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Race Car of the Day : July 8, 2014; Hot Wheels '97 Pontiac Grand Prix (NASCAR)
Topic Started: Jul 7 2014, 11:39 PM (380 Views)
craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

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The 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix from Hot Wheels is the car for today.

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The Pontiac Grand Prix is a luxury-performance automobile that was produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors. First introduced as part of Pontiac's full-size model offering for the 1962 model year, the Grand Prix name was also applied to cars in the personal luxury car market segment and the mid-size offering, slotting below the large Bonneville in Pontiac's model lineup.


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In 1997, the W-bodies received a major redesign. The first 1997 Grand Prix was built on August 12, 1996. Promoted for its "wide track" appearance and racy styling, the second generation W-body Grand Prix sold well. It brought back a modern interpretation of an appearance introduced in 1967, called coke bottle styling. There were two trim levels available in 1997; the SE and GT (GT available in coupe and sedan body styles). The Grand Prix came as a base SE sedan or a sportier GT coupe and sedan, as well as with a high-performance GTP package—available for GT models in either body style. Coupes and sedans shared similar styling, except for rear doors and quarter panels. The GTP was an option package under the GT trim level and later became its own trim level. The base engine on the SE was the only engine carried over from the previous generation, the 3.1 L V6. The GT had a 3.8 L V6 (3800 Series II) which was an option on the SE. The 3800 Series II was on the Ward's 10 Best Engines list for 1995–1997. The GTP added an Eaton M90 supercharger (also used in the 1996–2003 Bonneville) to the 3.8 L, boosting power from 195 hp (145 kW) to 240 hp (180 kW). GTP trim level featured a "performance shift" button on the shifter that raised the transmission shift points. Also standard was a tire-pressure monitor. Front bucket seats came standard, while a 45/55 split bench seat was available as an option on the SE sedan only.


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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
What a great lookin' racer!! Nice pictures!
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69Stang
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Station Wagon
:thumbup:
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cody6268
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Great looking race car.

I think I have a gold one that was a NAPA promo about ten years ago around here somewhere.
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mbx64
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Nascar never interested me, but that does not mean I cannot admire a well-executed model of a Nascar vehicle.
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Dean-o-mite
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Muscle Car
This generation of Grand Prix, in street form, would be so cool to have in small scale!
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jedimario
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RAWR
"luxury-performance" :lol:
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pjedsel
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Muscle Car
Back from the days when I was still very much into NASCAR and putting most of my collecting efforts into finding them. I am sure I have this one packed away in one of my NASCAR boxes - as I noted a while back, when I finish all my traveling this summer I will hopefully get most of the race car stuff posted in the sale forum.
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mbx64
Jul 8 2014, 08:42 PM
Nascar never interested me, but that does not mean I cannot admire a well-executed model of a Nascar vehicle.
That's about where I'm at. When this one came out NASCAR was quite hot for collectibles, but that segment seems to have dropped off considerably. Even at that time I was primarily only interested in Kyle Petty's rides both for the family name and Hot Wheels corporate sponsorship.

Agree to an extent with Dean, the stock vehicles seem to have been glossed over, even by the cheapie makers. Late 90s Grand Ams were attractive vehicles, just not very durable and seemed to have some mechanical glitches. I don't see them on the roads anymore to speak of, quite telling considering some older vehicles keep going and going, and are still plentiful on the roads.
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