Pontiac Bonneville Timeline 1957 - 2005

[1983faithfully]

I have a blue 2001 bonneville. My grandfather had a 67 white bonneville coupe. Thee biggest, most beautiful, and most luxurious cars Pontiac ever produced!! Please bring the arrow head back to American roads.

[swa97]

I have a '97 Bonneville... I love it.

[viceking31]

henry hill had a 68

[Bonsse88]

Doobie's Taxiola was a '68

[Vaporcartel]

I had a '77 and I still regret that I sold it few years ago. :(((

[crammage]

70 reminds me of a jag

[thewindowsxp32]

wooooooooooo acdc hells bells wooooooooo

[Silverfox7771]

there is rumer that if Buick Fails in sales, ( China only reason it was kept alive) that Pontiac will return and Buick will retire, GM still gettig bad publicy from that desition to kill Pontiac and Saturn. (though not much when izusu, hummer, hmve, saab were killed off )

I have a 98 bonneville with 99 styling ( mid year me thinks) and i think it more comfy then the 08 accord a friend has, it cruises smooother then that car.

Toyota's end may also be coming cause of all the recalls

[ljnks1967]

sorry I love my Pontiacs But seems like from 78 till the end they was nothing but just a GM as Olds Buick and Chevy, Pontiac Olds Lost there engine and it went to a GM engine, Well Myself If I wanted a Chevy I would have bot a low end GM as the Chevy , When i was younger in the 80s -90s I looked at new Pontiac they bragged up the 231 V6 and the 305, I told the sales man Im looking for a Pontiac, not Chevey or Buick , with a Pontiac sticker.

Thanks GM I'll NEVER forgive you!

[ljnks1967]

sorry I love my Pontiacs But seems like from 78 till the end they was nothing but just a GM as Olds Buick and Chevy, Pontiac Olds Lost there engine and it went to a GM engine, Well Myself If I wanted a Chevy I would have bout a low end GM as the Chevy , When i was younger in the 80s -90s I looked at new Pontiac they bragged up the 231 V6 and the 305, I told the sales man Im looking for a Pontiac, not Chevey or Buick , with a Pontiac sticker.

Thanks GM I'll NEVER forgive you!

[BennyEastwood1]

The series took a serious nose-dive are 1975...

[versailles7]

Almost perfect! The only mistake is the "1982" shown is actually another 1981. 1982 was the first year of the midsize, 108" wb G-Body Bonnies, which are depicted in this video starting with 1983.

[MaximusRelaximus]

really lost its way from mid 70s to early 90s

[vietdude1979]

@MaximusRelaximus My family still have a 1978 Bonneville and it's still running till this days. The thing is everyone looks at Us when We ride in it since We're Asian. It's a nice comfortable car.

[andysciro1]

I have a 78' I love it so much. RIP the bonneville series, a series with BALLS

[dwightfartshrute]

i have a 1993. the power break booster just went out @ 190k miles. but hell i still love it. it takes off when i need it to & its more comfortable than my 97 camry xle on the interstate.

[koioo2]

can anny one explian to me wy they shut down pontiac ?

[komahoby]

@koioo2 well when they did shut it down, pontiac made just models that were not distinct. their best models were distinct however, but they had a bunch of models that were rebadgers. GMC and Chevrolet are like that too.. but idk

[koioo2]

@komahoby but trans am gta was sisters of the iroc shared plat forms

both sold where fine handle muscle car.bonville looks so awsome.allways shared plat forms.caprice look like in 1981 bonville.sudden buick comes back

regal 2010 is a opel insgnia

gmc the blazer gmc jimmy where the same.if a car brand sell good appear was ceo manager wy re shire new ceo manager.does chevy as something like the bonneville ? but i get bit this that so and so yo do connect the piecses together

[jons44]

My first car I ever owned when I was a teenager was a 1983 Bonneville sedan. It was a piece of shit, but it was my freedom, so I loved it and I drove it til it was completely dead. I still have the manual and the hood ornament. I'm sentimental!

