Fort Worth Auto Show 1992 featuring the Pontiac Banshee Concept Car

This is a VHS tape from the 1992 New Car Show in Fort Worth, Texas.
The main feature of this show was the Pontiac Banshee Prototype concept vehicle that lead to the 1993 Firebird / Trans Am.
See the new Saturn, Lexus, Infinity, Toyota, Dodge, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagon, Chevy Beretta and so much more!

[@benf340]

8:53 “that is mega wicked” - 90’s summed up right there 😂

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

Ben Figuly "dat is mega" hahahaha

[@djhellnaw5632]

So lit 🔥 thank you🙏🏾 I was born in 78 And built that Pontiac concept as a model Good shit

[@splinter1psi99]

Same. That Banshee concept was one of my favorite model cars I did back then.

[@DanLekin]

R.I.P. Pontiac :(

[@chevy2061]

General motors just keeps on dissapointing😔

[@RetroKingOG]

@@chevy2061 they could've ditched buick and kept Pontiac. North American market, Cadillac outsells Buick 4 to 1

[@invaliduzername377]

Jeez half of these cars are worth $500 now and the other half you cant find anywhere at an affordable price. Survival of the fittest i guess even when it comes to cars.

[@FokkerBoombass]

The NA Miata tho.

[@Delta6500ThisIsAURL]

Great age to be alive. Can buy any car built in the last 30 years and be satisfied. Too bad we didn’t get some of the beautiful concepts in this vid though.

I'll tell you a story. Few weeks ago i found your video about Knight 4000, and as a Knight Rider fan i watched it. Today i skipped through it, and i remembered my fascination for Pontiac Banshee. I've been looking at a few videos about Banshee and i landed on this one. I was surprised when i saw that this one is from the same guy who uploaded Knight 4000 video. I went full circle. It's also a nice coincidence that Dodge Stealth is just before Pontiac Banshee in this video, as Stealth was a base car used for Knight 4000, which was inspired by Banshee.

[@steffyhobmann5037]

Contrary to one of the comments made, I still have, today in the year 2020, an 86 Firebird and it is not a POS! Plan on keeping and driving it indefinitely! Love it!

[@tscooter22]

I love that RX-7! I remember seeing them new on the dealer's lots and fell in love. I waited a year or so and traded my '91 MX-5 (GREAT car as well!) for a brand new '94 FD in April of 1995 with it having just 9 miles on the odometer. This was one of my very happy memorable car moments in my life. I still own it today and now it's almost considered a classic. Damn, I'm gettin' old fast! heh

[@bradleyhanlon]

Thanks so much for posting! I vividly remember attending this show as a kid and remember gravitating to the same displays- the RX7, 5.0 Mustang, IROC and Vette, Porsche booth, the Stealth, that yellow F150 and of course the Banshee! This vid was MEGA-Wicked!!!! Haha

[@steffyhobmann5037]

Gorgeous!! Wish they had/would put this car out. Pontiac was exciting and youthful!! Big mistake that they dropped it!!!

[@scott6504]

That was the Pontiac Banshee, the forerunner to the Tran Am.

[@chrismonterola5850]

i want to beam myself into that video and get the mazda rx-7 and the nissn 300zx twin turbo!!!

[@justinanderson8758]

$13,880 for a Mazda MX-3....now worth $900 buck on Craigslist from a Mexican farmer.

[@madmaxxxthen30-rwofficialm23]

I wasn't even around to see that beautiful beast of a car 😥

[@RetroKingOG]

Pontiac introduced things 10 years ahead of time. We don't give the brand enough credit. They introduced heads up display and GPS that alerts you with cars on the road. Screw Tesla, pontiac had this in 1992.

[@ivanflores1253]

This video should make you really smile and make you feel good in time. If you were in the market in the 90s for a new car or wanted a new car these cars set the standard what everyone wanted

[@zacharyparis]

wow, that really took me back. good stuff!

[@kre814]

I was part of the Burger King kid's club in 92....✋😶

[@Brangeta]

This video is incredible! Thanks for sharing!!

[@MatthewChidester]

I miss the pop up headlights.. Good video thanks for posting this

[@DarthVader-1701]

That FD RX-7 😍. The Banshee would totally fit in with 2022, Perhaps make the lines a little more rigid but nobody would know the difference that it was a 30 year old car. That blue Dodge stuff is a beauty, Back in the nineties when I was a teenager a classmate's mother had a turquoise Stealth.

