1970 pontiac firebird commercial

[fvk32771]

I want the girl.. No scratch that. She's an old woman by now.

[beers2257]

what a shame.... To see what id consider to be works of art that were mass produced in america no longer exist makes me sad...from the 50's thru the late 70's Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac,Chevy all turned out some nice rides...full frame, solid steel, big v8 under the hood...Cars today are a fuckin joke, not to mention a death trap.. cheap plastic, light weight shitboxes that where if ya tap something the bumper falls off...

[racerboyroy]

@beers2257 Todays cars are are way safer that any 60' or 70' cars. Not to mention way more powerful and faster better gas milage quicker, stops shorter, circles a race course at speeds unobtainable by 70's cars

[surerawesome64]

@racerboyroy technicaly better but 68-72 cutlass 442 will always be my favorate and old muscle cars r WAY cooler than new 1s 68 gt500 elenor or 2010 gt500 thats not even a real shelby

[bigboy45454545]

Pontiac is going to make a comeback big-time :-)

[chilliwhiggerE]

My 1st car 8-D same color and everything! I bought it used in 82 for $800. Next car 73 LeMans Sport. Presently pushin an 04 GTO.

[Hot80s]

i bought a 72 455ho ta in 90. no project car. a runner for 1200$ what a blast!

[wolfzero85]

i want so bad one day i might be 60 but one day

[MCWEDS]

I bought the single at a garage sale when I was a teenager, they had multiple copies of this song, b/w "The Humbler", I wish I had bought more than one. I cracked mine so it still plays but makes a pop every revolution. It says on the label "1970 Pontiac Theme Music" "Not For Radio Play" and it has the name of the ad agency in Michigan that created it. I love this song so much.

[isuckaman]

What American cars lacked in quality back then they sure made up with style.

[njot33]

@isuckaman Quality was not yet an issue at this point in time. That wasnt until about 1975. What's more important, though, was that they knew the market and knew what people wanted, then delivered it.

[a7x76]

wtf this is the EXACT same audio from the 1979 commercial

[njot33]

@a7x76 The music is from the 1970 commercial. They werent using this music in 1979. If someone dubbed the music over the 1979 commercial, that's probably what you saw.

[Jared1452]

GM should have gotten rid of GMC instead of pontiac! GMC same shit as Chevy, but with different name!

[njot33]

@Jared1452 Yep, agree with you there! But the reason they made the decisions they did was because they simply chose to keep the brands that were making a profit AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. Pontiac wasnt one of them unfortunately.

[1fordhater]

BRING PONTIAC BACK GM DESKSJOCKEYS YOU DONT KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WANT WE WANT THESE

[adybravo]

does anyone remember the song/video in wich a yellow pontiac firebird was pursued by many police cars?

[metalrod23]

Seats 4 people comfortably.........only if the two in back are 3 feet tall.

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

I keep thinking the guy is gonna say, "you are now entering the twilight zone"

[ENCOMAN]

The Feds will have to pry my 70 Trans-Am from my cold dead hand, and my 69 Hurst/Olds also.

[barcrrt]

@ENCOMAN The 70' T/A and 69 H/O were 2 of the best GM cars ever made. If I had the chance to own only 2 cars of the muscle car era, those would be my choices! You done good! :o)

[ENCOMAN]

@barcrrt Thank You.

[simonriddick]

Sounds like the Transformers narrator. Meanwhile the decepticons buy a firebiiiirrrd.

[MidnightinSavannah]

When i see these old commercial,i look at the options and the things to make sure my firebird is correct.

[stimeeee]

1970 What a great year!!! President Richard Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18, The United States gets its first female generals Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Super Bowl IV The Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23–7, Black Sabbath's debut album, Black Sabbath released. Oh and the best thing that year. I was born!!!!! :)

[fvk32771]

@stimeeee 1970 was the last great year, but Nixon created the EPA in 1970 and forced 1971 cars to run on unleaded gasoline. That caused HP to drop like a rock the next year. We were still on the gold standard and gas was 36 cents a gallon. In 1973, carmakers were forced to put in energy absorbing bumpers on the fronts of cars. In 1974, states were forced to lower their speed limits to 55 mph. The 1970s were the dark age of motoring. The veil wouldn't be lifted until the mid 1980's.

