With standard V-8 power, a mid-'50s Pontiac is the affordable alternative to its Chevy siblings

[Hagerty]

By the mid-1950s, performance and dynamic design had become the thing in American cars, and Pontiacs were deemed too conservative. After years of disappointing sales, General Motors considered dissolving the brand into Oldsmobile. Instead, in a stroke of genius, GM president Harlow Curtice appointed 43-year-old Semon E.
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