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Why GM Killed Pontiac

3.6× channel medianLong-form16:13Autos & VehiclesPublished Sep 26, 2026, 2:49 AM · 3w ago
Your Mechanic Friend
Your Mechanic Friend
15.4K subscribers · median 4K views
Open on YouTube
Views
14,447
+0 views/hour
Views / hour now
0
measured 10h ago
Peak views / hour
—
 
First 24 hours
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not tracked from upload
Engagement
1.0%
likes + comments / views
Likes
103
0.7% of views
Comments
40
0.28% of views
Est. ad revenue
$87–$202
lifetime, $6–14 RPM

Checked every 12 h while the video is this age · last check 10h ago · next in 102 min. YouTube itself updates public counts with a short delay.

Avg views / day
550
since upload
vs channel median
3.6×
this video's views ÷ the channel's usual
Rank in channel
#3
of 21 tracked

Views over time

2 readings

Total views Views gained per hour

Description

In 1968, Pontiac sold more than nine hundred thousand cars and ranked third in America, behind only Chevrolet and Ford. On April twenty-seventh, 2009, General Motors announced it would shut the brand down for good. But the strangest part sits in the sales figures from that final stretch. Pontiac still outsold Buick in America by more than seventy thousand cars that year, and GM kept Buick anyway. So why would a car company fighting for its life throw away the brand that built the GTO and the Trans Am?

Details

Published
Sep 26, 2026, 2:49 AM
Length
16:13 (973 s)
Format
Long-form
Category
Autos & Vehicles
Audio language
EN
Quality
HD
Captions
No
Made for kids
No
Licensed content
Yes
Video ID
wpwPiPR8UWs

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