[@robertwalls5794]

Thanks for sharing this! I was 23 and I was there. I'd hit the Dallas & Ft. Worth shows every year.

[@kevinortiz4755]

The banshee, the Corvette indy, and the ford gt90. What could have been......

[@madmaxxxthen30-rwofficialm23]

...The future of the 21st century.

[@shakarussanders9911]

Ft Worth my hometown! I really wish Pontiac would have come out with the Banshee that would have been perfect for that time period it had 1992 written all over it😄

[@droolerdork]

this is great footage! thank you for uploading!

[@GrnArrow092]

It's a shame the Pontiac Banshee never made it past the concept phase. I bet it would have influenced the design of cars that came after it. This video left me wondering where the car is more than 25 years later. I hope it sits on display somewhere in the same shape as seen here.

[@redxsage]

That Pontiac Banshee Concept was first shown in 1986. GM never intended to build it, or anything like it. They just stuck a few pieces of extra plastic on the Firebird and said that was _'inspred by'_ the Banshee, but nothing more. Plus, the placard for the show car showed what waa effectively a hybrid drivetrain, with an electric generator between transmission and driveshaft, but the booth babe never mentioned that during her presentation.

[@MrShinta786]

Thank you for uploading these memories

[@nemesiswarrior75]

Wow glad you posted this. Funny to see the cars. You can see the last hold outs of the 80’s and some of the future classics.

[@liljake8504]

For some reason I can see Vdeobob holding a Magnavox VHS video camera on his shoulder walking around the show, like my dad in the 90's until 98 when he got a Sony Handycam. You know, the camera that when you turned on night vision you could see through some types of clothing haha

[@alejandromolina4553]

WOW, just came for the Banshee and ended up watching the whole video

[@chikato7106]

Out of all these cars the RX7 is the only one that could come out today with out question. You can really see how the banshee influenced the Camaro and the Firebird. Just like most concept cars and production models, you have to dial in those tolerances. Now someone should take a firebird and kit it to be closer to the Banshee.

[@toolzshed]

Omg the 90ties 😭❤️

[@chemicalspore]

That blue Dodge Stealth. So gorgeous.

[@vassa1972]

Great video I miss being able to walk around and go into these cars during the car show

[@bryankerbow7871]

Oh this takes me back! I was 12 when this show was going on. Im pretty sure I actually went to it. I went to the one during the state fair of texas with my dad around that time but im not 100% sure it was this one. Seeing this makes me so nostalgic. Its crazy to think that I can look on Craigslist now and find most of the "everyday" cars you see in this video for like $500. Even the infinity j30. Lol. All these kids on the comment thread that are joking about the cars or the technologies back then need to realize that back then all that was high tech and alot of the things like tire monitors or gps werent everyday technology. Things that are standard on modern cars today were just dreams back then.

[@erikerice9068]

Wooow!!!! Dateline: 2/19/2022, all these cars are 30yrs. old damn who would've thought these would be classics?

[@Carman1744]

I liked seeing all the 92 vehicles

[@ryancoffey4327]

That Pontiac firebird and that Camaro and Corvette is bad ass!

[@DrSayre]

That is mega! Mega wicked!

[@electric8668]

Corvette used a lot of Banshee's styling in their later model cars.

[@scottmcclary594]

WHOA DUDE! Can't wait for Bill & Ted 3 to come out!

[@thewiseguy3529]

White buick is amazing

[@derekintrovert5619]

Yes

[@Brettabbatejr]

This was the FUTURE back then?! I would’ve had a heart attack because of how cool they look

[@paulibarra5449]

why the pontiac banshee don,t be produced ? its a great futurist car

[@Adrians_Ideas]

I would LOVE to see this

[@kote1979]

Thanks for mega video man

[@bigjohnharvey]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing

[@derekintrovert5619]

Thank you for Sharing

[@jasonvogue4487]

banshee is awesome

[@bean99a]

That Blue dodge stealth TT is badass

[@uptone12111]

Now looking back I have to say the 90's lacked in aggressive looking cars with softer rounder bodies is seems.

[@jordan177606]

the video looks very W I D E for a vhs. playing the video through www.stretch.site corrects it back to 4:3

[@deloreanfan81]

What's the white Buick on the turntable?