[nugsy69]

good job, great video. i seen everything i needed to see in bonnevlles'

[epicsr]

Sad to see beautifull, stylish, distinctive and well built cars, evolve into anonymous, ugly, boxy, uninspired pieces of crap. Just look at that '65 car. It's the kind of car you don't want to see your daughter disappear into, 'cause that thing looks mean!

And take a look at the '86 (give or take 10 years) car. It's the kind of car YOU don't want to be seen anywhere near.

[burningempire666]

@epicsr Hey my pimp ride is an '86! It's ghetto but it starts up everyday and hauls ass.

[maj212212]

What happened to it in 1987?

From then on they made it look like it's japanese.

[shaikhdishgan1]

@maj212212 just bad managmint ponti`s were beautifull cars but at the end of the 70`s caaaboooom disaster ,they just lost there taste and made only disasteras car`s.

[noweredude]

I have a '66 2 door hardtop sitting behind my grandma's house. got it when i was 16, traded 2 honda quads for the old girl, havent had the money to do anything with her so shes just been sitting. drove it twice before the tranny decided to go. tough to fix up 1 car when u have to others that need work (77 dodge tradesman200 and my girlfriends 89 blazer)....and a kid on the way. looks like the old girl will be sittng for a few more years :(

[fredbros21]

BRAVO

[Ron0968]

great time line video....

[1969pontiac1]

Thanks for the post, My dad had a 1969 Bonnevllie, our first car with a stereo radio, He bought it off the lot, did not order it, dark blue with light blue cloth. It had remote ourside mirror, Rally ll wheels and Tilt wheel and Factory air. It did not have power door locks or windows. I sure wish we had kept it. Does anyone know why on a older GM car with tilt whell the Igntion swicht on the steering colunm stuck out? Was that to make room for the tilt wheel, on a non tilt it did not stick out

[dillo1000]

my dad got parisienne 68 from a1 same old brand new you

[gringo4x4do]

70 was the last year for a truly good looking Bonneville, after that they got Ugly, Bloated, or just plain Homely !

[satanicrawrofdoom]

for suuuuure, 70 was the best looking in IMO

[falloutboy7778]

@gringo4x4do the 96 came out with atleast 3 different kinds of bonneville SE SL and SSEI ssei is the one i have and is considered a sports car

[CRXJDM88]

i like the 1987 to 1991 bonneville

[koioo2]

@CRXJDM88 me to

[Poncho389]

Good job redfan34! I have a 66 really enjoy it.

[Doobie1975]

Nice cars, my favorites were the 1965-70 models, I wish they kept on making them full size after 1981

[squirrellor1]

yea my 89 bonneville still runs great and everything still works fine too. even after 20 years of use and 107k miles haha

[koioo2]

@squirrellor1 so hows the bonniville ?

[NadrianATRS]

I really hated this song but this was cool

[workensmart]

I have a 1996 SSEI just like the one in this vid but its got the crose lace wheels. I posted some vids of it.

[kdemonde]

Had 2 Bonneville's- 81,90 SSE great cars. a shame they are gone...

[dannylack57]

A shame the 1960 photo had the top up on the convertible..my folks had a '60 bonny convertible, golden tan...fully loaded power everything available plus a/c.. prettiest car ever on the road...always got comments even in 1960..

[jaybelowzero]

Bonnevilles were great cars. Owned a '78, 79, '92, & '93.  I will miss Pontiac.

[koioo2]

@jaybelowzero no ne explian to me wy pontiac is dead wy they shuit down pontiac

[ballerwitha44]

'96 baby. Feels like your driving a boat.

[h2wntsu]

Sweet, i have a 95 ssei with 230,000 on it but the tranny is making an odd knock in park. I traded a commercial mower for a 97 lhs so my parents said i have to sell my beloved bonne!!! BTW that pic of the 92 isnt a 92 its a 93-95 92's had a pontiac symbol and lines on the grill.

