This 11K Mile 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix is Loaded with 90s Tech But Looks More Exciting Than It Is 

Even by modern standards, it looks gorgeous!

In my opinion one of the most beautiful design from GM

The 24v 3.4 was a very interesting motor, quite powerful too. They held their own against my 1993 Taurus SHO. Cars like these are a sad reminder that we live in a world of crossover SUV's with turbo 4 cylinders that the engineers have managed to remove all character from.

The front end of these GP’s remind me of a 77 Trans Am. Very nice Grand Prix indeed! Looks mint!

When cars had a light under the hood..... good times. That should of never stopped. Nice car. Good work Bill.👍

My very first car I bought on my own was a 1993 Grand Am GT V-6 and I absolutely loved it. This Grand Prix is beautiful inside/out.

Wow. The car looks better today then it did back in 93.

Somehow, I miss Bill’s complaints and ranting every day. Sorely needed video! Thanks, Bill!

This car in many ways reminds me of my 94 Sunbird SE 3.1. Same color interior. Same interior switchgear. It was actually the ultimate urban assault vehicle. In a city like Chicago, the distance between stoplights is short. I killed a ton of Mustang GTs. If I had seen this video back in April 2021 I probably would have driven over to Naples to buy this. Cool car. I special ordered my Sunbird. Being in Chicago I didn't need A/C. So i checked off the A/C delete box. I also checked off the power window delete box. Bright Red, WS6 suspension, 15" alloy wheels. It was a blast to drive. I kept it for 8 years. I also had an '89 Formula 350 at the time. I kind of liked Pontiacs back in this era even though I was a mechanic at a Corvette specialty shop.

Look forward to my Bill fix every week . Never fails to cheer me up .

The Pontiac brand was always great

8:40 - bill just dropped a "give it a tug and up it comes" on us without even skipping a beat.

Bill's gun storage tips on modern classic cars are very informative. Carryon, Bill.

Bill I know it’s hard to find cars but you’ve got us hooked on two videos a week lol

I am addicted to Bill and his great car reviews!!

Bill, your delivery and comments about the goats, birds, cats, toddlers, drugs, guns and rabbits crack me up. Another well done vid. Hopefully someone buys that car and keeps it as a nice example of the era.

I'm by nature a Foreign Car Guy but this is one of the American cars that I really wanted but never got a chance to own... I always loved the looks of these!!

I had this car in Colorado. The recessed headlights would collect snow and you would have to pull over and dig snow out of the headlight space to be able to see at night

Doug Demuro would love to get his hands on this.

It's amazing to see one of these in such clean condition. It's such a time capsule to where GM design was back in the late 1980s/early 90s.

I found a 1989 Grand Marquis on Facebook Marketplace with 79k miles and thought of you. They want 5,000. Super clean and no rust.

My sis bought a new 95 GTP in black on black leather, when she graduated college. It was a sweet ride. Cd players in cars were an exciting option then. It was a reliable GM product as well.

Even though its not particularly fast, you cant deny that this vehicle is an absolute work of art. I was lucky enough to grow up in one myself, and i miss it every day. If you look at a red one of these, you can see that it heavily resembles a 3rd gen Trans Am: the slim headlights with black inserts, the grid style tail lights, the resemblance is there!

Thank you again for the GM / Pontiac video. You can see how they tried to carry some of the Grand Prix design features from generation to generation. I look forward to your Bonneville video. I hope you get more Oldsmobiles as you said.

This is a beautiful car I didn't know they even existed until last night , I also just found this page and I love it ! Your giving Doug a run for his money ❤️

My friend had one of those while I was still driving a clapped out 1980 Z28. Going from the technology of my car to his 1993 it felt like I was sitting in a space shuttle 🤣

It's a sharp looking car, reminds me of the black '93 Cutlass coupe my Mom had all those years ago. It is very nice to see one so clean and well preserved. The other day I spotted a white GTP oncoming, crossing a bridge. They do tend to catch your eye on the road. It was sagging in the rear and as it hit the bridge the front end bounced up and down. I gotta say it was only slightly amusing watching it in my mirror bouncing like a basketball down the road with the a s s end just a few inches off the ground.

I actually have a black 94 Grand Prix GTP optioned coupe, fully loaded. Mine has 125k miles on it though. Still loving! Body style was always my favorite of the Grand Prix models...

