Vintage Pontiac Grand Prix shows off its lines, curves and chrome

“Who says you can’t buy success?” That was one of the many magazine advertising headlines for the Grand Prix. Produced from 1962 through 2002, this ‘personal luxury coupe’ was considered the flagship of the Pontiac fleet. Its upscale interior easily rivaled anything the competition could serve up. The car boasted such niceties as Morrokide-covered bucket seats, console, floor shift, tachometer, and rear speaker, and of course, above-average performance with big V-8 engines with plenty of horsepower.

The 1969 Grand Prix was the very first car to have its radio antenna embedded in the windshield.
And in an era of excess, the Grand Prix could brag about having the longest hood in the industry.

Man, what a sweet ride! I spotted this one and its great lines, curves and chrome at the Aylmer Auto Show in Quebec, Canada and I caressed it with my camera.

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1960’s automobile ads were so clever! Here’s a few of the fun copy lines for the Grand Prix:

• Some cars try to look like Pontiacs. Some cars try to act like Pontiacs. Lots of luck.
• Any car this responsive, obedient and satisfying to drive, simply has no right to be this good looking.
• Grand Prix is for people who think good looks are enough. Also for those who don’t.
• You don’t have to turn the key to be moved by it.
• If you gravitate helplessly toward every Pontiac you see, you’re simply human.
• If you think the Grand Prix is just a big, beautiful, elegant car, you obviously haven’t driven it.
• Ignore the Grand Prix’s urbane good looks for the moment. (Force yourself.)
• Whisks you from hither to yon in such effortless style.
• If you can resist buying one, maybe you just don’t like cars.
• It may be sometime before you can see this car without a lot of people crowded around it so be our guest.
• Curves and turns come and go, but you sit comfortably unmoved.
• Your pulse rate goes up whatever you see one of these? Relax, you’re perfectly normal.
• Try and tell yourself you don’t want one. Just try.
• If you don’t want to be looked at wherever you go, don’t go in this!
• Now the only question is, who has the years second best looking car?
• This beauty eats mountains for breakfast.
• Another beautiful sleek new luxurious responsive Pontiac Grand Prix? So what else is new?
• If you had two wishes, what would the second one be?
• It’s quick and nimble but much more civilized and comfortable than a sports car.
• Here’s a car that’s luxurious without being a stuffed shirt about it!
• Does any car have the right to be this beautiful? Only if it’s a Pontiac and its name is Grand Prix. So beautiful, in fact, it’s clean, aristocratic lines have set the standard for personal luxury cars
• Push the go paddle. Man, this is driving! This is Grand Prix. Who else but Pontiac could’ve built it? Who else but you could enjoy it so much?