[hpmc9]

4 passengers confortably

had to be tough to read that line with a straight face

[rubiorocks]

i OWN A 2000 FIREBIRD AND LOVE IT....BUT THIS ONE LOOKS AWESOME...IVE SEEN THE CONCEPT CAR FOR 2011 I HOPE THEY MAKE IT

[offroadfury6]

i have a 2000 Trans Am WS6 and couldn't be happier.

doesnt look like there will be ANY 2011 pontiacs :( :( :( :( :(

[Ocala92RTTT]

who will make it ? besides its a concept car built off a camaro ? why would you want that ? run the vin on the car everytime it will come up camaro

[81TransAmJunkie]

@Ocala92RTTT so what if it comes up Camaro. It says Trans Am. I'd drive a Camaro every day if said Trans Am

[darkcrackers]

can somebody write what that guy say in commercial.

he talking fast !!! and I poor in english !!

i want know wat he saying

[Declipse16]

That is such an attractive car, I would do anything to help save pontiac, I still can't believe they're doing away with them and there's nothing that can be done to save them. :( I personally think they should have done away with Saturn, I still don't think they've come out with attractive cars except the sky, which still isn't as good looking as the pontiac solstice.

[DrJiim]

@Declipse16

Well the Saturn Sky looks more aggressive than the Solstice.

[creem1213]

内装が渋いですね♪

（＊´Å｀＊）

カッコイイ♪

[MCWEDS]

Why can't they make an ad like this today, people would actually get excited!!!! Not with the bad ads we have now! I love the fire too.

[njot3]

However I love this commercial, especially the fire!!

[njot3]

But what I think is that as time passed, they got in new managers who cared more about profits and saving money (e.g. by sharing so much across the different divisions), guys who weren't true car enthusiasts. The way simplified everything reflected that. They might as well have been selling light bulbs. I can only tell you that when I was younger, we thought of Pontiac, Olds, etc. as totally different cars; we didn't think "oh, a Pontiac, that's just another GM car".

[njot3]

They went and focused on trucks and forgot about the car lines- I guess they thought the cars would sell themselves without advertizing and more frequent model changes? But of the divisions, I would have thought Pontiac would have survived and not Buick. Pontiac still had an identity as the sporty division for younger people. However they also rebadged cheap Chevys as Pontiacs (e.g. Sunfire) instead of trying to be more upmarket (e.g. in the 70s offering a car like the Grand Ville).

[offroadfury6]

the reason for not trashing buick is because, Buicks sell ALOT overseas in China

[njot3]

they started sharing bodies, and then even engines between divisions, the auto magazines no longer rated them as competitors. Instead they rated all the J cars for example as one car. They erased the distinction also by offering nice equipment on Chevys, instead of keeping the nicer equipment on higher end cars. By the mid 90s they weren't even trying anymore, because you saw no ads for GM cars other than Chevrolets (though Olds did have some ads when they redid the full line up around 97).

[njot3]

I think GM's biggest mistake was not keeping each division of the company distinct from each other. It wasn't just Pontiac. Think of how insanely popular Oldsmobiles were even 20 years ago. How do you mess that up? Buicks were also highly regarded cars. Yet look how they have slimmed down their lineup. In 1982 for example, they had 7 or 8 different models, and they sold well! But at that point, they were still keeping each division distinct enough, and there wasn't so much competition. When

[pissyandpetty]

So, which was it with GM? Incompetence?Neglect? Pontiac could have been...SHOULD have been one of the greatest car companies in the world. Hard to believe. How do you go from GTO, Trans AM, Wide Track Grand Prix sleak styled performance and drop down to bullshit like some bogus crap called a "G6" and a "G8" ? What's next? The "G-Whiz?" But then, there is no "next".

[99LS1TransAm]

Do you just not like the name "G8" or the actual car?