[@mattmerced6617]

Wow all of the most iconic cars brand new under one roof!! So the banshee is a concept trans am or camaro? 1st LS swap one 92 lol

[@andycristea]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@GMLSX]

Hi, do you know if those are the correct wheels on the blue firebird? I've only read about them in an pointiac dealer brochure. But it had no pictures. I think they look too much like the supposedly exclusive GTA rims. I know I know. The GTA rims are an inch wider, bigger and have flat spokes. And the Trans Am and Formula (option PW7 was mandatory if you ordered the Firehawk conversion) had them in charcoal black.

[@roshanmathew92]

What kind of Buick was that

[@sexymommakat]

Roshan Mathew park avenue concept

[@simaozinho26]

that prototype you speak its from 1990 in 1991 they put in the movie knight rider named knight industries 4000

[@Delta6500ThisIsAURL]

They should’ve waited and released the banshee. It would’ve been a great little car if it met qualifications. “Similar to the firebird” LAAAME

[@ryancoffey4327]

The 4th gen Pontiac trans am is based off the Pontiac banshee

[@sexymommakat]

I was 17 years old in 92

[@scott6504]

Me too!! What's up?!!

[@madmaxxxthen30-rwofficialm23]

Did you see thus beast? Face to face?!

[@neilross9867]

I was 20. Do I win a prize?

[@bryankerbow7871]

Holy big hair and shoulder pads batman! Lol. I remember all the clothes and styles back then. I dont miss florescent colors and pastel colors. And back then men smoked but not alot of women. Women didnt a smoke in fear of their hair going up in flames from all the mousse and hairspray.

[@Legitcar117]

Very cool! Thanks for posting!

[@michaelknight2721]

Love the Banshee but where are the front lights.

[@ronaldreagan388]

I was born in 1992

[@Delta6500ThisIsAURL]

Who was in charge of the Monte Carlo production? They played themselves extremely. Why didn’t they go with the concept?

[@FFlyDDrum1]

“It’s similar to the 93 firebird.” That’s funny!

[@velardechelo]

That 90's cute chick is right, the 93-2000 firebird(and most iconic pontiac) is like a banshee but with big testicles(banshee only has like 200hp),also banshee does come to production... In Gta lol

[@Brangeta]

lol I love the "$100,000 for that piece of crap" comment

[@cannonballrt6084]

A good year

[@shakarussanders9911]

Yes it was! I guess because I was 15 with no bills 😄

[@keremysmith6866]

it would have been so cool to have been there lmao or if the banshee was ever made think of how ahead of its time it was tbh pontiac was a great brand thats why ill never part with my 95 ta

[@Daehawk]

I miss out 85 and 86 Trans Ams

[@tommy5811]

At 11:41 if you listen closely you can hear the first oof before it was in roblox

[@surge45-70]

Funny how back then average people or below average could walk into a showroom an see what they could expect to buy,now days you have to know someone or have a VIP pass just to walk into one.It started to become a rich man's party rather than a poor man's dream.

[@Janet71990]

What the car look like?

[@39PSIOnTheDaily]

“$100,000 for that piece of crap”. ... new for 1993 964 3.6 Turbo’s sell for $340-380,000 now, in mint condition with sub-40,000 miles. So you could have 1600 miles a summer for 24 years in style, in a 3.6 Turbo, and you would have made double the inflated MSRP (105,000 in 1993 is 170,000 in today’s money). Yep. You’d have to be stupid alright.

[@cluckinbell1974]

It’s alright. We’ve got that car in GTA 3 anyways.

[@ab.3800]

0:58 fwd camaro?

[@el701viajesprivados8]

Can tell he's not fond of Fords lmao😂😭 just walked thru

[@irocjared]

Miata, okay Rx7, okay Trans am, okay Nsx, okay Stealth, okay 300zx, TWIN TURBO?! Okay! Celica, okay 3000gt vr4, ALSO TWIN TURBO! Camaro, beautiful. Nice. Corvette, awesome. Where’s the damn Toyota Supra?

[@alreddog]

This guy is a pretty good camera man and he edited to like somebody else said most of cars today you can get for about 500 to 1500 today except for the Porsche and a couple other cars I tried to get a nice GT Mustang from a hot rod shop they wanted 12000 mighty funny that's what's on the sticker brand new I-PASS

[@justinanderson8758]

Effram Coleman that “brand new” RX-7 is worth about $40,000 now. Of course un-ricified

[@irocjared]

I don’t see a Supra though.

[@CHUUMPASS]

@ minute 2:44 the venerable quad-4. an American 4 cylinder that took the japanese and germans to school on their very own home turf..... :) it doesn't receive the recognition that it actually deserves, since small engines , 4 cylinders etc. have never been of great interest to the American audience.

