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Firebird II (1956, left) and III (1959, right) The General Motors Firebird comprises a quartet of prototype cars that General Motors (GM) engineered for the 1953, 1956, and 1959 Motorama auto shows. The cars' designers, headed by Harley Earl, took Earl's inspiration from the innovations in fighter aircraft design at the time. General Motors ...
In 1930, Oakland reintroduced the Model 101 V8, again using a flathead architecture, on a 117" wheelbase and offered it as a roadster, phaeton, coupe, closed body sedan and sport coupe. Prices were listed at US$895 ($16,324 in 2023 dollars [ 7 ] ) for the roadster or phaeton to US$1,045 ($19,060 in 2023 dollars [ 7 ] ) for the Custom Sedan. [ 1 ]
The Pontiac Bonneville Special is a concept car unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1954, the first two-seat sports car prototype the division had ever produced. Conceived by designer Harley J. Earl and hand-built by Homer C. LaGassey Jr. and Paul Gilland, the Special is a grand touring sport coupé that incorporated innovative styling ...
The "1959" Motorama was held from October 16–22, 1958, at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, before moving on to Boston. Shown in these two east coast cities were General Motors Firebird III and the Cadillac Cyclone. The final Motorama show was held in 1961 in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Pontiac Banshee is a line of concept cars designed by Pontiac, assuming the role previously established by General Motors' Firebirds of the 1950s. Four Banshee "dream cars" were fabricated through 1988 as design exercises intended to establish exterior and interior themes that could be modified for production versions of Pontiac sports and performance cars.
1954 XP-21 Firebird I [5] 1955 LaSalle II Roadster [6] 1955 LaSalle II Sedan [7] 1956 Firebird II [8] 1959 Firebird III [9] 1966 Electrovan Experimental [10] 1970 Urban Concept [11] 1992 Ultralite Experimental [12] 1992 Impact Concept [13] 2000 Terradyne [14] 2001 Terracross [15] 2002 Terra 4 [16] 2002 Hy-Wire [17] 2002 Autonomy Concept [18 ...
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The introduction of fuel-injection on V8 engines in the mid-1980s—such as the Ford "5.0" engine (available in the 1986 Ford Mustang) and the General Motors "LB9" engine (introduced in the 1985 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z and Pontiac Firebird Trans Am)—benefitted the pony cars with increased power and fuel economy.