[racerboyroy]

G8 is a awesome car the magazines compare it to the bmw 5 series

[99LS1TransAm]

I think it's an amazing car, especially in the GT and GXP trims. But I also think that since it was lacking a sat/nav, that really diminished the competitiveness of it...and to be honest, since it was a "Pontiac" as well. Why did they go with G8? Well, Pontiac adapting a new series line - what other great endurance races are there to name an awesome Pontiac car after? Can-Am? That would have been worse than "G8." The G8 is a great car, and more aesthetically pleasing than a BMW 5-Series, imo.

[gdwriter]

G8 was an excellent car with a dumb name. It should have been called a Bonneville. Now THERE's a great car name.

[99LS1TransAm]

Well, one of the theories on why the G8 hasn't sold well, is that it's a Pontiac. I think by calling it a G8 gave Pontiac a fresher look and made buyers feel like this was a new, better age for Pontiac. I would also think by calling the car a Bonneville, it would have shown buyers that Pontiac is the same company it had been - with nothing new going on. I'm sure Pontiac did their homework before naming the car. As they probably also considered the old brand names. Some how, G8 made the cut.

[gdwriter]

That may be true. What bothered me is the name felt so generic and that Pontiac was walking away from its heritage and the outstanding cars it made in the 60s — when a Bonneville was a luxury car with an extra dash of style and performance. Even the '87 Bonneville SE was a well-regarded car in its day.

I think GM was trying to salvage Pontiac with an excellent car like the G8, but it was too late. The car would make a fine Impala SS. It might have succeeded as an Impala.

[99LS1TransAm]

Yeah, G8 is kind of generic, almost sounds like it should be an Inifiniti.

I can't say I'm much of a fan of Chevrolet. To me, they're a division bully. Taking what other divisions do best, and doing a bad job at copying it. So maybe it was Pontiac's time to go. I really don't like the idea of the G8 becoming an Impala...but I wouldn't mind seeing a reinvention of the Buick GN. I'll be looking to buy a G8 GXP in the future, because I do believe it's an amazing car.

[MidnightinSavannah]

@gdwriter It should have been called "Grand Prix".If it was it would have been the 8th design change for the GP.So for some strange reason it was called the G8 instead.Same goes for the G6,it would have been the 6th design change for the Grand Am,so some dumbass thought g6 would be better.

[BlindedByTheSilence]

comes with scoops that scoop

[swedefirebird70]

Love this video .... I also love my Firebird Formula 400 -70

[micmac99]

GM needs to "reinvent" Pontiac.

[Bansheeeyes78]

We still have our orange 1970 firebird. It turns 40 next May! I can't believe it!! Runs as good now as it did back in the 70's.

[ashimashi17]

what is that peice called which he pulls and then the engine goes louder

[chickenhunter2005]

that is called cut outs

[iceman30five]

Damn I was still swimming in my dad nutsack when this came out

[TheLizardKing1967]

@iceman30five Maybe he should have pulled out. LOL

[tuberjunkie]

Sick car ! I want it.

[siscotree]

70 Firebird kicked ass. In the early 80s my best friend had one with a 455 with a few mods. The fun we had in that car. Pure power and torque.

[1Bandit455]

Cool vid --with the Top model being the Trans Am .

[Ladysensei]

I owned this exact car back then, Pontiac Esprit Firebird, 450 engine, drove it for years and years. It was teal blue. One of a Kind!

[michmcc]

Definitely one of a kind!!

Don't think they came with a 450. : ) : P

[Poshswagger]

BTW - this advert is spectacular. The music is fantastic. Thanks for posting.

[Poshswagger]

To my eyes, the first Firebirds with the earlier frontal styling are much prettier than the later versions. I'm from the UK and, generally, I'm not a huge fan of US cars, but these Firebirds look great. I can see some styling similarities (inside and out) between them and the second series Opel Manta (although the Firebirds looks far nicer!).

[MCWEDS]

No wonder Oldsmobile went bankrupt. Once upon a time, GM would heavily advertise SINGLE MODELS within their huge stable of cars. Now they even advertise different makes togetherThe flames burning in the background, it looks apocalyptic. They just don't advertise like this anymore. EVERY YEAR they had a new theme song to trumpet the new cars for EVERY MAKE. I acquired a 45 record for Pontiac '70, this song, "Beginning of Tomorrow" which was the theme for 70 Pontiac, and "The Humbler" just for GTO

[dugiv]

@MCWEDS I need this song! Where did you get the records?

