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Pontiac was a brand of automobiles manufactured and sold by General Motors (GM); though production ended in 2009, Pontiac remains a registered and active trademark of GM. The Pontiac automobile brand was established in 1926 as a companion make for GM's more expensive line of Oakland automobiles.
The Pontiac cars overtook its Oakland parent in popularity and supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933. Pontiac became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico by GM. Pontiac was advertised as the performance division of General Motors for many years, while specializing in mainstream vehicles. Pontiac was relatively more popular in Canada, where for much of its history it was marketed as a low-priced vehicle.
In early-2009, amid financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced it would discontinue manufacturing and marketing vehicles under the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010 and focus on four core brands in North America: Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. The last Pontiac badged cars were built in December 2009, with one final vehicle built in January, 2010. Franchise agreements for Pontiac dealers expired October 31, 2010.
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The Pontiac Firebird is an automobile that was built by Pontiac from the 1967 to the 2002 model years. The Firebird was introduced the same year as the automaker's platform-sharing model, the Chevrolet Camaro. This coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, which shared its platform with another pony car, the Ford Mustang.
The name "Firebird" was also previously used by Pontiac's parent company General Motors for the General Motors Firebird 1950s and early-1960s concept cars.
The first generation Firebirds had a characteristic Coke bottle styling. Unlike its cousin the Chevrolet Camaro, the Firebird's bumpers were integrated into the design of the front end. The Firebird's rear "slit" taillights were inspired by the Pontiac GTO. Both a two-door hardtop and a convertible were offered through the 1969 model year. Originally, the car was a "consolation prize" for Pontiac, who had wished to produce a two-seat sports car of its own design, based on the original Banshee concept car. However, GM feared such a vehicle would directly compete with Chevrolet's Corvette, and the decision was made to give Pontiac a piece of the pony car market by having them share the F-body platform with Chevrolet.
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Plot: For years a battle has been fought between two relentless enemies. The great battle of sci-fi superiority. At the front lines of this battle is Rod Panaflex, a 4th level Imperial Stormtrooper who is training to serve at the Emperor's side. Rod is out to defeat a man who was once a friend, but now his arch nemesis, Patrick Fitzpatrick. The Trekkie's will stop at nothing to make sure the once-powerful Stormtrooper Core never rises again. However, the Trekkie's and the Stormtroopers do not know what is happening behind their backs...
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Plot: This series presents the comprehensive history of Canada. Through dramatizations and detailed documentation, we see the development of this country from the Native American nations to contemporary times as we explore what made this country what it is.
Keywords: canada, canadian-history, reenactmentActors: Julian Clary (actor), Keith Allen (actor), Rik Mayall (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), Burt Kwouk (actor), Larry Miller (actor), Chris Langham (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), Bernard Cribbins (actor), Jim Dale (actor), James Faulkner (actor), Don Henderson (actor), Leslie Phillips (actor), Jon Pertwee (actor),
Plot: Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition. But the Sultan of Turkey, who makes a great deal of money through taxing the merchants who have to pass through his country on the current route, sends his best spy, Fatima, to wreck the trip.
Keywords: bare-butt, carry-on, character-name-in-title, expedition, independent-film, last-of-series, navigation, sea, sequel, shipActors: Roshan Seth (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Mira Nair (director), Mira Nair (producer), Roberto Silvi (editor), Denzel Washington (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Mira Nair (actress), Lydia Dean Pilcher (producer), Sherrill Smith (miscellaneous crew), Ranjit Chowdhry (actor), Michael Nozik (producer),
Plot: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Keywords: africa, african-american, asian-american, bicultural, community, cultural-assimilation, cultural-difference, cultural-misunderstanding, culture-clash, culture-shockThe Banshee was a vision for what the Firebird could become. Of course, this concept car could never be built exactly, too low on the road and it wouldn't pass the safety and crash tests, but it was exciting. It demonstrated that the problem with GM cars didn't sit on the designers' shoulders. They were more than capable of dreaming up engaging and fun vehicles that would set imaginations on fire.
“I always wanted a V8, manual, rear-drive—and then there was Smokey and the Bandit,” says Gregg Hamilton, “When I moved here to America, [I realized] this is the only place in the world where I can really own one.” Wanting something that’s American, New Zealander Hamilton settled on this Pontiac Trans Am—that is definitely not like any other. Using tricks learned from years of working with some of the best World Rally Championship teams in the world—including Toyota Team Europe and Prodrive—Hamilton’s Firebird has been given handling to match its extensive engine modifications. “I needed something to do, so we found this car on eBay, and flew to Alabama, picked it up at the airport sight unseen…[and] it sort of just evolved into what it is today.” From its wider bodywork, to custom engi...
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I park my pontiac
Down the hill out in back
Late every afternoon
With a coke and a cigarette
And all of the neighbors there
They see a nice old man
And the girl there across the street
She sits on her front porch swing
She never realized
What I told her with my eyes
How back in the second war
I killed twenty German boys
With my own bare hands
And the woman inside my house
She won't stop talking
She never says a thing
She just keeps talking
And I might just leave her still
After the sun goes down