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The Best Pontiacs

By David Castro

NEW YORK - APRIL 27: A Pontiac sign at a a General Motors dealership on April 27, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City. GM has announced that it will be to cutting 21,000 Jobs and will eliminate the Pontiac brand. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - APRIL 27: A Pontiac sign at a a General Motors dealership on April 27, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York City. GM has announced that it will be to cutting 21,000 Jobs and will eliminate the Pontiac brand. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) /
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Tiger enjoying an outside breeze from the window of Bill Shirley’s 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge.Img 7309
Tiger enjoying an outside breeze from the window of Bill Shirley’s 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge.Img 7309 /

1969 GTO Judge

The Judge package was only available in 1969 and it was distinctly different from the base GTO. Large and funky “The Judge” decals on each fender, and initially it was only offered in Carousel Red. Consumers had two engine choices; the Ram Air III (366hp 400ci V8) or the Ram IV (370hp 400ci V8). Either way you wouldn’t fly under the radar in The Judge, and isn’t that the point?

CHICAGO – JUNE 01: A Pontiac Vibe is offered for sale at Roseland Pontiac June 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The dealership has been selling General Motors vehicles at this location since 1911. This relationship will end when GM, which today entered into bankruptcy, discontinues the Pontiac brand later next year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO – JUNE 01: A Pontiac Vibe is offered for sale at Roseland Pontiac June 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The dealership has been selling General Motors vehicles at this location since 1911. This relationship will end when GM, which today entered into bankruptcy, discontinues the Pontiac brand later next year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) /

2002 Firebird WS6

The final year of the Firebird gave us the WS6 and the T-Top Pontiac was robust. Under the hood was a 350ci V8 LS1 engine that produced 325hp and it went from 0-60 mph in five-seconds. A 1/4-mile was handled in 13.5-seconds at 107.4 mph.

You had a pair of transmission options, four-speed automatic or the six-speed manual. I would lean towards the six-speed.

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