The Last Pontiac

This song was originally recorded as a demo cut in Nashville over a year ago. The haunting lyrics detailing the fall of the automotive giant GM and the Pontiac brand naturally led to the human side of the many manufacturing plants closures throughout the United States, but greatly impacting Michigan. This song and video is dedicated to those families who suddenly found the factory that for generations had been their family's employer, were just closing their doors ... and changing forever these towns and families!

[@MrGaMeR777DP]

My 91 firebird proves that pontiac didnt fail, and that pontiac lives on as long as we keep their masterpieces living and running strong.

[@komodokhan]

I want to own a Pontiac now I got emotional listen to this, damn

[@kanob6440]

+Komodo Khan me too man, me too

[@thevloger8415]

same

[@derrickjackson6737]

i brought a 84 Pontiac Bonneville LE 25 yrs ago had a 3.8 V6

[@sockajocka]

My Daddy and brother worked for Fisher Body in Pontiac. Grew up in Pontiac. Glad to know there are jobs coming back there.

[@twotailedavenger]

LET US NOT FORGET THE CREATORS OF THE MUSCLE CAR.

[@NIKOJEFE]

John Z. Delorean made the GTO and Firebird

[@thevloger8415]

the first and only people who created the only true American muscle car.

[@NIKOJEFE]

never forget about you American iconic muscle cars.

[@JamesSmith-wp4um]

+THE VLOGER It is said that the first American muscle car was the 1955 Chrysler 300B that was rated one horsepower per cubic inch

[@shiroyasha7324]

twotailedavenger yup

[@terrancesaphirestar1783]

r.i.p. pontiac you really were family and a true friend

[@LuHoit]

It’s almost been 10 years since they announced the closure. Can’t believe it’s been that long. Still miss it just as much!

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

As a Chevy, Oldsmobile employee, it's said to see anything GM end. Tear's for my coworkers and the plant itself! Thank you 🇺🇸

[@darylrigney6872]

My 1967 Firebird 326 Convertible is still rolling - LOVE Pontiacs!!! Let's keep our classic Pontiacs running strong and living long!

[@SurferJoe71]

Bring Back Pontiac !!!!!We should ban together ,more style and performance than Buick ....

[@bruceislife4603]

LOVED MY GRAND AM RIP I'LL MISS YOU VERY MUCH 2006-2020 188000 MILES

[@CJColvin]

If GM and China 🇨🇳 loves Buick then they should just keep Buick in China only and bring Pontiac back to America for enthusiasts to not only become GM's Mopar (like the GTO compete with the Charger and the Trans-AM compete with the Challenger) but also becomes America's BMW as well (like the G6 compete with the M3/M4, the G8 compete with the M5/M6, and the Solstice compete with the BMW roadster and Audi TT).

[@billtaylor4224]

Miss that brand. I have 5 Pontiacs. 72 455 H.O. 4sp GTO. 72 Lemans, 66 Bonneville Coupe and Convertible and a 60 Bonneville Safari wagon.

[@desperadolighfoot8534]

Bill Taylor: keep the spirit alive!!!!!

[@michaelramsey82]

It baffles me why they chose to close down Pontiac instead of Buick. Pontiac was famous for making fun, sporty, iconic cars - the GTO, the Firebird, and the Solstice right before they shut down. Meanwhile, Buick never really had any interesting cars, and no matter how good a Buick is, it will never be able to shake the "old people car" image. I don't think very many people would have missed Buick, but Pontiac had a huge legacy behind it, and it's a shame that had to end. Hell, if they'd stuck around a couple of years longer, we might have seen a rebooted Firebird alongside the then-new 2010 Camaro.

[@album183]

It's because Buicks sell like hotcakes in China. Domestic Truck sells & Buicks sold in China are the 2 Geese that lay the golden eggs for GM

[@SultanNizi3000GT]

And now, Buick literally stops making cars.....SUVs only.

[@thevloger8415]

hat touched my heart, started crying. we will always remember the name PONTIAC, from the day they opened their doors, to the very last pontiac. R.I.P. the greatest name in he auto industry, Pontiac.

[@mrski4945]

RIP Pontiac. It was the only manufacturer that DID build driving excitement, there is something about those cars that makes them different from all the rest. But I can't stand GM and their awful idiot corporate mentality. Thousands of workers lost their jobs when Pontiac closed, but GM executives fly around in leer jets on the corporations budget and GM CEO's get multi-million bonuses every year. I believe if Pontiac was not part of GM, but a stand alone car company, it woulds still be here today.

