Why the 1973 Pontiac Grand Prix Changed Everything

#PontiacGrandPrix #ClassicCars #1973GrandPrix Ask most Pontiac fans which Grand Prix was the most important one the company ever built, and nine times out of ten, you will get the same answer. They will lean back, they will smile, and they will say 1969. John DeLorean's masterpiece. The car with the six-foot hood, the cockpit wrapped around the driver like a fighter jet. The car that single-handedly redefined what a personal luxury coupe was supposed to be in America. When the 1969 Grand Prix broke cover on September 26th of 1968, the reaction was immediate and overwhelming. Over 112,000 people bought one in that first model year, obliterating every sales record the Grand Prix nameplate had ever set. There were the federal safety standards that required structural changes to the body. There were the emissions regulations that were squeezing every ounce of compression and power out of the engines. And there was the energy situation looming on the horizon, with the 1973 oil embargo just months away from hitting after the new models went on sale. #PontiacGrandPrix #ClassicCars #1973GrandPrix #PontiacHistory #PersonalLuxuryCars #ClassicAmericanCars #MuscleCars #Pontiac455 #GrandPrixSJ #JohnDeLorean #VintageCars #AmericanClassics #ColonnadeCars #1970sCars #OldsmobileCutlass #ChevyMonteCarlo #CarHistory #ClassicCarDocumentary #RareCars #carenthusiasts