The one-off 1964 Pontiac Banshee coupe idea is as soon as once more on the market, this time in an inventory at Hemmings. The asking value is a cool $1.2 million.

The Banshee was an early try by Normal Motors to counter the Ford Mustang. Identified internally because the XP-833, it was the brainchild of John Z. DeLorean, who was head of Pontiac on the time. Extra sports activities automobile than pony automobile, it featured smooth fiberglass bodywork that resembles the later C3 Chevrolet Corvette and Opel GT.

As an alternative of a bespoke sports-car platform, although, the Banshee borrowed mechanical {hardware} from the first-generation Pontiac Tempest. It used that automobile’s uncommon rear transaxle pushed by a versatile steel driveshaft usually referred to as a “rope drive” to ship energy from an inline-6 engine to the rear wheels.

GM nixed the Banshee after two prototypes—this silver coupe and a white convertible—have been constructed, allegedly as a result of executives have been involved that the Pontiac would steal gross sales from the Corvette. Pontiac as a substitute received the Firebird as its Mustang fighter, sharing the GM F-Physique platform with the Chevy Camaro.

Pontiac Banshee coupe

The 2 Banshee prototypes have been hidden away till they could possibly be bought by GM staff. The coupe stayed with its purchaser till 2006, when it was purchased by supplier Len Napoli of Milford, Connecticut, for $210,600 at a Barrett-Jackson public sale. Napoli is a famous Pontiac collector whose household ran a Pontiac dealership from 1958 till GM pulled the plug on the division.

Napoli has tried to promote the Banshee coupe a number of instances. It first popped up on the market in 2010, and was final listed on the market by way of Napoli’s Kia dealership in 2020 with a $750,000 asking value. Napoli seems to be the vendor as soon as once more, because the automobile continues to be listed as being bought by a supplier in Milford, Connecticut, with the identical 1,498 miles because the final time it surfaced on the market. Will it lastly discover a purchaser this time?