Pontiac Laurentian

The Pontiac Laurentian was a Canadian built upper mid size Pontiac. From the 1950s to the 1970s General Motors in Canada made its own series that differed from the American Pontiac models such as the Catalina, Star Chief, Executive and Bonneville, and in 1959 the Canadian models, which followed the Chevrolet Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala lines, were called Strato Chief, Laurentian and Parisienne. Like all Canadian Pontiacs built from 1955 to 1970, the Laurentian rode on the large Chevrolet chassis and drivetrain parts but wore the body of the American Pontiac Catalina. It was never sold in the United States, being made only for the Canadian market and for export as kits, which Holden in Australia and plants in New Zealand, the Netherlands and South Africa assembled, many with right hand drive.