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Production chronology1949–1958
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗10 years
← Pontiac
Pontiac / Model record
PontiacChieftain
Production1949–1958
Recorded originUnited States
ClassFull-size car
Background
The Pontiac Chieftain is an automobile which was produced by Pontiac from 1949 to 1958. The 1949 Chieftain and Streamliner models were the first all new car designs to come from Pontiac in the post World War II years. Previous cars had been 1942 models with minor revisions.
Text adapted from “Pontiac Chieftain” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1932–1958
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗27 years