Pontiac · 1959–present
Pontiac Catalina
The Pontiac Catalina is a full-size automobile produced by Pontiac from 1950 to 1981. Initially, the name was a trim line on hardtop body styles, first appearing in the 1950 Chieftain Eight and DeLuxe Eight lines. In 1959, it became a separate model as the "entry-level" full-size Pontiac. The Catalina was Pontiac's most popular model, available in multiple body styles, and served as the donor platform for the popular Pontiac Grand Prix, Pontiac 2+2, Pontiac Ventura, and the Pontiac Safari station wagon. When the second-generation Pontiac Tempest was introduced in 1964, lessons learned from the Catalina's introduction of the Grand Prix led to the introduction of the Pontiac GTO, to include the 389 cu in (6.4 L) Pontiac V8.
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Predecessor: Pontiac Chieftain · Successor: Pontiac Parisienne
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Specifications
- name
- Pontiac Catalina
- Manufacturer
- Pontiac (General Motors)
- Production
- 1950–1981
- Platform
- GM B platform
- Predecessor
- Pontiac Chieftain
- Successor
- Pontiac Bonneville
- Class
- Full-size
- Layout
- FR layout
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193986CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_CatalinaCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1354715648 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pontiac_Catalina_front.jpgPublic domain · Photo: IFCAR · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.