1968 Pontiac Executive Hardtop Coupe (with non-standard wheels)
Overview
Manufacturer
Pontiac (General Motors)
Production
Star Chief Executive: 1966 only Executive: 1967 to 1970
Assembly
(main plant) Pontiac, Michigan, United States (Pontiac Assembly) (branch assembly) Kansas City, Kansas, United States (Fairfax Assembly) Linden, New Jersey, United States (Linden Assembly) South Gate, California, United States (South Gate Assembly)
Body and chassis
Class
Full-size
Body style
2-door hardtop 4-door hardtop 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon
Platform
B-body
Powertrain
Engine
400 cu in (6.6 L) Pontiac V8 428 cu in (7.0 L) Pontiac V8 455 cu in (7.5 L) Pontiac V8
1965-68: 124 in (3,150 mm) 1969-70: 125 in (3,175 mm)
Length
1965-68: 222.6 in (5,654 mm) 1969-70: 223.5 in (5,677 mm)
Width
79.7 in (2,024 mm)
Chronology
Predecessor
Pontiac Star Chief
Successor
Pontiac Bonneville (1971)
The Pontiac Executive is an automobile model that was produced by Pontiac from 1967 to 1970.[1]
The Executive name replaced Pontiac's long running mid-range Star Chief, beginning for 1966 when all Pontiacs in this range were named Star Chief Executive for this one year only, before the series became simply the Executive for 1967.
Executives featured more deluxe trim, more standard amenities and a longer wheelbase and overall length than the lower-priced Catalina models, but were not quite as luxurious as the top-line Bonneville, whose wheelbase and other dimensions the Executive shared.
Mechanically, the Executive was virtually identical to the Catalina, sharing similar standard and optional V8 engines starting with the base 400 CID V8 with two-barrel carburetor rated at 265 hp (198 kW), and ending with a 390 hp 428 CID HO V8 through 1969 and a larger 455 CID V8 rated at 370 hp (276 kW) in 1970. The standard transmission each year was a three-speed manual with column shift, with a floor-mounted four-speed with Hurst shifter optional in 1967 and 1968. However, 98 percent of Executives were equipped with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic during the model's four-year run.
Executives were available as a four-door pillared sedan, two-door hardtop coupe, four-door hardtop sedan, and Safari station wagons in two and three-seat versions. The Executive Safari wagons differed from the Catalina and Bonneville Safari wagons by featuring simulated wood paneling. No Executive convertibles were offered.
Total output of the Executive was:
1967: 35,491 units
1968: 32,597 units
1969: 25,845 units
1970: 21,936 units
Through its four years, the Executive was the lowest-volume full-size Pontiac. It was replaced for 1971 by the Pontiac Bonneville.
1966 Pontiac Star Chief Executive 4-Door Sedan
1967 Pontiac Executive Hardtop Coupe
1968 Pontiac Executive Hardtop Coupe (with non-standard wheels)
^Gunnell, John, ed. (1995). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946–1975. Kraus Publications. pp. 576–619. ISBN 0-87341-204-4.
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Global Information
1966 Pontiac Star Chief Executive 4-Door Sedan
1967 Pontiac Executive Hardtop Coupe
1968 Pontiac Executive Hardtop Coupe
