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The Tempest is an automobile that was produced by Pontiac from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1987 to 1991.. The Tempest was introduced as an entry-level compact in October 1960 at the Paris Auto Show for the 1961 model year. [1]
The Corvair used the Powerglide for all 10 years it was produced; from 1961 to 1963, Pontiac used a modified version of Corvair Powerglide it called 'TempesTorque' for its front-engine, rear-transaxle Tempest, LeMans and Tempest LeMans cars. Dash-mounted Powerglide control lever, typically used on 1965–69 Corvairs.
The rear-engined 1960-69 Chevrolet Corvair Z-body up to 1964 used a variation of the rear swing-axle suspension and a transaxle similar to that found on the 1961-63 Pontiac Tempest. The 1961-62 Corvair station wagons even utilized a roofline similar to that on the 1961-63 Y-body wagons.
The first Pontiac Tempests used a modified version of the Powerglide transaxle shared with the Chevrolet Corvair. But unlike the Corvairs, the TempesTorque was connected via a flexible drive shaft to an unconventional slant-4 (half of a 389 V-8) or an aluminum 215 c.i. V-8, which would be later sold to the Rover Group and be renamed the 3500 V-8.
1961–1963 Buick's Dual-Path Turbine Drive; 1961–1964 Roto Hydramatic — Compact Hydramatic-based 3-speed used by Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Holden, Vauxhall and Opel; 1962-1972 TempestTorque — Powerglide-based 2-speed with "Split-Torque". 1964–1969 Super Turbine 300 — 2-speed (aka Buick ST-300, Oldsmobile Jetaway, Pontiac "Automatic")
This engine, as well as the early Tempest with the transaxle in the rear, were ideas of Pontiac's Chief Engineer John DeLorean, who became Pontiac's general manager at the end of the 1965 model year. This engine was available in a one-barrel carbureted, 165 hp (123 kW) version as standard equipment on all Pontiac intermediates except GTOs.
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The 1961 Pontiac Tempest was introduced as a new model, featuring an inline 4 coupled to a transaxle via a torque tube, giving it a perfect 50-50 front-rear weight balance. The Peugeot 403 and 404 models used a torque tube. [17]