The Bonneville wasn’t necessarily Pontiac’s most successful model back in 1969, but on the other hand, its large body helped build a fanbase that’s still expanding today.
Chevrolet produced a little over 46,500 Corvettes for the model year 1976, with the new lineup therefore becoming even more successful than its 1969 predecessor.
Chevrolet launched the first Impala back in 1958 as the top version of the Bel Air, but given the early success recorded by this new nameplate, it decided to promote it to a stand-alone series only a year later.