A Hidden GemSometimes a car comes along and reaches a given automaker's press fleet with so little advanced advertising that it barely makes
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| The Pontiac Pursuit Coupe has had so little advanced advertising that it has barely made a dent on my psyche. (Photo: Jonathan Yarkony, Canadian Auto Press) |
a dent on my psyche. Such is the case with the Pontiac Pursuit Coupe, for which I have only recently seen a few TV spots, depicting its sporting Pontiac character spinning into my living room. Likely, its absence from Pontiac dealer lots south of the border has greatly contributed to its near-stealth advertising campaign, but when my GM bookie offered me up a Pontiac Pursuit GT Coupe, I tried to cover up my lack of knowledge of such a vehicle by telling him that I was very excited to get into it.
And I was. Despite not knowing much about the Pursuit Coupe, and particularly
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| The Pontiac Pursuit Coupe shares its running gear and chassis architecture with the aforementioned SS Coupe. (Photo: Jonathan Yarkony, Canadian Auto Press) |
its GT iteration, I have been looking forward to testing the Canada-only Pursuit sedan, its Chevrolet Cobalt cousin and its living-loud incarnation the Cobalt SS Coupe. The SS Coupe has been front and centre on many dealer lots in my area, often in extrovert yellow or let's-get-it-on red. Why am I talking about the SS Coupe in my Pursuit Coupe review? Platform sharing, that's why. The Pontiac Pursuit Coupe shares its running gear and chassis architecture with the aforementioned SS Coupe, the same 2.4L DOHC 16-valve Ecotec powerplant, although it's crowning glory has to be the Variable Valve timing.