[njot33]

@MCWEDS Well, Olds didnt go "bankrupt". But Pontiac definitely had a clearer identity as the sporty division of GM. Olds had an identity but GM erased it by making Olds and Buick too much alike. And, for that matter, Chevrolet, since it used to be you could only get nicer equipment on a Buick or an Olds. But yes, having an individual model that stands out certainly helps a brand. Olds had a few, notably, the Toronado and the Cutlass Supreme. And by the 90s NO ADVERTIZING for almost ANY GMbrand.

[afparks]

thats some serious shit! i have have 5 of these

[MoHaWkx3MoLe]

i had a 1970 firebird..i bought in 1980..for 500.00 i ran the hell out of it. shew... those were the days..

[overbiter]

That is true I suppose- as long as you like you're head on the ceiling.

[overbiter]

Did That Really Just say that car was Comfortable for 4 people I strongly Beg to differ. Have you ever sat in the back of one of these.

[86cookiemonster]

yea its not that bad, just not somthing i would want to do for a long time.

[Munecoking]

well what did you expect them to say that they where uncomfortable?

[steve442]

My 2nd car was a 1970 Firebird Formula 400. I bought it in 1979 for $500.

[steve442]

woops, I mean 1981

[MrMudip666]

i have an 89 gta

yeah...

[kmccorma]

My dad bought a 1970 Firebird right off the showroom turntable in Richmond,VA. It was the bright orange with black interior and a manual 3-speed in the floor. It became my first car in 1979 and wrecked it less than a year later.

[Contang]

this is the best car that I have driven the ram air III and the IV crushed chevy's and the other crap on the road

[jemitche67]

Awesome video!

My mom & dad had a 71' Esprit that I learned to drive on. Too bad my mom sold it only around 2004. She was the only owner, Arizona car (no rust) and it had just ~169000 original miles. The gas consumption was just too much for her and it was becoming a constant expense. Needed a total re-build, but somebody got it for a steal.

[tod5555]

Sweet! my dad used to have one (red with white interior) with modded engine, but sadly he had to sell since due to low fuel consumption that my dad made a joke that "even you started this car you could eat 1 dish of meat when it started"

[kosmosleha]

You can get old one for $1000

[ztwntyn8]

thought it was a camaro? look at the steering wheel, tail lights and wheels... not to mention the badass hood on the formula that the camaro never dreamed of. :)

[murraybs]

This is all because Firebird was GM's pilot program for the Camaro.  They're essentially the same car, but the Camaro didn't get all the cool stuff the Firebird got until after Pontiac proved that it was a worthwhile option.

At least thats how it was explained to me by a GM engineer at that time.

[racerboyroy]

the pontiac car lineup was a more fancy deluxe expensive car

the chevy car lineup was gm's inexpensive

more plain car

this can be seen in the body planels and head lamps/tail lamps and interior apolstery

example: all 3rd and 4th gen firebirds had popup headlamps and full width tail lamps

[ztwntyn8]

I don't know what my origonal comment was about... must have been drinkin lol I have a 71 Formula (same color as this one) and a 73 TA. I think I must have been under the impression that it was suposed to be a Camaro commercial. Anyway, I like it alot and thanks for posting. I always noticed the hideaway headlites too.

[AndoCommando3]

this was a firebird commercial? I thought it was a camaro.

[muskypuckers]

"Each in his own seat" Unlike other cars of the time where you'd have to sit on another passengers lap. :)

[JohnyAXE]

'...and a sleek style you'd expect from Pontiac !' Love this commercial. BIG thanks to the person who brought this commercial to digital ! Firebirds Forever !

[KareRN99]

Awesome! Thats all I can say!

[Kuahmel]

Looks like the inspiriation for the Knight Rider open near the end.

[OLDS98]

Thank you for the GM commercial..