# What is the best Pontiac car of all time?

> Muscle-car royalty shares the lot with chrome-laden 1950s cruisers, a mid-engine oddball and the crossover everyone mocked until Breaking Bad. Pick the badge's finest hour.

*By YPB Team · Published November 1, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-pontiac-car-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Pontiac GTO** — score 1000/1000
   The 1964 'Goat' widely credited with launching the American muscle car era.
2. **Pontiac Bonneville** — score 952/1000
   Full-size flagship named after the Utah salt flats, built from 1957 to 2005.
3. **Pontiac Firebird Trans Am** — score 800/1000
   Screaming-chicken Firebird made famous by Smokey and the Bandit in 1977.
4. **Pontiac Star Chief** — score 762/1000
   Chrome-heavy 1950s flagship with the famous Indian-head styling.
5. **Pontiac Grand Am** — score 734/1000
   Pontiac's best-selling compact of the 1980s and 1990s.
6. **Pontiac Grand Prix** — score 659/1000
   Personal luxury coupe and later sedan that sold for over four decades.
7. **Pontiac Aztek** — score 571/1000
   Notorious crossover pioneer of 2001, later redeemed as Walter White's car in Breaking Bad.
8. **Pontiac Vibe** — score 571/1000
   Toyota-engineered compact hatchback built jointly with the Corolla Matrix.
9. **Pontiac G8** — score 467/1000
   Australian-built V8 sport sedan from 2008, a late Pontiac cult favourite.
10. **Pontiac Firebird** — score 343/1000
   Pontiac's pony car of 1967 to 2002, sibling of the Chevrolet Camaro.
11. **Pontiac Fiero** — score 343/1000
   Mid-engined two-seater of the 1980s and America's first mass-produced mid-engine car.
12. **Pontiac Catalina** — score 343/1000
   Popular full-size Pontiac of the 1950s to 1980s, including the potent 2+2.
13. **Pontiac LeMans** — score 343/1000
   Sporty intermediate built on the Tempest platform from 1962.
14. **Pontiac Chieftain** — score 343/1000
   Postwar 1949 to 1958 model line with Silver Streak styling.
15. **Pontiac Tempest** — score 343/1000
   Compact turned intermediate whose 1964 option package became the GTO.
16. **Pontiac Solstice** — score 0/1000
   Stylish 2006 roadster that drew huge demand in Pontiac's final years.
17. **Pontiac Sunbird** — score 0/1000
   Subcompact sold from 1976 to 1994 in coupe, convertible and wagon forms.

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