Start with what the Pontiac 2+2 is: a 2-door coupe, convertible with 389 cuin Pontiac V8, built from 1964 to 1967, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Pontiac 2+2 is a full size automobile that was manufactured by Pontiac, built on the B-body chassis. It debuted for the 1964 model year as a trim-only option for the Pontiac Catalina, with special door panels, bucket seats with a center console, and exterior badging. Pontiac marketed the 2+2 as the "big brother" to the popular Pontiac GTO. Beginning in 1965 the name Catalina was no longer found on the car, although it was still an option on the Catalina. The 2+2 was equipped with a 421 cu in (6.9 L) V8 engine, dual exhaust, heavy-duty front springs as well as unique exterior body trim.
It continued on the same platform, but became a separate Pontiac series for the 1966 model year. The 2+2 reverted to an option on the Catalina for 1967 and was discontinued in the United States the same year due to poor sales. It continued as a series in Canada until 1970. All Canadian-built 2+2s were composed of the Chevrolet B body shell with Pontiac exterior sheet metal, offering the full range of Chevrolet engines available from inline 6-cylinder to big-block V8. The name 2+2 reappeared briefly in 1986 on the Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 G-body "aerobody" coupe, of which 1,225 were built.
What is underneath
The engine is 389 cuin Pontiac V8; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 3 or 4-speed manual, 3-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 121 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Pontiac line-up the Pontiac 2+2 has a clear place: the factory was Pontiac Assembly, Pontiac, Michigan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche 911, the Plymouth Barracuda, the Nissan Silvia. Nearby in the Pontiac catalogue sit the Pontiac 6 and the Pontiac 6000.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Pontiac 2+2 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.