Bringing back the classic Pontiac Trans Sport

Bringing back the classic Pontiac Trans Sport
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[@ghost21501]

Ironically, this is one of your best redesigns.

[@fortheloveofnoise]

my thoughts exactly

[@TheQuirkyGarage1999]

agreed , I keep watching these redesign videos because I'm still curious

[@kattemester9549]

My parents had this when i was a little child in dark green i used to love that bus so much! I actually cried when it was sold for parts.

[@lloydfrazier3916]

Dude, that was one of your best renderings I have watched you sketch. I miss the Pontiacs. That would sell big time.

[@nicholasstocker8864]

The Trans Sport didn’t come with a V8. I think you meant to say a 3.8L V6 which the car did have.

[@tracksoneverything4085]

Not until 92 though.

[@timothyrios7353]

That’s what he said 3.8l

[@user-aRb00d3r]

1000% would drive a minivan like this with a modern safety features. hope these will get in fashion after suvs.

[@InternetListener]

0:21 That sketch of the concept car actually went into production as a Toyota Previa in 1990. The 1990 Pontiac Trans Sport they sold must've been some Rover discarded design...

[@ronroodbol2535]

i had the 1991 3.1L SE version In the same black and white color. I bought the car in 1994 and In the Netherlands a lot of people were Amazed by seeing the car. 4 times i drove from the Netherlands to Spain and always thumbs up. wish i didn't sold the car.

[@Merccat_]

First mini van I don’t hate lol Would love to see a modern take on a Mercury Cougar

[@thenickli]

I really like this design, the integration of that body-colored swoop was really nice, and it looks like it could come out in 2023, but it just feels like the Pontiac identity is gone. I would have really liked to see some kind of a modernization of the split grille (better than BMW's treatment).

[@omegaman7377]

A great looking car. But a nightmare to park because of the long front.

[@mastercko]

Agreed, it's not a Pontiac without the grill and I think it would be pretty easy to do it in a treatment that doesn't look like BMW. Just make sure to keep it trapezoidal overall, and it will communicate "Pontiac-ness" pretty clearly.

[@kerc]

Have you ever thought of showing your "failed" redesigns and talk about how they didn't work or what made them especially challenging?

[@ghost21501]

Most of his redesigns are fails.

[@theshowmaster3836]

Bruh. I will say I don’t love all of his redesigns, but that was uncalled for.

[@ghost21501]

@TheShowmaster it's deserved. He talks with authority, but his redesigns are lazy and uninspired. Unfortunately, his channel is one of its kind, so I still watch it once in a while.

[@theshowmaster3836]

I will say that his redesigns do feel kinda lazy sometimes, as he never changes the proportions. However, the way you worded your statement felt very derogatory. I do understand what you mean though and I respect your opinion.

[@catdaddytv0706]

I'd like to see him make new vehicles look older while keeping the new proportions.

[@yvesalepin3486]

Nice refresh! I would personally reworked the headlights. Yours are nicer than the original ones but they still look to rectangular. The C Pilar modification look too much to the first generation of the 1997 Mercedes A Class (only sold in Europe).

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

one of my crazy uncles used to have one of these (in white color too), I remember we were on a road trip once and at one point my uncle decided to do a pull on the highway, the sound of that V6 was unexpected, everyone inside having epic reactions when we noticed the van was outrunning a Honda and a highway patrol car chasing it. When Dad checked the speedometer, we were doing 100mph 🤣

[@generaloranger6150]

Probably a 318 Dodge Diplomat police car that was chasing the van? Those were slow for sure.

[@Le_Floffy_A92]

@@generaloranger6150 this was back in '98, if I remember correctly it was just an old Crown Vic or something similar 😂

[@matthewpervere6965]

Ah the old “Dustbuster” vans from GM! I want to say either hot wheels or Matchbox had a diecast version of this back in the day.

[@HighlandPants69]

Hot wheels. I had that one when I was younger. My parents bought the full-size version in 1990, when I was 9 years-old and the year GM launched the vans.

[@anusername8350]

That redesigned pillar gives me big Renault vibes.

[@jakezjones]

Agree... Avantime

[@mattconnor6779]

Still needs more of a Pontiac-esque grill. Please revise!

[@nicholasstocker8864]

The Dustbuster returns!

[@Aar0n2009]

I think it turned out awesome! I’d love to see a Grand Am. I own one myself and would love to see your spin on it.

[@Chrisb8s]

John Travolta says it’s the Cadillac of mini vans

[@andrewgilman8835]

Looks like an EV. Great job 👍. But those wheels? Find some cool looking aero wheels. This is a minivan after all!

