Pontiac Phoenix

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Pontiac Phoenix
Production period: 1977-1984
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Limousine ,  coupé , station wagon , station wagon coupe
Previous model: Pontiac Ventura
Successor: Pontiac Grand Am

The Pontiac Phoenix was a car model of the so-called compact class (lower middle class), which the American automobile manufacturer Pontiac produced from spring 1977 to summer 1984.

Phoenix (1977-1979)

1st generation
Pontiac Phoenix Coupé (1978)

Pontiac Phoenix Coupé (1978)
Production period: 1977-1979
Body versions : Sedan , coupé , station wagon coupé
Engines:
Petrol engines : 2.5–5.7 liters
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :

From the spring of 1977, the former Pontiac Ventura was continued to be built as the Pontiac Phoenix with slight cosmetic changes.

The range of models (two- and three-door coupé and four-door sedan) and the choice of engines (3.8-liter V6, 5.0 and 5.7-liter V8, and 2.5-liter four-cylinder upon special request) changed Nothing.

The Phoenix was available in the basic and LJ equipment levels, the latter not as a hatchback coupé.

The production of the Phoenix with rear-wheel drive ran out in early 1979; a total of 125,555 copies were built.

Rear view

Phoenix (1979-1984)

2nd generation
Pontiac Phoenix (1979-1984)

Pontiac Phoenix (1979-1984)
Production period: 1979-1984
Body versions : Station wagon , coupe
Engines:
Petrol engines : 2.5-2.8 liters
(67-97 kW)
Length: 4645 mm
Width: 1753 mm
Height: 1364 mm
Wheelbase : 2665 mm
Empty weight : 1081-1195 kg

The second generation Phoenix was based on General Motors' X platform with front-wheel drive and was closely related to the Chevrolet Citation , Buick Skylark and Oldsmobile Omega . Compared to its direct predecessor, the new model was almost half a meter shorter and around 400 kilograms lighter.

In the spring of 1979 the new, smaller Phoenix appeared, available as a two-door notchback coupé and five-door hatchback sedan in the basic and Phoenix LJ equipment versions . In the engine compartment sat either a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 67 kW (91 hp) produced by Pontiac or a 2.8-liter V6 with 83 kW (112 hp) from Chevrolet , each of which could be combined with a four-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission .

From model year 1982 the 2.8-liter V6 was also available in a high-performance version with 97 kW (132 hp) for the new Phoenix SJ model variant, and the four-cylinder also received intake manifold injection . In 1983, as almost every year, the grill was changed slightly, in the last model year 1984 the SJ five-door was omitted.

Like its sister models, the Citation, Skylark and Omega, the Phoenix was available from German Opel / GM dealers.

By the summer of 1984, a total of 405,000 copies of the second generation Phoenix were built, including just 2,988 SJ.

Web links

Commons : Pontiac Phoenix  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

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  • James M. Flammang and Ron Kowalke: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999 . Krause Publication, Iola 1999. ISBN 0-87341-755-0 , pp. 826-856.