1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Convertible

1975 Pontiac Grand Ville in Lucas, Movie, 1986

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
MrCadillac ◊ 2006-07-07 15:42	Looks like a mid-seventies Pontiac (Parisienne?) [60% sure]
G-MANN ◊ 2006-07-07 16:04
Junkman ◊ 2006-07-07 16:52	1975 Pontiac Grandville Convertible
explorer4x4 ◊ 2006-07-07 18:15	I thought "Grand Ville" was two seperate words?
Yvon52 ◊ 2006-07-07 20:11	explorer4x4 wrote I thought "Grand Ville" was two seperate words? Right, it's in 2 word. See catalog
MrCadillac ◊ 2006-07-08 08:16	Typical GM "linguistic incompetence" when it comes to in using foreign names for its models (although they did get it right in Pontiac "Parisienne"!). It should be "Grande Ville" (with en "e" on "grand") since "grand" is a French adjective meaning "big" or "large", and "ville" is a feminine French noun meaning "town" or "city". Yeah, in English we don't have "male" or "female" inanimate objects. And don't seek any logical explanation WHY, in French, some objects are masculine, that more logically should be feminine, and vice versa (e.g. in French, male genitalia - you can't get more masculine than THAT! - are described with feminine nouns, whereas the equivalent female "parts" use maculine nouns ...did you say crazy ?!?!)
Maddog80 ◊ 2016-04-21 18:26	A beat up 1975 Grand Ville Brougham convertible.