One of Pontiac's longest-running nameplates, the Catalina came to be in 1950 as a range-topping, hardtop version of the Chieftain. Four years later, the badge was also added to the Star Chief hardtop.

Introduced in 1950 as a trim line reserved for hardtops only on the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines, the Catalina became a separate model as the entry-level full-size Pontiac in 1959. It ...

Pontiac was quite the automaker in its heyday. The GM-owned subsidiary was right in the thick of the American muscle car era, releasing some of the its coolest looking cars in that period. From the ...

the sleek profile view of the Catalina and at right, instrument panel arrangement.The action shot on the opposite page reveals the Pontiac to be a very good cornering car with a minimum of body lean ...

Although Pontiac was a force to be reckoned with in the Golden Age of the muscle car, producing a few well-known names, there are other rarer models from Pontiac which also deserve a mention. Sadly, ...

Named for a Michigan-area Indian chief who once led a failed rebellion against the British, Pontiac was created by General Motors in 1926 and built cars for the middle class for 83 years until it was ...