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Pontiac 6000
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The Pontiac 6000 is a mid-size automobile manufactured and marketed by Pontiac for model years 1982 through 1991 in 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan and 5-door wagon body styles. The 6000 shared the front-wheel drive A platform with the Cutlass Ciera, Buick Century and Chevrolet Celebrity.
Pontiac 6000 | |
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![]() 1987–1988 Pontiac 6000 LE | |
Overview | |
Manufacturer | Pontiac (General Motors) |
Production | 1981–1991 |
Model years | 1982–1991 |
Assembly | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (1988–1991) Framingham, Massachusetts, United States (1982) North Tarrytown, New York, United States (1985–1989) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (1982–1988) |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Mid-size |
Body style | 2-door coupe 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon |
Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive / all-wheel drive |
Platform | A-body |
Related | Buick Century (fifth generation) Chevrolet Celebrity Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera |
Powertrain | |
Engine | |
Transmission | 3-speed 3T40 automatic 4-speed 4T60 automatic 5-speed Getrag manual |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 104.5 in (2,654 mm) (1982–1988) 104.9 in (2,664 mm) (1989–1991) |
Length | 188.9 in (4,798 mm) 193.2 in (4,907 mm) (wagon) |
Width | 72 in (1,829 mm) |
Height | 53.7 in (1,364 mm) 54.1 in (1,374 mm) (wagon) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Pontiac LeMans[citation needed] |
Successor | Pontiac Grand Prix |
The 6000 was manufactured at Oshawa Car Assembly in Ontario, Canada from 1981 to 1988,[1] at Oklahoma City Assembly until production ended, and briefly at North Tarrytown Assembly.[2]
For model year 1984, the 6000 led Pontiac's sales, with a production over 122,000, and was the last Pontiac to carry a numeric designation. The 6000 was offered in a sporty variant, marketed as the 6000 STE, which was named to the Car and Driver Ten Best three times, from 1983 to 1985.[2]
As part of their legacy, together the 6000 and the other A-bodies became enormously popular — as well as synonymous with GM's most transparent examples of badge engineering, highlighted almost indistinguishably on the August 22, 1983 cover of Fortune magazine as examples of genericized uniformity, embarrassing the company and ultimately prompting GM to recommit to design leadership. [3][4][5]