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

+mrski you Couldnt kill a Pontiac .. We hit a deer doing 55 mph in my Mothers Grand am . We lived and the car survived ,only thing that needed to be fixed was the front bumper and there was a mark on the hood . That car is still on the road today Half a million miles strong last time i Checked . I see it everyday with that mark the deer put on the hood .

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

+Emma Anderson mazda cars are awesome to drive, friend of mine has an '07 Mazda 3 with a 5speed. quickest 4 door 4cylinder car ive driven, you can throw them into corners and the mazda 3 loved to corner .

[@drummerd2403]

+mrski they may even rival Ford, Chevy, or GM as a whole

[@shiroyasha7324]

mrski yup

[@CJColvin]

Exactly mate and Pontiac will still continue to build exciting cars with they're own V8 engines vs just using corporate GM LS engines.

[@joefalcone6164]

When I hear this song , I get very sad, but when I look in my garage parked side by side is 59 Star Chief and a 69 Bonneville That makes me fell better

[@fleetwin1]

very nice tribute to a great brand....

[@bruceislife4603]

A GREAT GREAT BRAND THAT I MISS

[@loomieD91]

They should cut the chevy cruise chevy Captiva and chevy spark and build genuine gm cars like pontiac Bonneville pontiac grand prix pontiac trans am

[@lennonhetfieldmustaine7267]

im agree with you my buddy :D

[@mikehevalow6733]

+loomieD91 I, TOO agree!! Those cars make Chevy AND GM look bad.

[@drummerd2403]

Bring back the Bel Air Bring back the El Camino Bring back the CLASSIC T-Birds Bring back the Chevelle Cut Buick Bring back Pontiac Bring back Hummer Bring back American Icons

[@aitorror3659]

And crush priuses and fucking german crapwagens

[@CookedTickabc]

Honestly Chevy should have gotten chopped instead of Pontiac or saturn

[@Wesley_C]

My dad had drives his 70’s Trans Am when he was young, his car has it’s performance, that was absolute muscle car, he’ll had a head start of his road, for his trans Am. Pontiac…Thanks for memories.

[@carolinasmoke5047]

The demise of Pontiac was foretold decades ago simply because GM's first love was always Chevrolet even though Pontiac was more innovative. Every time you see a C3 Corvette (1968-82) you can thank John DeLorean and Pontiac for it. Look at the Pontiac Banshee concept car of 1964. Unions have their place but they've put a lot of people out of work.

[@michaelcosgrove4027]

Listening to this song really makes me love my Trans am that much more. I'm sad to see Pontiac go, but I'm happy and proud to own one. My Trans Am is the first, and probably last Pontiac that I'll ever own, and believe me, I'm not letting it go!

[@RamAirBandit]

I owned 4 Trans Ams 1969 Auto with a Ram Air 3 a 1970 Auto with a Ram Air 3 a 1975 with a modded Ram Air 3 and a 2002 6 speed drop top with a L:S1.They are all gone but I will get another someday.

[@justinanderson8758]

PONTIAC COME BACK LIKE OLDSMOBILE AND MERCURY AND SCION!!!!

[@robgirod6259]

Pontiac Builds Excitement !!!! love you Pontiac

[@junipermurray857]

My first car was a 1979 camaro. I thought it was peak performance from gm. Until I rode in a 1982 trans am. That was purely incredible. I traded in the Camaro for a pontiac sunbird because it's what I could afford. The sunbird is gone now but I have a 2008 grand prix. It's amazing that pontiac could build so much emotion into just a car.

[@duggancruz]

Wish the country was still that strong,everybody had a job the economy was strong crime was down and greed didn't run American.

[@ionhunter]

hoss glover My Great grandfather and all 10 of my Great aunts and uncles, Grandpa, gramma's, My father, aunts, uncles and all off my school mates family worked at PDM. But none of us children of baby boomers. By the mid to late 80's the dream of working in my family's & father's foot steps was gone.

[@firecriss1392]

great video---miss Pontiac alot

[@bruceislife4603]

COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN YOU

[@caspar0777]

I'm a proud owner of a 1971 trans am 455ho. I drive it very often without any problems. Hope GM will bring back Pontiac

[@christinaoxford1986]

I just got my 2001 firebird back from having the motor rebuilt today..i bought it brand new and it will be 16 in March 2017 I got it when I was 23

[@silverpandaws6230]

Christina Oxford trans am v8 or firebird v6?

[@shiroyasha7324]

Christina Oxford that's nice. :)

[@derekcrymble9085]

My 1965 Parisienne 2+2 Custom Sport hardtop coupe is the prettiest car Pontiac ever made . When I finish weeping after this song .........Off to the White-Spot drive-in we go !

