Introduced as a trim level on the Chieftain in 1950, the Pontiac Catalina became a stand-alone model in 1959. It debuted as the company's take on the Chevrolet Biscayne, which had been introduced in ...

One of Pontiac's longest-running nameplates, the Catalina came to be in 1950 as a range-topping, hardtop version of the Chieftain. Four years later, the badge was also added to the Star Chief hardtop.

Between these two land yachts of the era, both the Pontiac Catalina and Pontiac Bonneville lived fruitful lives as models in ...

The 1953 General Motors Motorama car show held at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel featured a number of new models and concepts, but few created the stir the Chevy Corvette concept did. The ...