[xDRZLx]

Actually h2wntsu the 92 is correct. The grille your referring to was only on the base Bonne the SSE/i's all got the same and the SE's got them starting in 93.

[OSOK995]

I have a Pontiac Bonneville, it's fast and awesome but the gas millage is horrible.

Only 16mpg and with the gas prices now, it sucks.

[stacey19]

You should get it checked out - my 2000 Bonneville gets 29-30 easily.

[koioo2]

@OSOK995 that time price was low don t the year.price in europe is skyyyyyy highhhhhhh.also tires play big role

[OSOK995]

@koioo2 Yep, I overwhelmingly agree. Here it's 2.79$ per gallon, in Europe it's almost 12$ a gallon. That is horrible.

[koioo2]

@OSOK995 netherlands has most taxses on gasoline

is highest.bit low is germany.i stoped looking how is here and there

some have lpg liquied gas.think car get heavyer some need pay more raod tax

[liamoreg]

im having trouble finding out if the car i have is a Bonneville or a grand lemans because the body is a Bonneville but on the side it says its grand lemans

[jaybelowzero]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting!

[wurlitzer78]

what the hell were they thinking in 1987

i miss those older cars

[burningempire666]

I got an '86, before the corny body upgrade. A steel box, with a vinyl roof. I'm fixing it up because it only has 49K on it (I put 20K on it the last 3 years) and the interior is mint.

[koioo2]

@burningempire666 cherish it

[koioo2]

@wurlitzer78 same here

[j45007]

Great videos, the style befre 1983 is the best, followed by the late 1990's versions. In my opinion, anyways. Thanks for posting it.

[Saleens28i]

I have a 2000 SSEi and it super fast and smooth at 120mph it feels like 60mph

[komahoby]

well i love the bonnie! my dad has a 2000 version but it looks like the 2001 pic. if you had one, it would pass the bumpy road test VERY well because its so smooth. its very reliable to cause my dad's has about 150-170k on it.

[koioo2]

@komahoby wash it wax it and chreish it

[bambikb81]

It's amazing how the Bonnie transformed through the years!!! Don't feel so bad, The Grand Am got dumped for the G5 or G6 or whatever number they want to call it these days!!!:(

[ClassicTVMan81]

This presentation needs to be re-done by adding pictures of the 1983 to 1986 U.S.-market Parisiennes.

[ilovesatan66]

Love the older models.  Beautiful. Too bad the company shut down

[Malibunightrider]

its a shame they couldnt hold it for 2 more years and give it a 50th anniversary

[StinkinLiberals]

PONTIAC screwed up big time when they stopped making the Bonneville. I had a 1993 Bonnie SSEi and loved it. Now they make crap. What the hell is a G6, or a G7 or a Vibe? Who cares? Pontiac screwed their loyal customers over when they dumped Bonnie.

[2008ljr]

Yep, Now it is the end of the era!

Goodbye Pontiac after 2010.

[daltonultra]

It would appear you are correct. Also, 96 and 97 may indeed be reversed, as I believe that Dark Cherry Red Metallic only became available in 97, and I believe 96 may have been the last year for bright red.

[2008ljr]

I thought the 82 was the first year the downsized the model to a Grand Prix, Regal, Cutlass, etc.

[daltonultra]

Actually, the downsized Bonnie was basically the Pontiac version of the Chevy Malibu.

[2008ljr]

So the pic for the 82 model is incorrect. It actually looks like the big model.

[AmbientMusic]

Best Car Ever!

[bonnevillebob2000]

im on my 3rd 67 95 and a 2000 love em

[thekidrocks72]

Bought a new Bonneville in 1995, and kept it for 10 years... and which point people were chasing around for it!

Fact is, with the computer command ride and FE3 suspension combination, it was not a good riding car as it aged. You could feel body flex (but not a squeak!) and in sub-zero (F) weather, the suspension rattled badly. Not good for a well maintained major TLC car with 73K on the clock!

PS anyone else notice that 96 and 97 are reversed?

[Razr89A]

did you post this on the PBC?

