1965 Chrysler 300 vs Pontiac Grand Prix Dealer Promo Film Mopar is a registered trademark of Chrysler Group LLC. Master Tech series training materials are the property of Chrysler Group LLC and are used with permission. MyMopar.com
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@Doobie19758 ай бұрын
They're both great cars but I slightly favor the Pontiac Grand Prix as the 1965 full sized Pontiac's are some of my all time favorite vehicles.
@allenwayne20338 ай бұрын
I agree Doobie! I think 65 was the best styling year before or since for all full size GMs!
@Nunofurdambiznez8 ай бұрын
There's no way I can pick one over the other.. so, I'll take one of each!
@quincycooper797 ай бұрын
Agreed
@MrInfoguy7 ай бұрын
I'm hardcore Mopar but ... that 300 aged faster than a beach party movie. The GP is timeless.
@Pvt.Parts134 ай бұрын
yup but chrysler perfected it in 1966
@BillRalens8 ай бұрын
Yeah but without Pontiac, the plot of My Cousin Vinny would have fallen apart
@digitalfutur8 ай бұрын
Something the Grand Prix had that the Chrysler 300 did not: More sold, 57,881 to 24,073
@kennethanway79798 ай бұрын
I'll take both! If I can only pick one.... Mopar!
@fairfaxcat13128 ай бұрын
It’s Mopar or no car.
@ricksand64778 ай бұрын
Both of these are great old cars. Kudos to Chrysler marketing for pointing out their cars' "advantages" in comparison. The Chrysler still looks like the box the Grand Prix came in.
@thomasdollard79718 ай бұрын
It looks too much like the Newport and New Yorker, or even the Polara.
@CJColvin8 ай бұрын
Right while the 65 Grand Prix has beautiful Coke Bottle styling as well.
@michaelreilly1310esq7 ай бұрын
John Delorean’s entire 1965 Pontiac lineup won Car and Driver award. The sleek GP was the pinnacle
@TonyM1327 ай бұрын
What Car and Driver award is that? Do you mean Motor Trend's Car of the Year?
@KDoyle43 ай бұрын
The 1965 - 1968 Chryslers were the best built full-size Chrysler's made in the post-WWII era. The Pontiac sure is nice, but I'll take the Chrysler. It's worthy to note that the Chrysler films comparing them to other brands actually point out valid facts, and the GM films bend and twist the half truths they give.
@mypronouniswtf55598 ай бұрын
The base 383 2bbl 300 was $55 more than a loaded Pontiac..2023 dollars thats $540 more still nothing..But jump to a nice tire squealing and quick 383 4bbl or the Powerful 413 4 barrel version then its a few thousand more. I would buy the 300L 413 4bbl and try to get the 4 speed manual..Would be a killer ride! I had a 65 300L 413 4bbl and it blew away 1990 5.0 Mustangs back in 1990 when I owned it for a little..Sold it to a Chrysler Club Member fro $2200 in 1990,thought I made out great,oh well..I bought it for $900 all original 140,000 miles just rebuilt the carb,put 2 mufflers and brakes and used tires on it(i was very young)..
@stanmarcusgtv8 ай бұрын
the 1965 Chryslers were the best American car - they were designed to be better built - dad had the Pontiacs and a 1965 New Yorker at the same time and there really was no comparison - did you know you could push start that car if the battery went? that said, the Pontiacs of the 1960's were mostly gorgeous
@allenwayne20338 ай бұрын
I'll take the GP for styling alone! I grew up MoPar but always they looked stodgy compared to 60's GM.
@johnhall83648 ай бұрын
the main differences back then between the big 3 were ride quality: ford handled the worst but had the smoothest and quietest ride, mopar was the exact opposite and GM was in the middle. Styling wise there is no comparison, the 65 big Pontiacs were peak styling. The 300 looks amateurish by comparison.
@TheDude123747 ай бұрын
The 1965 Pontiacs were some of the most beautiful cars ever built, with the Grand Prix being the most distinctive. Not only were the Pontiacs better looking than the Chryslers, they rode on full frames with full coil suspensions. Mopars were unibodies riding on old leaf springs, which made them noisier and harsher riding. One other cool thing about the Pontiacs is that they were equipped with the first articulated windshield wipers, a feature no other GM division had at the time.
