The $2,500 Pontiac That Would Have EMBARRASSED the Corvette

SUBSCRIBE! 🔧 (It's free)    / @whensteelspoketv   WATCH MORE: 🚗🏁    • American Power Stories   Somewhere in Connecticut there's a car worth over a million dollars that General Motors once ordered crushed. It was never sold, never reviewed, never even given its famous name until years after it was built. In 1964 two Pontiac engineers created a sports car that was lighter and cheaper than the Corvette. GM's answer was to shut it down, hand the blueprints to Chevrolet, and pretend it never happened. They built it four more times. GM said no four more times. But the two original prototypes are still out there. #PontiacBanshee #Corvette #ClassicCars #JohnDeLorean #GM #ConceptCar #ForgottenCars #AmericanMuscleCar #CarHistory CHAPTERS: 0:00 - The Car GM Tried to Erase 0:40 - John DeLorean's Secret Project 1:14 - Building the XP-833 Prototypes 2:44 - The Numbers That Scared Chevrolet 3:45 - GM Says No 4:34 - The Memo That Changed Everything 6:07 - The Banshee Keeps Coming Back 7:33 - The Banshee IV and Its Forbidden Engine 8:43 - Even Hollywood Couldn't Get One 9:28 - The DNA That Shaped Every Pontiac 10:43 - Hidden in Wooden Crates for a Decade 12:00 - The Name Nobody Knows the Truth About