Pontiac does not build many cars like the Pontiac Grand Prix: a 2-door hardtop with 389 cid Pontiac V8, built from 1962 to 1964 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
The story
The Grand Prix is a line of automobiles produced by the Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1962 until 2002 as coupes and from 1989 through 2008 model years as four-door sedans. First introduced as a full-size performance coupe for the 1962 model year, the model repeatedly varied in size, luxury, and performance over successive generations.
The Grand Prix was the most expensive coupe Pontiac offered until the 1970s, when the Bonneville Brougham and the Firebird Trans Am became more exclusive; the Grand Prix moved into the intermediate personal luxury car and later the mid-size market segments. All Grand Prixes from 1962 through 1972 were pillarless hardtops (except for the 1967 convertible).
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 389 cid Pontiac V8. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual / 4-speed manual / 3-speed Hydra-Matic automatic. The wheelbase is 120 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Pontiac's history is not in doubt: the Pontiac Ventura came before it; the Pontiac G8 (sedan) / Pontiac GTO (coupe) followed it; it was built at Pontiac Assembly, Pontiac, Michigan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Alfa Romeo Giulia, the Ferrari 250 GTO, the Aston Martin DB5. Nearby in the Pontiac catalogue sit the Pontiac 2+2 and the Pontiac 6.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Pontiac Grand Prix 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.