9:24 The Knight Industries Four Thousand. Better known as "KIFT".

[@jokerzwild00]

KIFT was a Dodge Stealth with a body kit. They wanted to use a Banshee but Pontiac wouldn't play ball, so they made something that they thought looked close enough. I always thought it looked really janky, the overhangs were way too much and the wheels too small (even by early 90s standards). The body was just too long for the wheelbase. GM was never happy with Knight Rider using a TA. After season 1 they made the show remove all Pontiac references. Apparently they were unhappy with so many customers coming in asking for a KITT. Guess they hated selling cars, all they needed was a little cross promotion. Make an all black Firebird/TA with no decals, tan interior and the black/aluminum wheels, call it the KITT edition and watch them roll out!

@@jokerzwild00 Yeah, got it. KIFT was a modified Dodge Stealth.

[@lawneysotelo5031]

So mad dude only showed 2 seconds of a brand new Acura NSX clean everything didn't even bother to look

[@sergeant816]

I remember saying mega lol

[@Xantylon74]

All cars look much better if they are stretched! 😀

[@tallll70]

and 480p

[@Xantylon74]

@@tallll70 😄

[@NZotyoka81]

Poor Porsche was called as a piece of crap:-(((

[@snoopyshultz]

guys an idiot a 92 lambo diablo msrp is 239,000 a used 92 911 turbo still sells for 100k guy has no clue

[@scott6504]

It is a piece of crap

[@scott6504]

Look at the difference between a car in 1965 and 1992, big difference. However, a car from 1992 vs 2019? Hardly anything surprising or very different. Culture is stagnating.

[@lannyfullerjr6956]

Pontiac banshee concept car is cool one better designs is countash Lamborghini both are cool . In design . Lamborghini is first on aerodynamic

[@gonzisonsbc]

Hahahahahah oh man. The 90's.

[@dedecreole8315]

He was quiet until he saw the Banshee. Lol Pontiac was the shit

[@RADRICK19]

That lady seemed kinda annoyed. Lol

[@NZotyoka81]

I’m A die hard Porsche fan so i got offended but at the same i got an insight of the 90’s american people when they were absolutly impressed

[@snoopyshultz]

100 thousand for that ? hahahahahaha dude had no clue in 2018 a USED 911 TURBO IS 100 GRAND LOL

[@scott6504]

Porsche sucks

[@madmaxxxthen30-rwofficialm23]

@@scott6504 Pontiac Rules!!

[@redxsage]

Sorry, Dude... That Porsche sucked. The NSX, STEALTH, 3000GT VR4, RX-7, and CORVETTE were all better buys.

[@gokeyinspections8552]

@@redxsage RUF :)

[@zoesdada8923]

I see they're hyping Will Smith's new piece of shit as much as possible on these videos. Between gemini flop and Aladdin or how to ruin a successful Disney movie hopefully we won't have to see him struggling to save a career that's hemorrhaging to death. Edit: the Banshi was a beautiful car. Too bad it never made it past concept phase.

[@yourallbrainwashed]

8:49 banshee

[@todd8781]

Only the coolest cars never get produced. The next new Toyota gets “radically new styling” and “Aggressive stance”. Same crap old crap as the year before.

[@bohoward8945]

Lmao. And this year..and now.. 90perxent them vehicles are scrapped

[@velardechelo]

5:14 usd$105k... Now costs more than double..5:25 piece of crap?! It was the only real cool thing in the whole expo(almost all of these cars are crap today except for porsche and a few other) ... Real life is like back to the future, we always like crap and overstimate in present, and we are blind about real valuable things...

[@gokeyinspections8552]

lmao at your I got an 82 fire bird and its a POS

[@lannyfullerjr6956]

A like

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

God the 80s and 90s look so.... bland and depressing...

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

11second69nickeynova Yah thier mostly the same cars with more sharp angles and LEDs. But at least supercars look as "mega wicked" as ever.

[@m0ther_bra1ned12]

@Ayy Yo True.

[@gokeyinspections8552]

no today is getting more like that because everyone is glued to social media/ cell phones etc. I wish I could time warp back to the 80s. I was born in 88 so I pretty much grew up around electronics.

[@flybeep1661]

Damn ugly car, just like the 1993 pontiac firebird. The US never really was the place to look for good car design aesthetics.

[@steffyhobmann5037]

You obviously know nothing of aesthetics and have really poor taste! Pontiac had many gorgeous designs!