The Pontiac Tempest: The Canadian Pontiac that everyone forgets about.

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03/16/2016 at 17:09 • Filed to: None

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Screw the Firefly, the Laurentian can get bent, and the Pursuit can go fuck itself, make way for the 80s Tempest.

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The “sporty” way to say Chevy Corsica.


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Kinja'd!!! LongbowMkII > not for canada - australian in disguise
03/16/2016 at 17:23

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Oh yeah. L-body represent!

If I had a billion dollars I’d rebadge/refacia a Beretta as a Tempest. Then put in the Mclaren 3.1 turbo from the Grand Prix and declare it a GTO.

That would be sweet.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > not for canada - australian in disguise
03/16/2016 at 17:43

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Wasn’t the Beretta the sporty way to say Corsica? Look at it in all of its two-door sportiness!

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Kinja'd!!! not for canada - australian in disguise > lone_liberal
03/16/2016 at 17:45

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SPORTY AS F*CK


Kinja'd!!! EmbraceTheRasp > not for canada - australian in disguise
03/16/2016 at 17:59

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Haven’t we persecuted our Canadian cousins enough than to blame them for this? This whole series should be forgotten. In fact, we’d be doing Pontiac a big favor if we entirely forgot every model of GM that they decided to paste on a plastic body-kit all the way up to the regrettably undersold Solstice which was a pretty dang cool car, and the wonderfully scary GTO. Prior to those two efforts, the last cool Pontiac was an Ottowa Indian Chief... (whew, wrote that all in one breath!)

I’m mostly kidding, the Fiero had amazing potential. But Pontiac lost the plot entirely for a long time, and the car you’ve got pictured is a good example.

Here are some cool Pontiacs:

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Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > not for canada - australian in disguise
03/16/2016 at 18:34

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My wife’s first car was a hand-me-down Corsica. She drove it for 13 years, and all it needed when she got rid of it was a brake job.


Kinja'd!!! mazda616 > shop-teacher
03/16/2016 at 19:26

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My mom bought a practically new ‘91 Corsica LT with the Z52 package (firmer suspension, upgraded wheels, full gauge cluster) in late ‘91 and we owned it 10 years and 170,000 miles with hardly any problems. Not even any rust!


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > mazda616
03/16/2016 at 19:49

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They were hardy little cars. My wife's was an el stripo special, complete with hub caps, crank windows, and only an am/fm radio.