[@MONKEYBOY11706]

i wish they brought back the Pontiac brand and closed Buick or Cadillac Division....i love my 2008 pontiac g6 base :-)

[@SoI_Badguy]

GM sells too many Buicks in China. Cadillac is... Cadillac. You can't get rid of Cadillac, it's one of the most successful and innovative brands in history and still makes tons of money. GM just closed down Holden, too... sad. I hope they bring back Pontiac someday.

[@chriscooper3503]

If they did bring Pontiac back dodge would panic

[@KARSONJAE56]

My dad had a 77 formula firebird, 79 trans am, 95 Grand Prix , 97 Grand Prix , 01 Grand Prix , 02 Grand Prix , 05 G6 and 06 Torrent. I drive a 08 G6

[@papawx3]

My earliest memories of a car was my dad's red Bonneville, I don't know the year it was, but it had to have been earlier than a '66, because that was when I first remember seeing it. I always thought GM would dump Buick before they would Pontiac, I can't believe it's gone! When me and the wife got married in '81 she had her '80 Trans Am with T-tops. We rode around town in it with the "Just Married" painted on the back glass. Those were the days, gone and never to return again.

[@CoachSRYA]

Pontiac will always be in my heart

[@raichu9489]

99 firebird still loud and mean like all cars should be

[@wolfbabygirl2011]

♥️I'm crying as I'm listening to this while sitting in MY 2010 G6 the LAST PONTIAC. 😥 I'd love to actually meet some of the folks who BUILT MY CAR.

[@artmilenio1]

I have a 1979 pontiac grand leMans v8 2 doors still runs strong as America will runs strong again. God Bless America.

[@GETINLOSER]

Being born in the 90s, I've always wanted to own one of their Trans Sport minivans, I like silly but those things were dope af back in the day!

[@johnhobson8886]

Being born and raised in Pontiac and my dad working at plant 14. I have owned 15 Pontiacs. The keeper is my 06 M6 modified Goat.

[@brentwareing4162]

Proud 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix GT owner. One of the best first cars to buy

[@based_will]

I dont care if all my friends make fun of me and the AC doesn't work. My 95 grand prix kicks ass. I love it for my first car. "Pontiac is unreliable." You know what? Bull shit. My freinds accord constantly has a check engine light, and my other friends Mazda constantly needs repairs and the transmission is going out. My baby starts right up every day and gets me where I need to go. I love this video and I love everything to come out of the brand. It will be sorely missed.

[@cpufreak101]

My stepsister had a Pontiac, then she wrecked it

[@guerra963]

Beautiful. Tks for post!

[@getbruhd6087]

I just sold my 08 G8 GT. I’m going to miss that thing so much.

[@bruceislife4603]

I LOVE THIS SONG THANK YOU FOR THE PONTIAC GRAND AM V6!

[@mikebig170]

hurts my heart and soul, to hear this song.. pontiac will live forever! i have a 1970 gto convertible, 1970 lemans hardtop, and 2004 pontiac grand am. i will never sell them.. but i will pass them down to family,, these are things that make america what it is and stands for... solid vehicles with style and heritage, cant say that about any imports....gm should rethink about what made them great... like the gto

[@briancrimbcify]

THANK YOU!!. EXCELLENT TRIBUTE& KICKASS SONG TOO!!!.

[@MyOtherCarIsA15MinuteCity]

I picked up my first car, a Pontiac Catalina sedan with the Pontiac 400, back in April of 2014. It was built at Doraville Assembly in February of 1972. The original owner kept a copy of the build sheet, the inspection sheets when the car arrived at the Gainesville dealership on March 3rd with 2 miles on the odometer, the window sticker, consumer information pamphlets, and even the Protect-O-Plate warranty, dated 7-8-72. I wouldn't trade it for any other car, and I hope I never have to sell it. My dad's first car back in 1981 was a 1966 Star Chief Executive four door hardtop with a Tri-Power 389. His dad even owned numerous Pontiac's throughout the years. It's too bad that things turned out the way they did.

[@kateified]

This is a terrific video. Takes me back to all the great Pontiacs I've known!

[@the70oojudge]

Totally Awesome vid... Thanks made my day

[@charlesgover6124]

Been a long time and just heard this song. My family co-owned our town Chevy store. Best family friends owned the Pontiac-Cadillac on the same street. We sold out in '69 and bought Pontiacs from them for the next 3 decades. Only can say this song is about far more than wonderful cars.

