1964 Pontiac Banshee Concept Car - a photo on Flickriver

1964 Pontiac Banshee Concept Car

Pontiac General Manager John DeLorean tried his damndest to get a moderately-priced 2-seat sports car for Pontiac; after GM management said, "no way" to his initial request, he had two Banshee concepts built, a 6 and this V8, to show them how the car would look and drive.

He was still shot down; Corvette was GM's sports car, expensive though it was, and that's how things would stay. GM management did toss him a bone, though; a Pontiac version of Chevy's upcoming Camaro. Better than nothing, but still not what he wanted.

Realistically, there was no way he was getting this accomplished; not with an almost identical but larger, more expensive and more-profitable-for-GM '68 Corvette coming down the pike. But he fought the good fight.,

But the Banshee's basic concept, a small, light 2-seater, showed up on the Opel GT, albeit as a coupe, on an Opel Kadett chassis and with much less powerful 1.1 and 1.9 liter 4-cylinder engines.

Pontiac would not get another chance at a 2-seat sports car until 15 year later, when GM management greenlighted development on the mid-engine Fiero, introduced 20 years after GM shot down the Banshee.

You can watch video of this car at www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5NcdXQfieM

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / West Chicago / Cornerstone Lakes (show map)

Taken on: July 21, 2012

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Sets appears in: • 1964 Pontiac Banshee Concept Car • Pontiac Oakland Show, St. Charles, IL, July 21, 2012

Camera: Nikon D40X, f/3.5, 1/25 sec, 19mm (=28mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D40X
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	19mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.00
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