The Grand Prix was introduced in 1962 as a sporty personal luxury coupe based on the two-door Catalina. Bucket seats and a console (with a console-mounted shift lever and tachometer) were standard equipment.
For 1965, the second generation of the Grand Prix featured more curvaceous sheet metal, and a mid-cycle refresh in 1967 saw the vertically-stacked quad headlamps switched to horizontally-paired ones and retreat behind retractable covers in the grille. (Notably, '67 was also the only year that the GP was offered as a drop-top.)
The standard motor in the '67 Grand Prix was Pontiac's small journal 400 cubic inch V-8 with a four-barrel Carter carburetor and a 10.5:1 compression ratio rated at 350 gross horsepower. Optionally, the buyer could spring for a large journal 428 V-8 rated at 360 horsepower or the "Quadra-Power" 428 H.O. making 375 ponies. Note that the "Quadra-Power" term was mostly marketing hype. Previous years of Pontiac could be had with "Tri-Power" engines sporting triple two-throat carb arrays, but the powers-that-be at GM banned multiple carburetor setups on everything but Corvettes for the 1967 model year.
If you wanted to burn cheaper regular gas, a lower compression two-barrel 400 was available as a credit delete option, but it only put out 265 horsepower.
A three-speed manual gearbox was standard, with a Turbo Hydra-Matic or a four-speed manual as options. The buyer could select from a variety of rear axle ratios.
Car Life tested a fairly well-optioned '67 Grand Prix hardtop coupe, similar to the Tyrol Blue one in the photos, with the base 350-horse 400, a Turbo Hydra-Matic slushbox, and a tall 2.73:1 final drive. With a curb weight of 4,160 pounds, the 6.6L motor had its work cut out for it.
Zero-to sixty sprints took 9.4 seconds and the quarter mile was crossed in 17.1 at 83.5mph. Top speed was measured at 110. Optioned as tested, the car stickered at $4,848, which comes to $47,433 in today's money.
The one in the photos was snapped in April of 2026 using an Olympus PEN E-P5 and an M. Zuiko Digital 14-45mm f/4 PRO zoom lens.
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