Pontiac - Chief of the Skies. All the legendary Pontiacs including Starchief, Catalina, Bonneville, LeMans, Tempest, Sprint, Grand Am and Ventura (GTO, Gran Prix & Firebird in separate galleries). Pontiac captured the youth market in the late 1950s thanks to an all-out assault on achieving racing success.

Pontiac’s first V8 - the ‘Strato-Streak’ was launched in 1955 at 287 cubic inches (4.8ltr) and went on to become a performance legend. Later versions ranged in size from 326, 389, 400, 421 and on up to 455 cubic inches. By the late 1960s Pontiac not only had some of the best muscle car options, but also some of the most beautiful American cars ever made. And Pontiac made plenty of cars - the buying public couldn’t get of ‘em. In 1960 Pontiac sold a respectable but unspectacular 396,000 cars, by 1968 they were churning out over 900,000. Despite a few lean years Pontiac continued to sell well through the 1970s and ‘80s. Such a shame that General Motors closed Pontiac’s doors for good in 2009.