Pontiac Sunbird Safari

    Sunbird Safari The Sunbird Safari was added to the Sunbird lineup in 1978. As with Pontiac nomenclature, this car was a station wagon. What made it different than the standard Sunbird was the fact that it shared body panels with the previous year’s Astre wagon. It even retained the dashboard and instrumentation. The […]
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Pontiac Astre Panel

Pontiac Astre Panel Also offered as part of Pontiac’s subcompact lineup was the truck-like Astre Panel. Like the basic Astre, it was only available in Canada up until 1974, then rarely available in the U.S. from 1975-1977. It was marketed as a truck and was spartan in every sense of the word. The Panel had […]
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Pontiac Astre

    Astre The Astre was a knockoff of the Chevrolet Vega. It was sold in the U.S. from 1975-1977. However, Canadians were able to buy an Astre since 1973. It rolled into a new generation for 1974. Like the Chevy, you could get a coupe, hatch, a coupe-wagon, and for the final year, a […]
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