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

74 and 83 are not Bonneville's; 74 is a Grand Ville (since there was no Bonneville convertible after 70, and no Catalina convertible after 72) and 83 was a Safari wagon and not even on the right platform, in 83 Safari was still B Body, but the Bonneville was a G Body (formerly A Body).

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@FirebirdCamaro1220

In 1983, however, the B-body Pontiac was the Parisienne which was the Canadian-market version of the original Bonneville. He should have used a pic of the 1983 Parisienne Safari wagon.

[sirmoola]

i love my bonnie (The Cougar) its a 2001 and it never lets me down.

[austinbryant2005]

me and my dad just got my grandmas 1965 bonneville and its been sitting in her garage for 26 years. it started up like brand new. i cant wait until we get to drive it.

[leveall56]

my mom got a 2005 bonneville and it is a supercharge

[acerrite]

They didn't make them supercharged in 2005. That bodystyle had them supercharged 2000-2003, after that the performance engine was the 4.6 litre Northstar V8.

[007InMiami]

GM wrecked Bonneville in the 80s by rebadging the LeMans with the Bonneville name. Man those cars were lame.

[LinnSondek]

Yeah! I remember that, when all the car companies were trying to meet CAFE standards for fuel economy. Once they realized their mistake, they re-introduced the fullsize Bonneville as the Parisite...oops, just kidding, the Parisienne (the name of the Canadian model). Unfortunately the Bonneville name had to stay on that "mid-sized" model until the front drive design was ready. ...My favorites are the late 70s/early 80s Diesel equipped versions, ..or the 8 lug wheel versions from the mid 60s.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@LinnSondek

And the Parisienne sedan did not return for '87 in either USA or Canada (no Parisienne coupes were sold in the USA), although the wagon version, then known simply as Safari (not "Parisienne Safari" as earlier), continued through 1989.

[2008ljr]

I think the last year of the big boats were in 81.

[ClassicTVMan81]

1981 - last year of B-body Bonnie and Catalina.

1982 - Bonnie name moves to the intermediate G-body chassis (formerly A-body; the rear-drivers became G-bodies when the A designator moved to front-drive).

Summer 1983 - Pontiac extends availability of the Canadian-market Parisienne line to the U.S. to win back traditional Bonnie customers.

[2008ljr]

But that 82 pic still looks like the Big Bonnie.

[BurntOutBeatDown]

I just bought a '65 Bonneville, Brogham, a couple of weeks ago. Same color as the one in the timeline. Drove it 1250 miles home. Springsteen kept running thru my head,

"Tearing down the hi-way like a big old dinosaur".....21mpg, not bad at all.

Great job, love the show !!

[hoffmann9471]

After the ugly model years in the 70s and 80s the Bonneville design makes a strong and good "jump" in 1987 and they became more beautiful again, esp. from 1992 till 2005 they are really beautiful and sportive !!!

Nice memories to this trademark. DANKE.

[hoffmann9471]

From 1963 till 1969 they are beautiful - beautiful - beautiful !!!! The 70 model is a design mistake !! When I was a boy with 8 ?

I knew a man who had a Bonneville Convertible 1963 or 1964. WUNDERBAR !!! (and super rare in Germany at that times) Danke. 5*****

[raconter1]

Excellent presentation! Subscribed and favorited! :) Jack

[komahoby]

my dad has i think a 02 or 03. my neighbor across the street has a supercharged 05 model. its a great, smooth car=)

[acerrite]

They didn't make them supercharged in 2005. The last year for supercharged was 2003. After that the performance engine was the 4.6 litre Northstar V8.

[odelgado78]

84 was the best one

[AciDpL4yER]

65 and 04 are the better ones

[63whiskey]

1970-1974 were hideously ugly. I can't believe people even bought cars that ugly.

[Doobie1975]

I liked the 1970 models alot but I wasn't a big fan of the 1971-74's, I didn't think they were that great looking

[wilkes85]

Amasing how they have a whole new style for each model year. It's also amasing how much the '68 model looks like a '71-'72 Ford LTD

[raconter1]

No doubt the influence of Bunkie Knudsen from Pontiac who made the journey to Ford! LOL! :)

Jack

[crazydiamond001]

Nice show. Great song choice too.

