Pontiac does not build many cars like the Pontiac Executive: a 2-door hardtop / 4-door hardtop / 4-door sedan / 4-door station wagon with 400 cuin Pontiac V8, built from 1966 to 1970 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
The background
The Pontiac Executive is an automobile model that was produced by Pontiac from 1967 to 1970. The Executive name replaced Pontiac's long running mid-range Star Chief, beginning for 1966 when all Pontiacs in this range were named Star Chief Executive for this one year only, before the series became simply the Executive for 1967. Executives featured more deluxe trim, more standard amenities and a longer wheelbase and overall length than the lower-priced Catalina models, but were not quite as luxurious as the top-line Bonneville, whose wheelbase and other dimensions the Executive shared. Mechanically, the Executive was virtually identical to the Catalina, sharing similar standard and optional V8 engines starting with the base 400 CID V8 with two-barrel carburetor rated at 265 hp (198 kW), and ending with a 390 hp 428 CID HO V8 through 1969 and a larger 455 CID V8 rated at 370 hp (276 kW) in 1970. The standard transmission each year was a three-speed manual with column shift, with a floor-mounted four-speed with Hurst shifter optional in 1967 and 1968. However, 98 percent of Executives were equipped with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic during the model's four-year run. Executives were available as a four-door pillared sedan, two-door hardtop coupe, four-door hardtop sedan, and Safari station wagons in two and three-seat versions. The Executive Safari wagons differed from the Catalina and Bonneville Safari wagons by featuring simulated wood paneling. No Executive convertibles were offered. Total output of the Executive was:
1967: 35,491 units 1968: 32,597 units 1
The engineering
Under the skin sits 400 cuin Pontiac V8; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual / 4-speed manual / 3-speed TH-400 automatic. The wheelbase is 1965-68: 124 in / 1969-70: 125 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Pontiac's history is not in doubt: the Pontiac Star Chief came before it; the Pontiac Bonneville (1971) followed it; it was built at Pontiac, Michigan, United States. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Lamborghini Miura, the Alfa Romeo Spider, the Toyota Corolla. Its Pontiac stablemates include the Pontiac 2+2 and the Pontiac 6.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Pontiac Executive — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.