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I don't mind the C-Pillar as much as I mind the tail lights, but I think the rest of it looks fantastic. I'll reserve judgement on the screen until I can try one. The Benz EQS AMG screen was incredibly distracting, especially when the Navi map was loaded. It was the center screen in the MB that really bugged me. The Mach-E and Lightning were less distracting in spite of having similar sized screens in a similar location, but damn if I didn't need night-mode in the daytime with that bright white background. I'm interested in the light up trim graphics.

I've seen 4 or 5 of these things out and about. They're cool looking vehicles in person.

They rove around the Municipality I work for, but I haven't seen them in my own neighborhood. Amazon built a massive charging station and distribution center on the site of one of the first enclosed malls in the U.S. which is about 5 miles up the Lincoln Highway from me.

Thanks for these videos. The first one is a strange video. With the violinist(s), it doesn't make this Pontiac seem very Pontiac. But then this is when they were focusing on the Brougham model, which went after the same audience as the better B-O-P trims. The Brougham was nice, but it needed 40-40 seats so they could slot in a console for those who wanted it. When they switch over to the base model, the basic seating is very unremarkable. So are the exterior bits on the base model. That model was way downstream from the Brougham. Basically, the LJ is where it's at and the leather option was unnecessary. At about 3:40, that guy mentions engine choices. He starts out with the 3.8 and then mentions a more "spirited" or "lively" 4.3 V8. So far, I don't think we're at over 120 horses! To that, add the 5.7 V8 diesel. There was nothing that spelled Pontiac excitement in these engines; however, the first two proved to be reliable. I like that they took us through the design process. At one point, the side window treatment continued straight through and omitted the opera window. I'm glad the opera window found its way onto the car. Damn, that front grille and headlamps look so much nicer than the chunkier and more vertical set-up of the '78-'80 models. Sometimes, you wonder how some crap they've modeled in clay and then some even makes it to production. (I'm not talking about the cars on these videos ... other cars that have "mistakes," in my opinion.) The second video appears to be the entire Pontiac portfolio ... or am I wrong? Or it just focuses on their more luxurious cars being driven around California's two lane mountain roads. I had forgotten the Parisienne and the plush pillowed interior that was offered in it. There was no mention of a Firebird, a 6000, a Sunfire, a Sunbird, or anything like that. I wonder how many models they had in that famed year known as 1984.

I have seen this before. It's one of those things you keep looking at to ask yourself if it's for real and how close the margins are. It's scary.