CAHOKIA - The Pontiac brand of cars is the namesake of a great Indian chief who fought the British during colonial days and was murdered here 240 years ago.

Pontiac is a survivor. The car named for the famous Indian chief has come through the changing fortunes of General Motors with a unique position in company history: It’s the only car to eclipse ...

Question: What happened to the Chief Pontiac statue at Harry’s on the Hill car dealership? I wonder if you could write an article and tell us where he is now. We miss the Indian.

Named for a Michigan-area Indian chief who once led a failed rebellion against the British, Pontiac was created by General Motors in 1926 and built cars for the middle class for 83 years until it ...

Named after its home city and a colorful Indian chief, Pontiac was launched in 1926. Embodying many features of pricier cars yet costing little more than the cheapest lines, Pontiac immediately ...

Another depiction of Chief Pontiac is Marshall Fredericks‘ 20-foot image gold-anodized aluminum sculpture commissioned for the then-Community Bank building at 30 N. Saginaw St. in downtown Pontiac.

There was no such reprieve waiting for Pontiac, despite its storied history. The dying marque dates back to 1900, when the first car bearing the name of a fabled Michigan American Indian chief was ...

Three years later, General Motors bought them out, and in 1926 it created the Pontiac brand of cars we know today. An Ottawa Indian chief and maker of iconic cars 1000logos.net ...

As a luxury vehicle, the 1957 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Bonneville comes with all the bells and whistles one would want from such a car. Powered by a 347-cubic-inch V8 engine that packs 315 ...