Woman posing with 1977 Pontiac Phoenix automobile
View of a woman posing with a 1977 Pontiac Phoenix sedan. Label on back: "For release at 10 a.m. Friday, February 25, 1977. Meet Pontiac's Phoenix ... Pontiac's new top-of-the-line compact car, the Phoenix, will be introduced at the 69th Annual Chicago Auto Show, Feb. 26 through March 6 at McCormick Place. The Phoenix has a new, formal front appearance, and is the first American car to utilize the new, metric 142-by-200 millimeter rectangular headlamps. The Phoenix' luxurious interior features a notchback front seat in cloth or morrokide and a Grand Prix-style instrument panel. Standard engine on the Pontiac Phoenix is the 3.8 litre (231 c.i.d.) V-6, with available engines including Pontiac's new 2.5 litre (151 c.i.d.) cast-iron L-4 and the 5.0 litre (305 c.i.d.) V-8. Pontiac's Phoenix and Ventura are the only American compact cars which offer a four-cylinder engine. Public Relations Department, Pontiac Motor Division, One Pontiac Plaza, Pontiac, Michigan 48053. (313) 857-1572."
- Resource ID:
- na041402
- Subject:
- Phoenix automobile
- African American models
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1977
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- African Americans
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.