[@automotiverenderings]

Massive improvement but you made an Oldsmobile minivan :)

[@stuchly1]

The swoosh across the rear quarter side window makes this look like 'what if ssangyong rodius but actually nice" and I don't hate it. Nice look overall and the blacked out fighter jet cockpit look really works here. The wheels are ottp but not hating on the concept.

[@datwistyman]

Never show the end result for long enough. This one is heaps better than most because you show it. However still need to put up the old and new pics for long enough to look at the details.

[@M-Angel25]

The concept looks like a Toyota Previa

[@phoenixblack1220]

10000% improvement! Excellent work!!

[@KbL94]

This is awesome. Thank you Sketch Monkey.

[@theredscourge]

This thing doesn't need a redesign, it's already automotive perfection 🤣 ngl, i would chop the rear glass and turn it into a truck if I could

[@joakimquensel597]

Anyone else remembering Get Shorty where (loan shark) Travolta accidentally gets a Okdsmobile Silhouette (Trans Sport sister model) as an airport rental? Rental company were out of Cadillacs but "this is the Cadillac of minivans". And later in the movie Travolta parks the minivan outside superstar actor Danny DeVito's house who takes it on a test drive and buys one himself. And he starts a new trend among the Holiwood elite where all celebrities drives Oldsmobile Silhouettes.

[@karlschauff7989]

I hate this generation of GM minivans but in retrospect, they weren't bad with the 3.8L V6. My grandparents had one for traveling on vacation and they hauled all the grandkids in it. Power sliding door, okay seats, pulled a boat just fine. Very polarizing shape and styling, but reliable and functional.

[@TheQuirkyGarage1999]

it sort of look like the Renault Avantime which is quite the nice thing in my book

[@jaymuffinz]

You should have used the headlights from the new prius

[@danield.7359]

The front still looks old - however all in all it looks better than the original.

[@1hiphopnow]

“The crash test was the later version”😳

[@JGooden762]

That looks really cool. Definitely getting some Ionic5 vibes from it...

[@lmc333]

Love it !!

[@dimitridsanta4438]

I would preorder/buy one😊

[@Mr10Alpine]

More than likely, the Pontiac Transport/Montana's "comeback" would be based around it's Chinese counterpart, the 2022+ Buick GL8, but it would be built in South Korea for North America-only export (probably in the same factory where the Encore GX/Trailblazers are made). Only difference is the Transport would get the 3.6L V6, along with the Chinese Buick's 2.0 turbo, and slightly altered cosmetics, along with an interior that's uniquely Pontiac. Ironically, the smaller Buick Encore GX-based Pontiac Aztek would be built there as well, and is a direct competitor to the Jeep Compass and Ford Bronco Sport (the Escape is the Trax's primary competitor).

[@chevymontmarlo]

Can you please do a 11th gen f150 redesign. The best looking but roughest year

[@jonny3700]

Dope van brah… Seriously, that’s a dope van. I’d drive it

[@Jophee]

That was good update 👌

[@MikeJones-tx6iu]

That turned out pretty good 🤔👍🏾 ! However…nothing can touch the new Chrysler Pacifica…that’s the sexiest minivan on the planet 😂. Or perhaps a supercharged all black or stealth grey color.

[@mattuw82]

This sketch did a good job at being realistic. When he added the wheels though I laughed out loud.

[@why6212]

I'd like to see a monolithic headlight bar.

[@dbeltgens]

Can you do a "What if Volvo or Jeep made minivans?"

[@thebagnechannel3183]

The advertisement at the beginning sounds like Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek TNG).

[@MrBKelly95]

It was. Stewart did do voiceovers for Pontiac commercials.

[@zwierzak77]

basically, the Pontiac brand has it's thing that it is distinguished from everything else by a specific front design. Where even Fiero does not hide it and tried to make it a little visible. The one in the photo looks like a European one. Sorry but that's my opinion. Nothing will take away the charm of old PTSs, whether before or after the facelift

[@RageousMode]

Removing the twin port grille removes its identity as a Pontiac. Pontiac has historically had a twin port grille just as long as BMW has, only wide/horizontal vs. tall/vertical. So you ended up converting this into a Chevrolet Lumina APV or Oldsmobile Silhouette. Additionally, you didn't clean up the peeling paint on the roof.

[@ayushmahoorkar2384]

The old concept was basically the Tesla model x of that time

[@HighlandPants69]

Check out the Toyota Previa. The only thing Model-X-like on the concept were the rear doors. Otherwise, the design of the Tesla and the Pontiac are pretty significantly different.

[@daynerampersad8968]

looks great , but was feeling the redesign until you added the wheels, the wheels made it pop

[@SedatDemiri-kg2bi]

Hi Sketch. Please, Can you modernize the Opel Calibra? Thank you.

[@grayden4138]

Huh. Didn't know Capt Jean-Luc Picard did commercials for Pontiac, back in the day.

