Pontiac – The Fastest Legal Car in Europe
Pontiac was born in 1926 and became known as the “muscle” car with a powerful motor and high energy consumption as a symbol of middle-class cars in the U.S.. Pontiac brings the word of the city of Michigan, was founded 84 years ago. These sports became famous with the Bonneville, GTO or Trans Am Firebird models, and reached the best seller of 1969 and 1978, nearly a million units. And now the fastest car of all legal documents designed to run on the road is a dead Pontiac Trans Am, which was built 20 years ago.
speed record for a Pontiac car, house tune called Polly Motorsport Norwegian. Course was tested in Papenburg where the series was Mercedes AMG sports. The Norwegians are “ashamed” that the Germans, winning the best performance of the Pontiac, and it was probably because I can, but because the route and reached 407 kilometers per hour, Bugatti Veyron model. However, developers can say that Pontiac, and provide more power. The structure of the model Pontiac Trans Am that was built in 1986, too: after only a 8.9-liter V8 engine that produces 1.407 horsepower. Yes, you read right, 1,407 horsepower.
Tuners say that the maximum speed under favorable conditions, reach 435 kmh and acceleration from 0 km to 100 km per hour, which stands at 2.23 seconds.
This car is very similar to that of the Bugatti Veyron, but you can buy with infinitely less expensive than Veyron model. In the model Pontiac Trans Am Bugatti Veyron little less style, but power is not needed. Norwegians to the United States bring the car to beat the record of 412 kilometers per hour, depending on the Shelby Ultimate Aero.
Pontiac last year but left the industry. In the past two decades, the car “with muscles” had a fall, so he offered to General Motors, which was to avoid liquidation and out from under bankruptcy protection, writes the BBC.
After many years, the country was followed by a rapid decline and the technical problems of the car, but buyers’ tastes have changed, to migrate to the truck in the United States. 2008 sales amounted to about 270 000 units, and 2009, GM announced it would withdraw from the Pontiac model of part of a plan to limit its operations and avoid bankruptcy. Pontiac was the only supplier, but offered to Saab, Saturn and Hummer brands, which are considered to be the largest automaker in the world.
