Tropper/Schickler Productions, One Olive and Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with Cinemax Original Series.
The odometer shows just 1,498 original miles, a number reflected in the spectacular overall condition of this historically important Pontiac artifact. Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role - 2013. Today the Banshee coupe survives in its original form, unrestored and exactly as it was over fifty years ago, and in 2001 when it was an invited guest at the Meadowbrook Concours d’Elegance. With the blessing of Pontiac Division chief Pete Estes, DeLorean had two prototypes built, one convertible and the coupe presented here, and that is when the story of the Banshee came to a screeching halt, killed by corporate management and Chevrolet execs who discerned in the concept not only a clear challenge to the Corvette but, quite possibly, a buffet of juicy ideas on which to feast for years to come. More innovation appeared in the form of fixed seats with an adjustable pedal rack and front brake cooling ducts. Under the bulging hood, Pontiac engineers installed a specially-built cross flow head OHC inline six whose base rating of 155 horsepower was intended to allay corporate fears of “too much” power, yet was still enough to endow the 2,200-pound Banshee with respectable performance. Future Corvette and Firebird styling cues abounded, from its pronounced cabin-rearward Coke-bottle shape to the raked windshield, fastback roof, Kamm-back rear fascia with triple slit taillights and the split front grille below its pop-up headlights. The result of this dreaming was the Banshee XP-833, a curvaceous and sleek prototype whose every feature and detail would portend the future direction of GM styling and performance in the years ahead, especially in the next-generation Corvette Sting Ray.īased on the Chevelle and Le Mans A-body platform, the Banshee featured a Jack Humbert-designed fiberglass body on a 90-inch wheelbase steel platform chassis. Flush with the success of the newly-minted GTO, Pontiac chief engineer John DeLorean turned to the dream that would fire his imagination for years: a 2-seat sports car that would cement the Pontiac performance image and surpass anything on the road.
0 kommentar(er)
