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PontiacBonneville Special
Production1954
Recorded originUnited States
ClassConcept car
Background
The Pontiac Bonneville Special is a concept car unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1954, the first two-seat sports car prototype the division had ever produced. Conceived by designer Harley J. Earl and hand-built by Homer C. LaGassey Jr. and Paul Gillan, the Special is a grand touring sport coupé that incorporated innovative styling like a Plexiglas canopy with gull-wing windows on a sleek fiberglass body.
Text adapted from “Pontiac Bonneville Special” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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