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

My first born son came home from the hospital with my 1993 Pontiac grand am in 2001. RIP PONTIAC

[@Apollo2003]

im a camaro guy!! but what i would have given to see all the muscle cars on the road today. chargers, mustangs, challengers, gto's, trans ams, camaros, and fire birds. as a True American Car guy, that would be a site to see today!

[@armandalec9048]

Gone and will be forgotten in time

[@giob2434]

Thank you all for your thoughts and comments on this song and video. We will be posting a link in the future so that you who wish can download the song. Feel free to share the video in the mean time. Cighama Music Group

[@rockandroller8352]

I LOVED MY 2005 PONTIAC GRAND AM R.I.P

[@pride-krazy1617]

R.I.P. Pontiac 😭

[@chrismechanic6164]

First brand new car my father ever bought ( used cars in our family from 63 to 71) was a brand spanking new 1972 Grand safari. It was the car I got my driver's license in. Try that you mellinials! Passed on the first try and yes, I had to parallel park that tank to pass! Our families list of pontiacs. 72 Catalina safari 400 69 Tempest 74 Trans Am 79 turbo Trans am And an Aztek (for some reason I can't remember the year and yes people thought it was ugly).

[@dwcoop5390]

I have a extremely rare 1965 Pontiac, completely original.. GTO dash and interior in a chevelle body.. extremely rare

[@enemyfox938]

Burt Reynolds trans am is the icon of all Pontiac

[@GuizMmMo]

Love it !!!!!

[@ynned21]

Wow, what a song. Speaks to the heart of America. We WILL be back!!!!

[@ZacharyDietze]

It's sad that GM canceled Pontiac, Saturn, and Hummer. I freaking love those brands! :(

[@tombstone5860]

Pontiac, gone but not forgotten

[@loomieD91]

I love that workin that 2nd shift part of the song

[@RicksFormula]

my first car was a '70 GTO in high school and I have a '72 Formula 455HO now. Anyone that says GM never built good cars is either young or ignorant or both. Pontiac built amazing cars for decades. Their engineers were always trying to find ways to skirt the rules and build fast cars inspite of the rules and regulations and most of the time they were very successful at it. The 70-81 Firebird/Trans Am's were among the best all around handling and driving cars of the era.

[@CJColvin]

They sure where brother

[@cgreensh1]

There should have been some pictures of 2009 G8's, the last Pontiac model and the GXP was the most powerful one they sold.

[@Nantahayala]

Clark Greenshields I own a 2009 GXP have it stored

[@melodymoros]

DETROIT MOTOR CITY ! MY HOME TOWN... Brings back memories.. AWESOME song. Tim

[@joejoker5881]

I bought my wife one and she love the car so much that car was one of the best to this day I wish I still had one good bye Pontiac metal to metal dust to dust may the good lord keep your soul

[@HipEspirit]

This is a great song and video! I think all of America should get to experience it.

[@CJColvin]

Right on

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

Thanks to the engineers of Pontiac we still are driving many GM cars because of the Pontiac designed 3800’s

[@pavlistarvmterramater3579]

Beaultiful vídeo, i am brazilian but i always admire the GM and your divisions. I started collecting diecast cars about twenty Yeats ago and It was in the boxes of Ertl American Muscle where i saw a bit of the history of American cars and Detroit. I miss Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury (Ford), Plymouth (Chrysler), AMC Motors, Checker Motors (cab táxis), Nash, Kaiser Motors, Packard, Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Hudson and more who now live only in our memories and in the hands of Lucky people! Congratulations to the producers of This vídeo 👏👏👏

[@CathySmith69]

I grow up in van nuys that factory was part of history

[@pontiacperformance1993]

This song brings chills and tears I have 5 Pontiacs my first car was a 93 formula and I don't plan on selling it only way I'll ever buy a new gm car Is if it's a Pontiac

[@jerywilliams]

Funny that they decided to scrap the Pontiac and Saturn for lack of sales yet it seems like i used to see them everywhere RUNNING! Yet the Cadillac brand produced some of the crappiest cars ever from the early 70's to the late 90's. The only reason the Cadillac survived is because they put some bling on Chevy suv, called it Escalade, and every rapper and wannbe had to have one. Everyone wants a sporty car now, but in the mid 70's When everyone else dropped the ball,Trans Ams were still HOT.

[@guytremblay1647]

what killed Pontiac was the transition of the 80's from carburators to computorized injection systems .And pontiac wasn't the only one to suffer from the transition so did Chevrolet . Both had serious electronic issues that caused the sale to drop to a point that there was no way back from it . we were in times when cars had to be reliable which both did not live up to and the third generation era of the 80"s completly destroyed the reputation of both assembly lines . I don't know how many cars in good shape i saw ending up in the junkyard because of the constant electronic failures in the 80's but a lot of clean cars ended up there ,. Problems that are easy to solve today but that even the dealers could not handle properly at the time .

