1media/1956_Pontiac_Club_de_Mer-thumb.jpgmedia/Pontiac_01.jpg2020-07-27T12:26:39-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479375145plain2020-08-10T15:33:14-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479From 1953 to 1961, GM hosted a traveling extravaganza called Motorama, where they premiered new production cars and showed off experimental vehicles. Prior to this, automakers did not exhibit their design studies. In 1956, the company’s Pontiac division debuted a car on the circuit that scarcely resembled anything previously seen on the road. The Club de Mer was equipped with GM’s most powerful engine, a 300-horsepower V8 known as the “Strato-Streak.” It lacked a conventional front grille, normally used to funnel air that cools the engine. Instead, the front end of the car featured a wide, narrow slit.
1media/1956_Plymouth_Belvedere-thumb.jpgmedia/Buick_background.jpgmedia/Chevrolet_02.jpg2020-06-18T15:04:50-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479Cars by YearCurtis Fletcher36visual_path2020-08-21T11:55:08-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
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1media/Pontiac_01_thumb.jpg2020-07-27T12:06:36-07:001956 Pontiac Club de Mer1media/Pontiac_01.jpgplain2020-07-27T12:06:37-07:00Pontiac, 1956Pontiac "Club de Mer"