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Having production of only 8,786 copies this season was the sporty Grand AM two-door Notch Back Hardtop, which came standard with a special Endura nose piece and "windowless" rear quarter roof styling. It was base-priced at $4,956 and had a shipping weight of 4,148 pounds. Standard features for all Grand AMs were about the same as the previous year. The Standard Grand AM powerplant was again a 170 horsepower Pontiac "400" V-8 with only two-barrel induction. A 200 horsepower edition of the 455 cubic-inch engine was available at extra cost. Style Number 2AH37 was applied to this car.
Like the two-door model, the Style Number 2AH29 Grand AM four door Notch Back Hardtop was also in its final seasonal appearance this year. It turned out to be quite a rare model, since only 1,893 copies were produced by the end of the run. It now had a base price of $5,045 and a curb weight of 4,185 pounds. Originally hailed as an "American Mercedes-Benz," the four door Grand AM seemed hard to sell to domestic buyers. Because of the Endura nose treatment, both Grand AMs were a few inches longer than other intermediate models with similar "Colonnade" styling. The Coupe was 211 inches from end to end and the four door Hardtop was four inches longer still.
The most luxurious Station Wagon available in Pontiac's intermediate-sized lineup was the Grand LeMans Safari, which featured a neat, but slightly unconventional appearance. The list of standard equipment was similar to the Luxury LeMans Safari of 1974 except that a 400 cubic- inch V-8 was used as the base engine. Style Number 2AG45 designated the three-seat edition of this car. It had a base price of $4,951 and weighed about 4,630 pounds. Features such as woodgrained exterior trim; luggage carriers; dual sport mirrors; whitewall tires and Rally II styled wheels were optional at extra cost. Only 1,501 examples were to see the light of day. Meanwhile, Pontiac's lowest production body style of the season was the Style Number 2AG35 Grand LeMans two-seat Safari Station Wagon. A mere 1,393 copies of this car were assembled. It had a list price of $4,818 and a shipping weight of 4,592 pounds. Rally II wheels were quite popular, as 46.8 percent of all LeMans intermediates produced were delivered with styled wheels. Note that hood ornaments were back again and included, as standard, on the "G" Series models.
A distinctive grille design with six groupings of vertical bars distinguished the Grand LeMans line. They were arranged with three groupings on either side of the nose center panel and parking lamps were incorporated into the grille at each outboard end. The two-door Notch Back Hardtop was listed as Style Number 2AG37 and featured the "Colonnade" look with glass opera windows. Buyers had a choice of Notch-Back bench or bucket seats. This particular model had prices beginning at $4,321 with a shipping weight of 3,823 pounds. It accounted for 19,310 deliveries and was the most popular of all Grand LeMans offerings.
Pontiac advertisements compared the Grand LeMans four-door Notch Back Hardtop to more expensive luxury sedans. It was a richly appointed model and fender skirts were included as a regular equipment feature. It was sometimes also called the "Colonnade Hardtop Sedan," but the official designation was Style Number 2AG29. It had a production run of 4,906 units. With prices beginning at $4,377, this car listed a shipping weight of 3,916 pounds. This example seems to have many options and accessories including whitewalls; a Cordova top; sport miriors, and rear bumper guards. The 250 cubic-inch Six was the base engine for both Grand LeMans Hardtops.
Forming a sub-series all by itself was the Style Number 2AF37 LeMans-Sport two-door Notch Back Hardtop, or "Colonnade Coupe." It features an egg crate style grille and the "windowless" rear quarter roof treatment. It was designed as a sporty-looking model and a GT option package was provided at $257 extra. The LeMans Sport, which registered a weight of 3,813 pounds, had prices beginning from $4,143. A total of 23,817 copies were sold. Two-door LeMans models, except Grand AMs, were 208 inches from bumper-to-bumper, but both series were on the 112-inch wheelbase. All fourdoors had a 116 inch stance.
The LeMans series had a bad season in 1975 with total production slipping below the output of full-sized models, despite factors like the energy crisis and the constantly increasing rate of inflation. Least effected, in terms of in dividual body styles was the 2AD29 four-door Notch Back Hardtop, which slipped by some 2,000 units, but still managed to net 15,065 sales. It had prices that started at $4,047 and a weight of 3,859 pounds. A three-speed manual transmission with column-mounted shift lever was standard equipment, although a steep 98 percent of all units built were delivered with Turbo Hydra-Matic attachment. A four-speed manual gearbox was no longer provided except for Astre and Firebird models.
The LeMans Safari Station Wagon cam in both six and nine-passenger versions and the 400 cubic-inch V-8 was the base engine for both. Style Number 2AD45 was the three- seat model, which had a base price of $4,757 and a base weight of 4,569 pounds. Only 2,393 buyers seemed to find it an appealing product. Just slightly more popular was the Style Number 2AD35 Safari. It could seat six-passengers on its two seats and had prices beginning at $4,624. Volume production of this 4,531 pound intermediate peak- ed at 3,988 units. The "Colonnade" wagons were on the same 116 inch wheelbase as the other four-doors and featured an overall length of 216 inches, no matter how many seats were inside.
The lowest-priced LeMans was the Style Number 2AD37 two-door Notch Back Hardtop. It had a retail tag of $4,025 in standard trim with the 105 horsepower Chevrolet-built six cylinder engine installed. This motor had an 8.25:1 compression ratio and featured just a single-barrel carburetor. The majority of LeMans intermediates-91.6 percent were sold with either standard or optional V-8 powerplants. The Six was certainly not a common choice of buyers. Bucket seats were ordered for about one-third of all LeMans two-door models, including the Grand AMs. The base "Colonnade Coupe" came with opera windows and a weight of 3,786 pounds was registered. A total of 20,636 units were built, as it was a popular car.
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