16:10 Look at that rabbit, He's staring me down. Classic, Thank you Bill.

The honeycomb retro alloys and tons of cladding, brings me back to the summer of '88 when guidettes would drive these in white, here in the NY Metro burbs 👍🏽

Beautiful car! The interior is just too cool. I remember seeing these all the time when I was a kid and always wanted one. Closest I got was a 95 Grand Am all back with the quad 4

Jesus, the comedic element of your videos never get old, I'm crying over here.

How's it been hanging Bill? Great timing for a video, just finished dinner over here, had lamb chops I guess goat tastes the same with mint sauce.

Brings back some memories. Had a white one that got stolen while I was inside a bar still hanging on to the 80s vibe. Someone had more fun in it than I ever did.

It even has the narcotics box in the middle.... I am sold Bill! Wrap this baby up, it’s mine!

Great review as always. We had a 1980, 1987, 1994, and 2004 Grand Prix. Three different platforms. The 2004 was supercharged. We loved them for the exact reasons you say. Affordable but loaded with cool gadgets and were different and more sexy than most other cars in its class. Especially domestic. They were common but you felt like you were just a bit different.

Remember, the Chevy Beretta also had the "funky" door handles like the G body cars.

The 3.4 was a headache to service. It liked to eat timing belts too. The general rule of thumb is you do not want GM making OHC engines lol.

I also remember electronic sliding shoulder belts in the front seat where the shoulder belt buckles automatically when you turn on the motor and close the door and automatically unbuckles when you open the door but you still need to buckle and unbuckle the lap belt manually. When I asked Google why the electronic sliding shoulder belts were discontinued, it said that they were discontinued after air bags became mandatory in 1995.

Thanks Bill for the review on this gem!! 11,000 miles!! Loved this car growing up. I had an Uncle that owned one and it was always so fun when I got a chance to ride in his.

My buddy K Dogg had a lovely dark green one. He was a character, and his car way always immaculate. God I miss the nineties

Thanks for the memories, Bill. One of my best buds drove this around in high school in the late 90’s. The five of us used to run down to the Jersey Shore in it in 90 degree weather and no A/C. Good times.

The only thing missing on that steering wheel are all the levers for the stereo equalizer.

Those vertically narrow headlights were ahead of their time and help to make this model ten times nicer than the base model! I have not seen one of these in a long time, this must be the nicest example surviving anywhere. Wow . . .

Back in the day crossed shopped the SHO and 4 door GP. Ended up with the Yamaha v-6 ‘91 SHO w/ 5 speed manual.

For some reason Pontiac went nuts with all the cheap and bulky plastic buttons. It was way over the top.

What a throwback. My first car was a 93 Grand Prix SE just like this one in red. It was loaded and I absolutely loved it. Thanks for this video!

Hello bill Beautiful car, my grandparents had a 1995 green grand prix sedan version. Love these gm10 platforms,thanks 4 tha review.

90s cars guys, it's hip again if you can find 'em. What's old is new again.

I could never tell if that car was coming or going .

Bill, you are an absolute treasure. Your knowledge and commentary make this Canadian quite chipper.

Welcome back Bill; sorry the weather is crap, at least the goats are leaving you alone. Wow! What a fantastic car and review.

Biggest mistake GM ever made was getting rid of Pontiac

Would love to see a sbc/lt1/LS swap in one of these with a RWD setup in one of these. Love the look of them

I just recently discovered this page & I really enjoy listening to the fellow who is hosting it. The host is very knowledgeable in all things automotive & I truly enjoy when he finds & reviews older vehicles. I also really enjoy listening to the host "go off subject' periodically to deal with an issue that may be presently interfering with his broadcast, such as the woodpecker that seems to drive him insane & the visiting goats who have made cameo appearances. LOL Informative & entertaining. :)

I loved this car when it came out. I especially loved the GT version. I absolutely love your commentary. Looking forward to your next awesome find.

Finally a good video about this car

Incredible survivor. I love it!!

“Get on your pole and spin !” 😂 I could hear the Pontiac commercials for that - yikes I’m old !!!

That instrument cluster sure reminds me of the Pontiac Transport dustbuster minivan.

