After General Motors bought a stake in the company,
Pontiac became a GM brand, debuting a five-passenger, six-cylinder car at
the New York Auto Show in 1926.

A Brief History of Pontiac

General Motors announced on April 27 that it plans to shut down Pontiac by 2010. TIME takes a look back at the brand that brought us the "muscle car."

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