[@suddeninspirations8184]

I had a Transport and really miss it. Is it true that they're coming back this year????

[@wallybeegone]

Your redesign - It kind of resembles the design language of Saturn in the early 2000’s.

[@jayrodmiller]

Awesome. I would love to build some of these cars that you come up with. I would also love to see the rear view as well to see what you would do in the back to take up that rather tall space that goes from the top of the rear bumper to the bottom of the glass.... BTW can you do the old grand wagoneer restyled? I don't think Jeep paid much homage to the original 70's design which, in my book, was super iconic. Thanks!! I love your content!!

[@skywalker2852]

I'll take one!😄

[@kjpphotography4764]

Not to bad for a van design you came up with.

[@timhughes2809]

I like this one a lot! The wheels make a huge difference!! It still looked kinda goofy until you slapped those wheels on.

[@mueblesgarcia6690]

That was awesome. Could you do the same for a Ford aerostar?? It would be great, in order that the aerostar was not a nice car

[@SoCalFreelance]

The wheels are a bit too much 'pimp my ride' 😄 Should have kept the Tesla Model X style doors in the concept -- indeed they were waaaay ahead of their time.

[@Attila_Beregi]

it's just amazing to me to see how much new, bigger wheels change the stance of the car. now suddenly it feels like those tires can actually do something haha

[@Kosoku63]

I don't really like oversized new wheels, I kinda miss the days when cars had small wheels

[@ytpremium7649]

Bring the curved design, it's so sleek looking

[@Jasenkob]

It's the baby of a Honda CRX and a Peugeot 407 SW

[@bbrachman]

Was this the same as the Oldsmobile 'spaceship' looking mini-van? Odessey? My dad had the Olds version. No one's arms were long enough to clean the inside of the windshield.

[@alfredoquijada7578]

Amazing

[@tonyorwick492]

I am confused on the redesign I love the way it looks but from a consumer POV it would not work because their is no rear doors on the side for passengers to get in the back everybody like kids or full grown adults will be climbing in and stepping over the center console to get in the back

[@jimrussellfriesen6768]

This minivan only had a sliding door on the passenger side

[@tonyorwick492]

Jim Russell I do understand that I have been in one when I was a kid but the design concept that he did with it moving what would be considered a B Piller further back the way he did I am not seeing how a sliding passenger door would work on it either I'm looking at it in a 3 dimensional mind I guess I would have liked to see him design it from the passenger side POV instead of driver side because it's more technical on the passenger side

[@2Str0k3]

Amazing editing skills for sure! Im not criticizing your editing skills but your design. The front of the car looks like a 2015 kia bumper mounted on anything 1990s GM crap. The wheels are something one would put on their car in GTA online and the rear just looks like a Honda CR-V or something. I owned one of these for short while and it was really cool in its way. But i do think the cars weirdness made it fun but somewhat impractical at the same time mainly due to the drivers controls and minor crap. Id say new cars are much worse. The 3800 motor had plenty of power for a minivan. Was a very fun vehicle to go around with.

[@suddeninspirations8184]

hi......i had a 1990 transport se and looking forward to this vehicle coming back..............any idea "when"????

[@t0nito]

It's pretty cool but how do you open the driver's door?

[@Viking8888]

It's amazing how the right rims can make a vehicle look incredible or like a big pile of 💩. I was on the fence with this design until you added those and then it was like, Wohh! NICE!

[@georgeratcliffe7752]

Why did I think of the Renault Avantime in this video? That I think would be an interesting one to see your opinions on!

[@HighlandPants69]

The van, as some have mentioned already, did not have a V-8, nor was it's engine even 3.8L in displacement. It was a 3.4L V-6. And the way the engine was already stuffed into the front, I'm not sure there would have been enough room for the 3.8L. The next gripe I have is the way you mentioned being able to remove the rear seats. Every van can do that, that's nothing special. What you could have mentioned, though, was that the 5 rear seats were individual chairs rather than typical benches and could, therefore, be removed individually. This made the Trans Sport far more versatile for carrying people and their things. You also made it sound like they came with leather upholstery by default, which was also not true. Leather was optional only on higher-end models. Base models didn't even have air conditioning, ABS, or even airbags as standard equipment when they were introduced in 1990. Fun fact: One thing that GM managed to figure out, though, that Chrysler (the "inventors" of the minivan) still hadn't entirely figured out some ten years after launching the Caravan, was that they were able to make the side door, the sliding one, lock in the open position when the van was facing downhill, regardless of how steep the hill was. It took forever for Chrysler to work that one out. I should also mention that, even though they eventually dropped the Trans Sport name altogether, the van itself was not truly discontinued until much later. Instead, what GM did was transition the Trans Sport into the Montana by way of making "Montana" a trim level of the van for a year or two and then quietly dropping the original name completely. But, it was still the exact same van as before. It was at that point in time that Chevy got the Venture as a replacement for its Lumina APV. The worst, however, was yet to come, when GM changed the name again to SV6 (after a similar phasing out strategy as with the Trans Sport) and dramatically changed the design along with it. Chevy's version became the Uplander, Oldsmobile lost the Silhouette a long time before this (and was killed off completely by GM in 2003), Buick instead got one called, of all things, the Terraza, and even the still young Saturn got one called the Relay. By the time the minivans were axed, they were powered by 3.9L V-6 that put out 240hp. Gm hasn't made a minivan since. The 2008 global financial meltdown might have had a small part to play in that, as well. Lol

