1966 Pontiac Bonneville
by Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Title
1966 Pontiac Bonneville
Artist
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
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Photograph - Photograph
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An image of a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville convertible in front of the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM. High dynamic range was used in this image. To see this beautiful car, stop by the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari the next time you're driving I-40 or Route 66 through eastern New Mexico!
History of the Pontiac bonneville (from Wikipedia): The Pontiac Bonneville model was produced from 1954 through 2005.
The Bonneville name first appeared in 1954 on a pair of bubble-topped GM Motorama concept cars called the Bonneville Special. It entered the production lineup as a high-performance, fuel-injected luxury convertible within the Star Chief line in the 1957 model year and was loaded with every conceivable option as standard equipment with the exception of optional air conditioning. This put the Bonneville in a Cadillac-like price range of $5,000 - more than double the base price of a Chieftain four-door sedan. A fully equipped Bonneville could cost more than a Cadillac. Only 630 units were produced that first year, making it one of the most collectible Pontiacs of all time. The following year it would become its own separate model, and it would endure until 2005 as the division's top-of-the-line model. The name was taken from the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, the site of much early auto racing and most of the world's land speed record runs, which was named in turn after U.S. Army officer Benjamin Bonneville.
The 1965-70 GM B platform, on which the Bonneville was based, was the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T, and the Lada Riva.
Sales peaked in 1966 at 135,401 units sold.
Through the years it underwent numerous re-designs, including down-sizing, resulting in a Pontiac description as "luxury with attitude". before the model's demise after 2005.
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September 29th, 2013
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