@justina32217 ай бұрын
Pontiacs were ugly! My friend had a 74 Grand Am and later a Pontiac Aztec.
@jamesstuart33467 ай бұрын
I miss the days when advertisers actually talked about the product rather than the target audience 😢
@petestaint83127 ай бұрын
I'd take the Pontiac anyday. 👍
@terryleagan73908 ай бұрын
I'll take one of each. 😊
@danielulz16408 ай бұрын
The 65 Chrysler 300 two door hardtop used exactly the same roof as a 65 Plymouth Fury lll.
@mypronouniswtf55598 ай бұрын
Similar but not the same...I owned both at the same time. Plymouth has a 119" wheelbase Chrysler was 224" and the Plymouth Roof is shorter and narrower.
@bobjohnson2058 ай бұрын
@@mypronouniswtf5559 I think you mean 124".
@jamessneed87897 ай бұрын
I would have both in the garage.
@fourdoorglory59458 ай бұрын
I would have been disappointed if I were the grand prize winner. 😂😂 “..well thanks, but can I save you some money and trade this Blowpar for a Gran Prix..”
@ek69198 ай бұрын
Mopar Or No Car even in 1965.
@christopherkraft13277 ай бұрын
Back in the day my aunt had a 65 Grand Prix & my sister had a 66 Chrysler 300 & I say that the Grand Prix was far & away better than the Chrysler 300 !!! 🙂
@samiam55578 ай бұрын
I'll take the '65 Chrysler 300! 👍
@bobt57787 ай бұрын
5:21 "a bit uncomfortable on a hot day" Major understatement - you got 2nd degree burns off vinyl seats on a hot day 😓
@nigelgoodwin69543 ай бұрын
Pontiac for me!
@CJColvin8 ай бұрын
For me I chose the 65 Pontiac Grand Prix
@paulgoree52064 ай бұрын
'65 Pontiacs across the board 😊
@foggy6348 ай бұрын
300 SOLD
@brenthill32413 ай бұрын
And with the Pontiac, you had to settle for a full perimeter frame.
@ROROSMACHINE8 ай бұрын
Yup and you sure were gonna need that 5/50 protection plan,lol...
@ronaldmiller27408 ай бұрын
THANKS WE WILL TAKE THEM BOTH ,, I NEED A TIME MACHINE ,,FOR THE LOWER PRICE,,, WE DONT SEE THEM THESE DAYS THAT MUCH!! THEY BOTH HAVE GREAT LOOKS IN EACH OF THEM.. I ONLY DRIVE OLD CARS ,, 1978 BUICK, AND 1958 DODGE CUSTOM ROYALE , SWEEP WINGS THATS MY SON'S CAR MAX 8 YR.S OLD FOR SALE AT A CAR SHOW WE COULD'NT LEAVE HE BEGGED AND TEARED ,, HE LIKES THE THE MEAN GRILL AND THE BACK WINGS,, DO A VIDEO ON 1958 DODGE FOR MY SON MAX ,,... THANKS!!!!!....
@ek69198 ай бұрын
I need to get in that time machine too!
@giuliopedrali47948 ай бұрын
GMs in general wins always, but the 1967 Chrysler is good
@alphonso136Ай бұрын
The pontiac was still a pretty car
@jackallen65628 ай бұрын
He called it the "Medium Prix"? That's pure
@connor_flanigan7 ай бұрын
and how
@The_R-n-I_Guy8 ай бұрын
If you compare car prices, wages and cost of living. The price for the cheapest car today is more expensive than the highest price luxury exotic car of the 50's to 70's. If I lived in that time, with my job. I could buy a new car at least once. Possibly every few years. But in today's economy. I couldn't buy an economy car if I wanted to. Plus cars back then were built to be reliable and easy to maintain. Vehicles today are built to be disposable appliances that you can't work on without a bunch of special computer equipment and software. I was born in the wrong era
@bobjohnson2058 ай бұрын
Maybe you should buy a DeLorean and travel back! You'll have to get it to start first! lol
@bizjetfixr83528 ай бұрын
I was driving 60s and 70s cars and trucks daily until well into the 2000s. I never had problems getting old cars to start, unless they wouldn't crank because the oil was so cold (below zero). The thing is, those cars had "personality". Both as a "make", and as individuals. Especially when they got some miles on them, you had to get to know what they liked, and didn't like. As far as repairability? I was out on a drive one afternoon, when the old Thermoquad in the car Chernobyled. Three hours later, after pushing it into a parking lot, calling kid to pick me up, visit to O'Reillys to pick up an Edelbrock AVS clone, and installing it with the tools I had in my trunk, it's running again. Water pump started leaking. Less than an hour to R&R. Try doing the same with anything built since 1990.