[wissn2112]

My dad used to havea a 77 just like the green one, and I have a 80 im driving now, just like the white one.

[Grovercleese]

my dad has the 1967 Bonnevile. They need more cars like that

[ZeeboLaywicker]

hmm...ill take the 71 with a 455 and a cup of coffee, please..oh wait, this is 2008..all i can get is a prius...oh the agony....

[GETRDUN]

@ZeeboLaywicker I think the 455 was as big as a Prius - LOL!

[NELSONA6888]

the 1960 boneville looks like the 1960 oldsmobile dynamic 88 with the grill looking the same

[LS1Hawk]

The '59 Bonnie is one of the best looking cars ever built. I also like the mid-60s Broughams. It's a shame Pontiac stopped production on this car.

[se428bandit]

I have had 1970 triple black bonne 2 door,1993 purple/gray metallic and a 1999 SLE.I missed the 1970 the most 455,360 hp,500 ft lbs of torque @ 2800 rpm.

[jupitr2]

I'm partial to the Bonnies fr4om '60-'76. My dad owned a '60, '63, '65 and a '68 as he traded up. The crown jewel to me was the '75 and '76 battleship. Stuffed with a 455 cu in. V8 and sucking a gallon of gas to its 13 miles-per-gallon was a thing of pure excess, but man was it beautiful. Thanks for the post!

[SanFran90]

@jupitr2: I would've loved that too. Born over a decade too late to even see the cars new, though....

[custommadename]

The trims are inconsistent. It changes from the fog lights on the edges of the bumper to the lights in the center. This kind of makes it look like the fog lights are dependent on year changes.

[redfan34]

The Foglights depend on the trim level.

SE has the foglights on the outer. SSE, and SSEi have the foglights in the center.

[custommadename]

Yeah, that's fine. I have an SSEi, and I'm trying to explain that with the various trim levels, the video makes it seem as if the years are what change the look that much rather than the options.

[rayluv2x]

I have a 68 Bonnie that im getting ready to restore!!!!! This video makes me want to jump on it!1

[ghbbb123]

I might be getting an '85 for free pretty soon!! can't wait

[oldlymeleo]

I had a '57. Bought it in El Cajon. Got married in '65 and sold the car a year later in Boston. Two very lousy decisions.

[youknowyouwant2]

FYI I collected the pics. I drive a 1993 SLE just like the one in the video but mine is metallic purple.

[se428bandit]

I had the same car,same color, it sure was a great car,sold it with 206,000 miles.

[slashblitz]

Why dont they make any cars with a nice red interior anymore? I think the automobile market right now is so lame

[707320i]

It's really a discgrace how the current generation of GM executives have totally trashed this car. What started out as a beautiful vehicle in the 50's and early 60's was degraded with each successive generation until it had no more soul than a kenmore dishwasher.

[xDRZLx]

I have to dosagree with your comment saying the car degraded each generation, I have a 1993 SSEi and its a beautiful car, and with the 3800 supercharged engine I have speeedd. Plus the engine goes 300k easily w/maitenence.

[OldFart58]

I have ´60 Bonneville Coupe, also like ´59 ,´65 and ´66 Bonnevilles

[OldFart58]

I have ´60 Bonneville Coupe , also like ´59 , ´65 and ´66 models

[goodcantalope]

I have a '97 and I love it!! It does feel big at times but I still love it!!

[Airox180]

Also like the 88-91 Bonneville SSE. That thing was and still is classy.

[BoySixteen]

beatiful car

[thewillofthe313]

Ok I like this version better with the model years added.

[BoySixteen]

It's gone worse and worse.. In fact, only the firt few cars were beautiful.

[princedime11]

no my bonnie is a 99 and is beatiful

[thewillofthe313]

I drive a 90 LE and it looks great