Pontiac Catalina Brougham

The Pontiac Catalina Brougham was an upper-class luxury car built by Pontiac, a General Motors marque, for the 1971 and 1972 model years as the successor to the Executive. It was the luxury version of the Catalina and was offered only as a four-door sedan or as a two- or four-door hardtop. The 1971 cars had a V-shaped nose with a wide central bar and upright grilles at its sides, and the front became somewhat flatter for 1972. The standard engine was a 6,555 cc V8 of 265 bhp (195 kW), with optional versions of that engine up to 380 bhp and 7,456 cc V8 options of 280 to 380 bhp. Together the two years saw 51,206 cars built, and the model was dropped the next year without a replacement.