@kmyre8 ай бұрын
Its amazimg how you manage to be wrong on every point you are trying to make. Today's cars are just better, and neither then, nor now can average people can afford top of the line luxury.
@joeseeking35728 ай бұрын
Actually this is true. the average Joe could trade in his car every couple of years and buy new again. Most families did this. We didn't have leases or really anything longer than 3 year financing. But, as much as I like cars of this era, they did not include a whole bunch of things we take for granted (and insist on) today. From AC to stereo to power everything - all 2020's safety features and the huge mpg advantage a 20202 car will provide while still being quicker 0-60. The real era of comparison lament was when I started driving in the 80's - cars then were dismal (!) and something like my friend's 68 New Yorker with a 440 made an 83 wheezing Olds 307 look ridiculous.
@CJColvin8 ай бұрын
@@kmyreYeah right mate
@fairfaxcat13128 ай бұрын
What we have here is a “dealer promo film.” A promo is a promotion. “Promo” is an abbreviated form of the word “promotion.” The idea is to help the dealer sell the automobile. The automobile the dealer will be selling is the Chrysler automobile. The more Chrysler automobiles the dealer sells the more money the dealer and the motor company will make.
@bobjohnson2058 ай бұрын
Joe is probably far too honest to be a car salesman - especially a Chrysler salesman! 😏
@skinny70107 ай бұрын
The 300 takes it in the pleated seat and cup holder departments..
@joesinkovits65918 ай бұрын
Chrysler marketing was really reaching waaaaaaayyyyyy out there on this one. Regardless of what the video wants to claim, the Pontiac was-and still is-a stylish, elegant car whereas the Chrysler is frumpy.
@bizjetfixr83528 ай бұрын
The Chevys were stylish and elegant. The Pontiacs went way too far with the chrome. Probably the way to go in 1965. But they don't age very well, compared to the 65-66 full size Chevys, the Toronado, Riviera, and even the ElDorado.
@mattrowan26808 ай бұрын
Oh please!!! BARF. The 1965 Pontiac full size cars are probably the best styled (overall in and out) cars of the decade. Chevy?? Oh Please! Excuse me, I have to grab a beer.@@bizjetfixr8352
@CJColvin8 ай бұрын
Right, especially with that beautiful Coke Bottle Styling
@bc54414 ай бұрын
Pontiac looks like Chevrolet, and Chrysler looks like Dodge and Plymouth!
@adamtrombino1067 ай бұрын
I would take a 300L.....But a GP is better looking car.
@stevendenton49658 ай бұрын
Give me the Pontiac any day
@mikeholmes54238 ай бұрын
Chrysler unibody construction, torsion bars with leaf springs take the win! The 1940's are calling... they want their body-on-frame back, GM !
@nicholasmagcamit82337 ай бұрын
Chrysler wins
@michaelwhite28238 ай бұрын
Dont biy a new car until you waych yhos video!
@bizjetfixr83528 ай бұрын
Gotta differ with most of the comments. The understated styling of the Chrysler ages better than the 65 Full size Pontiacs. Not to worry. Pontiac did a lot better in 66-67. Consoles? Okay, as long as you don't have a hot wife, girlfriend, or significant other that scores low on the "crazy" scale.
@treeandaturd8 ай бұрын
catalina and newport more affordable
@Jimbrand67568 ай бұрын
Old commercials are full of shit. Lol. Pontiac is better