Put it in drive

My wife called a little while ago on my cell phone. "What was your first car?" she said.

"A Pontiac 6000 STE. We called it a GOOOSTE, since the six looks like a G," I told her. "Why?"

"I think we actually just saw one."

So, here are the commercials for the sensational Pontiac 6000 that I would see during the Miami Dolphin games back when I drove that car. Pontiac...We build EXCITEMENT!





Dressed up to compete with "European styling", like the Audi 5000, it was on the Car and Driver list of 10 Best Cars for 3 years in a row. It was actually a pretty comfortable car (plush cloth seats!), and had a little green glowing electronic display that showed the car and identified issues. All of the controls lit at night with little red LEDs, which was pretty hi-tech back then, too.