[@tracksoneverything4085]

They added the 3.8L V6 as an option in 92. Started out with the 3.1L first in 90.

[@HighlandPants69]

@@tracksoneverything4085 Right, forgot bout that one. Thanks for reminding me.

[@tracksoneverything4085]

My parents had a 3.8L lumina van it was definitely stuffed in there lol

[@HighlandPants69]

Mine had one from the opposite end of the product run, which is even more surprising that I forgot about the 3.1L. We got ours the year they came out. The only power function it had, other than power steering and brakes, was the door locks. And a whopping 4-speaker stereo system, the quality of which was.... well, it wasn't great. Lol

[@HighlandPants69]

We actually had the Trans Sport, but same thing.

[@LamentOfTheFallen]

The front looks like a early Honda crx Edit: remember, the headlights always look at you, even in diff angles🤫🤭

[@jocof0177]

Wheels are too large. Rear undercarriage too low to the ground and will scrape any speedbumps, etc. The lower part of the front gives it an underbite, catfish-like look. The side view with its improvements is beautiful!

[@jeremytart639]

Headlights are way wrong for any kind of Pontiac. Projectors with halos would've worked nicely.

[@timtannenbaum2119]

I would love to see how you would design a new audi s1 based on the newest model

[@federalagenciesarecourtesans]

And now it looks like a pair of tennis shoes.

[@matiaszamudio1040]

will you redesign the Pontiac solstice pls?

[@truckertae9725]

Dustbuster a van that was unique but unsafe

[@cyberpaw]

looks as good as new prius

[@dmisterb]

do the Brubaker Box

[@theking54077]

Please do the new 11th gen accord

[@ridealong9898]

Well, I like the rims :⁠-⁠)

[@anismirawi]

i love it 😍👌

[@mehboobsumar6532]

Kindly plz record n post more u tube " shorts " please

[@Mark_from_IT]

Ahhhhh k, I like it!!

[@nathantowe4148]

hi I really like your content, would you talk how the Citroen WRC car's front looks so aggressive. like its a rounded bulbous front end and yet some how it looks super aggressive. I've been wondering why it looks so good.

[@jwalster9412]

Funny to see how the transam almost got Tesla doors.

[@HighlandPants69]

Trans Am? Don't you mean Trans Sport?

[@jwalster9412]

@@HighlandPants69 maybe.

[@XeonosHD]

For me, the B pillar was defining the whole car. Too easy to remove it.

[@yt_Ajay_]

Is everything in america powered by a 3 litre v8.?

[@davidburrowes8678]

I'm a big fan of your redesigns - usually. This one seemed to lose the character of the Pontiac brand when you scrubbed the split grille. It almost looks like an EV now, because there'd be no air cooling possible. Also, with moving the B-pillar, I half expected you to add a hockey-stick stripe, similar to Starsky and Hutch's 1976 Ford Gran Torino, only reversed! 🤣 Those rims just destroyed it, also. They're more up-to-date, sure, but they are just too big!

[@rudiknaus4139]

Omg 4:21 🙀

[@joeriv1568]

It looks more what it would look like in 2006

[@beauxr.benoit1374]

A Saturn front end on it and some pieces from Oldsmobile at the time, this was actually possible if GM would have had the balls to do it.

[@BoozyWoozy]

that's previa!

[@raymondfiandaca]

The front and rear overhangs are too long and is this a 2dr.? Need to change the fog lights, otherwise another great design.

[@aldogrech55]

Please redesign the 1974 Citroen DS Pallas

[@docsaaab]

The 2. Transsport is not a similar design in Crashtest. It was made cheaper. The old Transsport performed better, it was 100 kg heavier the the new one

[@dallenpowell2745]

Aight. Hear me out. Modern mid-engine Dodge Viper to match the mid-engine Mustang and Corvette?

[@totorofan3527]

Can you modernize the VW van? I know that VW already did that, but I don't like it nearly as much as the original.

[@brk33_real]

Please make a Firebird edition Like bc he will see it

[@Y2Kvids]

Li MEGA is the answer