes this year.

In 1969 and 1970, 47,781 long-wheelbase sedans and coupés and 23,706 short-wheelbase station wagons were built. The executive station wagons had no successors; the sedans and coupés were called Catalina Brougham from 1971 .

Web links

Commons : Pontiac Executive  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

source

Gunnell, John: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publication, Iola (2002), ISBN 0-87349-461-X .