[@andraskopf268]

ich mag eigentlich keine US Autos aber Pontiacs hatte ich schon drei Stück, diese Marke verfolgt mich regelrecht.

[@johnalvarado4084]

This song makes me think of my 2003 Vibe since Pontiacs aren't made anymore,my Vibe is considered to me my baby and I'm grateful I have her as my ride and need to take care of her since the brand isn't made anymore.

[@bohoward6991]

I am a Pontiac nut..first car a grand prix..86 model..I will be owning a Pontiac in one week..it runs deep.I'm afford man to but Pontiac is in my blood..it's a different brand own..trust me

[@robgirod6259]

they were out of this world... love Pontiac

[@tylervondy3191]

Great song and video sad about pontiac

[@derrickjackson6737]

this year Da 1977 Trans Am Smokey and the Bandit trunks 40 yrs 400 V8 auto- 4 speed ASS kicker!!!!!!

[@guytremblay1647]

in case people forgot GMC was an assembly line directly conneted to Pontiac and as long as this one lives there is still hope that Pontiac will Rise once again one day

[@CJColvin]

Hopefully one day it'll come back in some form.

[@sportsaddict1942]

Sadest days in America when they stopped building the Pontiac...Also miss the Olds Cutless from the 70's and early 80's and of course loved the GTO's.Wished they would killed GMC line(same as the Chevy)and just kept building the Firebird andGTO .

[@terranceeaglefeather5290]

Hummer, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, Oldsmobile, Aero, Ford crown Victoria, Lancia RIP

[@joefalcone6164]

I still own a 59 Star Chief and a 69 Bonneville love them both!

[@mikeparker734]

Pontiac at heart

[@schmalzford96]

im a die hard ford fan but i love pontiac's two

[@zakarylakota]

i agree 100 percent!!

[@imanaxbert1937]

Yeah man, I got 2 2002 Trans Ams. Last year for that iconic muscle car. Bought both new & in 2018 they both still smell like new. Lord willing, I will never part with either.

[@salb5366]

I have a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, and I love it. I must say though let it go, no more Pontiac.

[@rwdplz1]

1:25 The Fiero factory! I took my Fiero there and took a picture of it right in front of that sign! That is STILL the nicest building in that area of Pontiac, MI

[@T-Rex-nm1se]

We still miss Pontiac after all these years. Screw gm for killing Pontiac instead of Buick. Pontiac was iconic and made cool cars.

[@dragonking6742]

Love my 67 GTO

[@aywey8920]

I'm planning to get a 1965 Pontiac GTO

[@jerryhelm5118]

Miss my 1970 formula firebird ..one the fastest I ever drove that 455 had legs..cops hated it ..lol

[@mrwcp63]

My first car was a Firebird I have great memories of Pontiac and Olds my last car was a dodge I still have it even though I can't drive anymore thanks a lot General Motors so now it's a Mopar or no car

[@gtracing1586]

Pontiac never made an ugly car, even in the 90s. They always had style. Its sad that the car companies don’t have style anymore, only car about the money.

[@chevymontmarlo]

RIP pontiac and the Crown vic

[@TransAmLuvr]

Out of my 6 vehicles, 4 are Pontiacs. My pickup is a Silverado, only because Pontiac didn't build a pickup. My daily driver is a Toyota. Good little car. 3 of my Pontiacs are Trans Ams, 73, 75 and 81, all in very nice original condition. I also have a 2001 GTP (supercharged). I keep the Pontiacs in the garage..........the others sit outside. Does that tell you anything? Bean counters (non-automotive folks) killed Pontiac. Oldsmobile, another great car, gone. Sad. RIP Bunky Knudson.

[@cmoffet99]

First car was a grand am gt1 and now I’ve got a grand Prix gt RIP Pontiac my first love 😢

[@robertgirod968]

let them rest. they built excitemant ... and they did. just them become history

[@ThunderMan88]

My great grandfather worked at GM after the world war 1 till late '60s I think.Damn he had a nice classic car.

[@davidd1692]

My first car was a pontiac 1983 grand prix

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

It seems that every time Pontiac seems to have a fine two-seater, it doesn't make it to production or it turns out to be a flop. Look at the 1984-88 Fiero. It was a good but not great car. Then just when all the bugs were worked out, the Fiero got killed. Then came the Solstice. It came at the wrong time, right in the middle of a nationwide recession. Not only was it killed off, *ALL* of Pontiac got killed off!

[@stagergamer4172]

R.I.P.