Pontiac Catalina – The Pontiac blockbuster

News | April 11, 2011

This classic beauty from Pontiac is a ruler in this segment.

The world first witnessed Pontiac Catalina in the year1959 and its production had continued until 1981. This car was manufactured and marketed by General Motors. This Pontiac was initially designed as performance based car that was light in weight and was comparatively smaller to give it a sports look. This GM car has got great demand in the used car market as well.

1961 was the years when this car had received a drop in its actual wheelbase that is from 122 in to 199. This car even loosed its length that is by 4 in. This way this historic beauty had loosed 200 pounds in its overall weight.

Pontiac Catalina was offered with 7 variants
  • 2 door sports sedan
  • 4 door sports sedan
  • 4 door vista
  • Convertible
  • 2 door hardtop
  • 6 seater 4 door
  • 9 seater station wagon.
Pontiac Catalina features . . .
  • This car had inbuilt air condition
  • Electric antenna
  • Cruise control
  • Bucket seats that was powered by 6 way power.
  • Speedometer
  • Power steering
  • Power windows
  • Power doors
  • Aluminum hub caps
  • Power tailgate
  • 14 in wheel and tire
Under the Hood . . .

Pontiac Catalina was powered by 398 cu in, V8 engine. Thus engine was capable of attaining 0 to 60 in 8.2 seconds.  This engine can easily cover a quarter mile in 15.5 sec at 93 miles per hour. More than 111000 examples of Pontiac Catalina 1961 make were sold. Approximately 37000 examples which were sold were 4 door sedans and the very least model which was sold was station wagon model which had a seating capacity of 9 people and 4 doors this number was limited to 8000 examples. Out of this numbers 6000 examples were equipped with manual transmission.

Price . . .

Initially the car was priced around 2,000s to the low $3,000s dollars. The most expensive model was the 9 seater, station wagon that is 3,207 dollars. Least expensive model in this line up is sport sedan which was priced around 2631 dollars. This Pontiac is one if the best Pontiacs which is known for their powerful engine and durable body and has got great demand in classic car segment.

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