But you didn’t get road ownership unless you got the GT Coupe with Quad 4 engine.
Pontiac Division, General Motors
The Pontiac Grand Am began life in 1973 as a sportier version of the LeMans, took 1976 and 1977 off, then returned as a downsized and boxier machine for 1978 through 1980.
Starting with the 1985 model year, the Grand Am name returned on a compact, for a front-wheel-drive platform derived from the one used for the Chevy Cavalier (though the Grand Am was more closely related to the Corsica).
When the high-revving Oldsmobile Quad 4 engine showed up in the Grand Am for the 1988 model year, the two-door version of the car became something of a true sports coupe. Here’s a full-page magazine advertisement for the Quad 4-equipped 1994 Grand Am GT.
Pontiac Division, General Motors
By 1995, Americans could buy some pretty hairy front-wheel-drive machinery, including the Acura Integra GS-R, but the Grand Am and its 150-horse Quad 4 still looked pretty good.
The GT Coupe cost $15,014 that year (around $28,870 today), and it came standard with a Quad 4 and a five-speed manual transmission. Naturally, nearly every one of those cars got the four-speed automatic (priced at $620, or about $1,190 today), and if you chose the optional 3.1-liter V6 for your Grand Am GT you had to get the automatic.
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