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title: "Who The Hell Would Spend $11,500 On A 25 Year Old Pontiac Grand Prix With An Automatic Transmission?"
description: "Why?"
date: "2017-05-15"
modified: "2019-07-02"
authors:
  - name: "Steven Lang"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/steven-lang"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/10291/who-the-hell-would-spend-11500-on-a-25-year-old-pontiac-grand-prix-with-an-automatic-transmission"
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  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
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tags:
  - "Craigslist"
  - "Pontiac"
---

# Who The Hell Would Spend $11,500 On A 25 Year Old Pontiac Grand Prix With An Automatic Transmission?

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## RARE CAR! 1992 Grand Prix Richard Petty Edition - $11500 (Lincoln, NE)

​[https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/6107000348.html](<https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/6107000348.html>)​​​

Apparently someone in Lincoln, Nebraska has an awful lot of free time.

This ad for a 25 year old Pontiac Grand Prix with the Richard Petty package is in Atlanta's Craigslist along with a dozen other places that are as far from Nebraska as Melania Trump is from Washington D.C.

Just as a refresher for those who weren't quite there back in the day, the Pontiac Grand Prix was the rolling embodiment of everything that was wrong with GM back in the 1990s.

![message-editor%2F1494899081177-3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494899081177-3.jpg>)
**Some guy on Craigslist**

Uglier than a pair of MC Hammer pants.

![message-editor%2F1494899142462-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494899142462-2.jpg>)
**Craigslist**

Built with excitement, and 2000 pounds of GM parts bin surplus materials! The 3.4 Liter engine in this car was exclusive enough to be featured in four mid-level Chevrolets, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and this Pontiac. However, once you remove the body cladding and the dealer emblem off the trunk, you end up with a ride that is vintage 1992 in a few interesting ways.

![message-editor%2F1494899599084-11.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494899599084-11.jpg>)
**Craigslist**

Ten thousand flow charts were inspired by this steering wheel hub. The parts come directly from rubber [dog chew toys](<https://dog-gear.com/dog-toys/>). If you look real hard on the right hand side, you may even find a smattering of little buttons that were left behind when GM decided to give the Riviera a digital screen back in 1986. Roger Smith would have been incredibly proud of this recycling, speaking of which...

![message-editor%2F1494899798742-12.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494899798742-12.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

You can never have too many graphics when you're trying to sell a mediocre model that was in its fourth straight year of declining sales. Apparently GM made 1,000 of these models since the demand wasn't there. However the model did find a few buyers.

Like these guys...

![message-editor%2F1494899942935-18.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494899942935-18.jpg>)
**Craigslist**

I wonder if that tiger came from GM corporate. Or is it a leopard with too much angora around its paws? Anyway, if there is any interest in buying this, I'm sure you'll find it at your local Craigslist.

![message-editor%2F1494900147671-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1494900147671-1.jpg>)
**Steven Lang**

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