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The 1964 Car And Driver issue with the 64 GTO and the phantom Ferrari GTO put fledgling Car And Driver magazine on the map, and they realized that creating controversial covers sold magazines. They repeated their marketing tactic with a 1965 version, pitting the Pontiac 2+2 against the Ferrari 330/GT 2+2, the latter having a V-12 engine. The Pontiac 2+2 was prepped by Royal Pontiac
The Pontiac 2+2 beat the Ferrari in the 1/4 mile, and was within 1 second of the Ferrari around a road course, which is amazing for a vehicle the size of the Pontiac 2+2. To top it off, the Pontiac 2+2 was 1/3 the price of the Ferrari. Go Pontiac! The 0-60 time listed for the Pontiac 2+2 (3.9 seconds) was a milestone mark, and was quoted as the fastest 0-60 mph time for a production car (on street tires) for nearly 35 years.
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1959-1980 Pontiac Window Sticker Reproductions : http://www.pontiacwindowstickers.com My Bio: I am currently writing articles for POCI's Smoke Signals magazine and enjoy promoting and discussing the history of the Pontiac Motor Division. |
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Totally bogus. Back then a hot (and tiny) car (Griffith, Cobra, etc.) could get into the four-second range.
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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons? ... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac? ... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967) ... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926}
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![]() I own this property now, but the vehicles are long gone... |
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That is cool!
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