I saw a Pontiac Torrent today....

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07/22/2015 at 23:25 • Filed to: Whoa, Never Seen, Pontiac

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I have never seen one before, it was leaving SF with Utah plates. Apparently zero people in the Bay Area bought these because I didn’t even know they ever existed. Not really a surprise, almost nobody buys American cars here except for pick ups, Suburbans, Explorers, Vettes etc. Anything else is Japanese and German, some Hyundais now I guess.

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Kinja'd!!! facw > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/22/2015 at 23:43

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They sold 100,000 of them to someone...


Kinja'd!!! not for canada - australian in disguise > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/22/2015 at 23:59

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They’re pretty popular in Canada, although we always had a preference to Pontiacs up north.


Kinja'd!!! Frank Grimes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 00:05

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I was in san francisco last month and saw a 250 GTO and a Talbot Lago...of course they were in a vintage car dealership but still.


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 00:51

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They’re everywhere in salt-soaked Ontario.


Kinja'd!!! Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 01:20

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I never knew these existed too, until I moved to Oklahoma, all of them there were Torrents. All as in like you know, none of its other variants.


Kinja'd!!! CompactLuxuryFan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 01:42

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I saw what must have been this exact same Torrent in traffic, too! Yay Bay Area! Hardly see any of its platform-mates around here, I think that’s a good thing.


Kinja'd!!! The Real Dacia Sandero > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 02:12

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I saw one about 20 mins ago. My friend owns one.


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 07:49

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I saw something similar for the first time ever and didn’t know it existed either. I present to you the Saturn Outlook:

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Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Frank Grimes
07/23/2015 at 11:49

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Not a dealer, wasn’t it the Academy of Art collection? They have insane cars.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > facw
07/23/2015 at 11:50

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Not here


Kinja'd!!! Frank Grimes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 21:33

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I just assumed a dealer I mean a $20 million car. it was in what looked like a store front nearish city hall.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Frank Grimes
07/23/2015 at 21:43

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Yeah thats on Van Ness, there are actually more than one showroom on either side of the street. Basically the Academy of Art University is a real estate company from what I can tell. They buy up buildings all over the city for classes and they buy up old hotels/motels for housing for the students. Yes its a real school that might have good teachers, I have no idea, but its not a cheap school and they have what looks like a billion dollar car collection, including a steve McQueen Ferrari 275 GTB. They have any unobtatium car you can think of, there are pre war Alfas and Deusenbergs, the Lago..... I install shows and build stuff for shows, so I see the display they have at the SF auto show when we move the shows in. But basically it seems like they use the school as a way to get tons of real estate paid for by hipster kids who pay them high tuition and rent. I even read one excuse for the car collection was so design students could see the cars in person.

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Kinja'd!!! Frank Grimes > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/23/2015 at 21:46

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That is insane. I once considered sutdying there but then I saw tuition. I would be pissed if my school bought a collection of cars...make no sense.