I swear, after every vid, I'm searching the web for these vehicles like Im about to pick one up. lol. But YES. Bill's delivery and side note commentary of weather and random thoughts that spring up, is what makes this thing for me. I love this shit.

I was young, I thougtht these cars looked like the coolest coupe or sedan model on the road back then after they gained this nose, sans the Z-34/Euro Luminas. That cladding as usual weathered, warped, and peeled back pretty quick though.

Those Wallace bros signatures will unquestionably raise the value of this Grand Prix, what a cool feature especially for a NASCAR fan. CrossCabriolet spotted at 34:30 only a matter of time before Bill finds one of those in Naples to review

I’m in Europe, we never got this car of course, all I can say is that it’s drop dead gorgeous, would love one👍👍👍

Takes me back to my '92 Lumina Z34...

I don't usually like all Cheap GM exterior plastics That seemed to cover every Pontiac offerings in the 1990s But I really think this is one of the few exceptions. The has gathered I did love the others its twin cousins The Buick Regal and all's mobio Cutlass Supreme. If you found one of these with the bulletproof 3800 V6 engine you had a pretty good If you had one of the other engines you basically had a typical rental car. However it didn't matter how many options or what the trim package was all 3 of these models were still plagued with cheap And poorly designed interiors. They really were great examples of the GM bean counters And the UAW having too much power. As much time and effort GM put in to the power train in the exterior of this car almost everything in the interior looked and felt like an after thought. I had a customer a few years ago who had retired from GM after 40 years. He actually worked in the factory that made the cutlass and the regal. When he told me that he was a "chief Foreman" Of quality control. He explained to me that it was his job to inspect the newly built cars as they rolled off the assembly line. So now and he told me that it was not uncommon for these brand new cars to roll off the line with mismatched parts. It was common for a Pontiac to roll off the assembly line with a Buick steering wheel Or Sometimes The color of the seats Didn't even match the interior color of the rest of the car. He laughed and told me that the only things he ever got Reprimanded for flagging too many cars ( Usually by the head of the UAW). It wasn't rear for him to Flag 47 out of 50 cars for Defects. GM however seemed to pay more attention to the Buick line Over the others Because the Buick competed with a much pickier demographic. The most common phrase used by almost every Factory supervisor was " Get him on the truck in let the dealers deal with them later ". He used to joke with me and tell me that GM was the reason why his wife always drove a maxima.

Surprised I just found this channel. Love the videos man keep it up.

beautiful car and that interior is wild. Love 80's and 90's cars.

It's very rare that the tyres make the car...

Very pretty car, I worked in the GM dealer on these when they were new. I never saw or worked on one in the wild that was this nice. Timing belts, tune ups, oil leaks, the DOHC 3400 24 valve motor was a dirt bag to work on. As you say, most of the plastic bits exploded or imploded in the wild between the hands of typical boisterous Americans. The plastic was brittle, the carpet cheap, fit and finish was so-so. This however is pretty car, and perfect for a weekend cruiser, but as an everyday ride, no, they didn't hold up too well if you didn't take impeccable care of them. With the addition of 3.8/3800, the driveline became bulletproof, more so than the 3.4 DOHC. Still again a very pretty car that I would like to have seen a 32 valve V-8 in but that was years away and not for these W-Bodies.. The G-Bodies before it were far more hearty, and there are many of them on the road still today My wife had a '78 Grand Prix she paid 1 dollar for. A high school friends parents were getting rid of it in the early 90's and se got it. Lasted for years and was still running when we sold it, no rust. A V-8 car, ugly Pea soup Green exterior with an even uglier Green interior. Crushed green velvet bucket seats and a full console. Floor shift, 3 speed turbo 350 transmission, 301 4bbl, 2:73 rear gears, a malaise era menopausemobile.., but that car, and many just like it across 4 GM platforms, took a beating and survived. Many are around today, and are popular on the muscle car and resto-mod circuit. The W bodies (or GM-10 platform) didn't enjoy that same durable longevity, love, and overall heartiness of the previous generation G-Body. Still, all in all, if there was any W-Body I would have wanted to own, it would be the Grand Prix, and this year with it's 3400 DOHC as well as a plethora of of other options, is about the best looking and running of them all,.. at least until the 2000's platform change, when you could get a V-8 in the Bonneville and Grand Prix, along with the G-8 and GTO... which were the last gasp for Pontiac Division, I'm sad to say. Pontiac's always had flair and panache, and this immaculate example of the '93 grand Prix is no exception. Much more fun and exciting to experience than say the Lumina of Chevrolet or the Oldsmobile Intrigue (no I really would rather NOT have a Buick W-Body either, except maybe the Supercharged Regal GS..) This exact car with a 5 speed (which I've never seen, don't recall seeing a 3400 DOHC with the 5 speed) would have been Pontiac Driving Excitement as the advertisements used to proclaim. EDIT, looks like the Getrag 284 5 speed was an option on the LQ-1 3400 DOHC, and 93 was the last year. Thanks for bring us this survivor, Bill, a pleasure to look at and hear about the weird and wonderful, amazing cars you come across!

