2004 pontiac grand prix size of gas tank?

The GTP as tested had a base price of nearly $26,000, and just with the addition of features such as leather, sound system upgrade, and a power sunroof, we were rolling into the $30,000 price range. The danger here for Pontiac is that, piling on options bumps the car up against newer (this is basically a seven-year-old design) competition from BMW, Audi, Acura, and others.

Opt for the GTP edition (as tested) and you get an Eaton supercharger that boosts power to a respectable, if not rocketing, 260 horsepower.Īnd for a sportier version (same powerplant), you can opt for a Competition Group Package that includes advanced stability control, stiffer-tuned suspension, and paddle shifts for the steering wheel, adding a manual option to the standard 4-speed automatic transmission. The 2004 Grand Prix has at its heart a cast-iron, 3.8-liter, V-6 pushrod engine that, in base form, produces 200 horsepower. Today, before the GTO’s much anticipated comeback in the months ahead, we get a recasting of the Grand Prix (not a full makeover, which is several years away), but a nice boost in fit and finish, horsepower, and handling.

Of course, before the GTO there was the 1932 V-8 powered “convertible coupe” (wonder if there are any of those left?), then the 1958 Bonneville introduction, and the 1962 Grand Prix, wonderful cars all. Memories of that wonderful car have stayed with me down the years, even as Pontiac, in my mind, disappeared into the fleet of rental cars, faded into nostalgia kept tangible only by lingering reverence for, and hope for the rebirth of, the GTO. Wrapped in heavy chrome, an Indian’s head for a hood ornament, its center line was bisected by ribs of chrome that looked much like a racing stripe. I look through Pontiac histories now and again, trying to determine just which Pontiac it was, and to the best of my recollection I figure it was a 1950 Chieftain Deluxe Catalina Coupe.

Pontiac Grand Prix GTP gets a boost in power, looksįor my grandfather in the early 1950s, years of work for the Boston & Maine Railroad paid off with the answer to a lingering steel dream: a gleaming green Pontiac parked in the yard between his little house on a hill and his chicken coop, just up the rise from the Sears, Roebuck outhouse.

2004 pontiac grand prix size of gas tank?