Pontiac Wide-Track '66 Bonneville — Framed Vintage Advertisement, c. 1966 (11x15)

A framed original Pontiac advertisement from 1966 — featuring an illustrated evening scene of the Bonneville hardtop parked before a grand estate, guests gathered on the balcony above. Copy reads: "You don't have to turn the key to be moved by it" and touts the Wide-Track Bonneville's walnut-trimmed instrument panel, V-8 up to 376 hp, and standard front and rear seat belts. GM badge and "Wide-Track Pontiac '66" branding prominent. Professionally framed in black with glass, 11x15 inches. Ready to hang.

Pontiac, Michigan — the city this piece is being sold from — is the city the car was named after. General Motors named the Pontiac division in 1926 after the Ottawa chief Pontiac, whose name the city already carried. By 1966, the Pontiac Bonneville was at the apex of the American full-size luxury performance era — a 376-horsepower grand touring machine aimed squarely at buyers who wanted Cadillac presence with GTO attitude. The Wide-Track campaign, which emphasized Pontiac's wider stance and superior handling, was one of GM's most celebrated advertising runs of the era. The illustrated style of this ad — painterly, atmospheric, cinematic — represents the height of mid-century automotive advertising craft, a genre that has aged into genuine art.

A piece of automotive history with a direct connection to downtown Pontiac. One available.

• Era: 1966
• Brand: Pontiac — General Motors (named for Pontiac, Michigan)
• Model: Bonneville Wide-Track — V-8, up to 376 hp
• Campaign: Wide-Track Pontiac '66
• Frame: Black frame with glass, 11x15 inches
• Condition: Very good — consistent with age
• Original magazine advertisement — not a reproduction
• One available