My parents had one, and I was born in 93. I can confirm a toddler can infact escape the netting of the trunk and get into the cab. My older brother shoved me in once…

I love your videos. I actually shared this with my Dad that had a car lot. Cheers.

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My friend's 99 Grand Prix had the 3800 in his.

😂 you’re so funny… I love watching your videos… better than anything on TV these damn days!!! 👏🏼

This is pretty awesome. I love seeing this stuff. Nice piece of history in phenomenal shape.

Thats probably the fastest that thing has been driven. When this car was built, the speed limit was still 65 mph on rural interstates only. Kinda of a nostalgia buzz. I can feel the plastic switchgear falling apart in my hands

You think the weather sucks down there? Try the Michigan/Ohio/Indiana border... IT'S SNOWING!

Bill, I have listened and watched your videos going back to where you were behind the entrance into the shop of your store, and have enjoyed your knowledge and sense of auto history. I guess what disappoints me is the endless disdain you have for the weather of southwest Florida and the wildlife on your friends property. I live in Michigan, in the Village of Beverly Hills. I'll take Florida in the winter any day, over whether my pipes are going to freeze up when it gets super cold, and it does that days on end. Maybe frankly, south Florida is not where you should be living. I dated a lady in 1993 that bought the high end model of this Gran Prix, with a hopped up engine, the 3.4 v six turbo I believe, it was a very fun car. Keep up the great work. Lance

Awesome review, cool motor, thank you Bill 👍😎

Another cool/weird thing about those steering wheel controls is the volume knob turned when you adjusted the volume on the wheel

Hello from Barbados 🇧🇧

I was a freshman in high school when this 93 came out. I loved it and still do. My first car was a 1998 Pontiac grand am green in black like this. I loved that car

Hahaha! Cool video that takes me back plus was funny as hell too! Looking forward to watching more vids!

"It's a nice place for a pack a cigarettes as a lot of guys who owned these were NASCAR types"... Winstons, of course.

I forgot the combination to my glovebox and I can’t get to the sunroof instruction manual or my narcotics!

Those buttons on the steering wheel were SO high-tech back in the 90's. Had a car like that---what I found is I would end up mashing them when I needed to lay on the horn :D Velvet seats were a symbol of luxury back then. If your car had those soft-touch velvet seats people knew you paid extra. Now fake leather is the thing.

always like this version Grand Prix. My Uncle had one and I distinctly remember the steering wheel, the cloth buckets, the power and the black paint.

My all time favorite car, a 1990 Turbo Grand Prix!

Man I felt so old near the end of the video he said you can take this to car shows.

This is immaculate. Should be in a museum.

i remember seeing one of these at a car show when i was a kid. the steering wheel, and the bucket seats in the back still get me.

If they would have made that Rwd and put the LT1 in it out of the Corvette that thing would have been AMAZING!!

I haven’t been this early since.....ah screw it, I’m just early

No other orator but the great Bill could gas on about weather, animals, history cars etc...and make you laugh and sigh throughout the entire video. We must protect this man at all costs. We love us some Bill time!

Bill, you are awesome. Thank you.

Amazing paint job on this 11K mile car

Thank God! I needed a reprieve from the nutty world we live in

Awesome review, Bill! Wonderful blast from the past and completely reminds me of my JV baseball youth. A lot of character, even if a thoroughly mediocre car, engineering wise. An era that is past and will not return. Unless Mad Max comes in live, and not via satellite lol. Glad we can still enjoy ones like this here. :) Johnny

OMG this guy's is great!!!!! Lololol. New favorite RU-vid channel!