I have a Pontiac Bonneville that's holding up just fine, being 12
years old. My question, is why are they so rare? Here in California,
at least, I see very few of them.
- Jef
www.odd-info.com

"javawizard" <javawizard (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

seller the Grand Am, and now getting rid of the Grand prix to be replaced by
an Australian made car the G8. They have a death wish.

On Mar 11, 3:08 pm, "Tyrone Pookie Berkowitz Jr" <Bts... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
wrote:
GM walked away from the Pontiac line for several years. The Bonnie
lost its way in the last generation and the generation that made
Pontiac great is getting older. California is a style market, just
looks whats on the freeways today. I'm in central PA and there are
lots of them. In fact you see examples of mid 90's with 150+ miles
still selling for over $ 4,000.

The link between the days of high-speed at Bonneville and todays
market is gone. Same with the Grand Am and Grand Prix with go back to
the great days of racing. Look at the Indy 500, its not a money maker
like NASCAR.

My two cents. I have my 95 red Trans Am with the up-life spoiler
ready to hit the road. Folks don't know what to make of it and thinks
its brand new the style is still cutting edge. Just hope Pontiac
hurry's up the next generation Firebird soon.

My two cents.

Other than the ones mentioned, two reasons you don't see many is that they
were pretty expensive, for a V-6 front drive American car (maybe the most
expensive) and the styling was a little bit strange.

"javawizard" <javawizard (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

Expensive maybe, but I always thought the Bonnie's looked awesome. I used to
own a '90 and '91 (both SSE's), and am now on my second '96 (the first a
loaded SE, the current one a fully loaded SSEi). IMHO, the base SE models,
when not having a spoiler look pretty dull, but the rest are awesome. IMHO,
they got even better in 1996 when the tail lights and front grills were
updated. Plus, the V6 in the SSEi is more powerful then some V8's, including
the one in the Crown Vic's.

"Joe" <Joe (AT) dontspam (DOT) net> wrote

Their not rare around here. The dealership up the corner from my house
has 3 of them for sale, and 3 of my friends own one.

"javawizard" wrote:
--
Posted at author's request, using http://www.AutoBoardz.com interface
Articles individually verified to usenet standards. Visit URL to contact author/report abuse
Thread archive: http://www.AutoBoardz.com/Bonneville...ict208661.html

The Bonneville seems rare because of the low production. I have a 1991
and only around 42,000 were built. in 91 folks were holding off to see
what the redisgned 1992 model looked like. Bonneville sales jumped
140,000 in 92. After I saw the 1992 model I was glad I bought the 1991.

When you see those figures its no wonder you don't see many. Here is the
Chicago area I see more 87-89 styles than the 90-91 style.

Some of the Park Avenue production totals I have seen for 1997 to 2002
indicate Buick only made between 56,000 to 83,000.

Harryface
05 Park Avenue 54,102
91 Bonneville 309,010