1992 Pontiac Grand Prix: The Richard Petty Edition

This record's own dek states that the GTP and GT carry the 210-hp 3.4 twin-cam for 1992. This record's own overview states that MuscleCarClub, crediting the Standard Catalog of Pontiac, gives 1992 Grand Prix production as 106,583 across LE, SE, STE, GT and GTP without a split by trim or engine, and that the compiled engine tables list a 3.1-liter V6 at 140 hp and 185 lb-ft and the 3.4-liter V6 at 210 hp and 215 lb-ft, both SAE net as compiled with no rpm given.¹

This record's own keyFacts section states that Pontiac marked Richard Petty's 1992 retirement with a Richard Petty Edition Grand Prix coupe, reported as limited to 1,000 cars in red, white or blue, with the 210-hp 3.4-liter twin-cam V6, specific ground effects and spoiler, a second-gear-start button for the automatic, and Petty's signature on the dash beside a Fan Appreciation Tour badge, with a five-speed manual also available. This record's own options section carries that same Richard Petty Edition as its single entry, describing the coupe in red, white or blue with the Petty signature badge, ground effects, spoiler and second-gear-start button.²

This record's own production section carries two rows: the 106,583-unit total, and a 1,000-unit Richard Petty Edition row explicitly marked as a stated limit rather than a build count, with a note that the same article says production by color and configuration is not published, and that a forum-quoted manufacturer reply gives 1,000 built as well. The same section's own notes state that apart from the Richard Petty Edition's stated limit, no published trim, engine or transmission split of 1992 production was reached, and that a detailed Pontiac Customer Assistance Center reply quoted on a forum has a grand total of 106,633, differing from the Standard Catalog's own compiled 106,583.^1,2,3

This record's own unpublishedLeads section carries that detailed reply in full: a 1992 Grand Prix WJ1 two-door coupe count of 42,165, split 35,036 with the 3.1-liter, 499 with the 3.4-liter manual and 6,630 with the 3.4-liter automatic; a Grand Prix SE total of 47,137, split 39,274 with the 3.1-liter, 499 3.4-liter manual and 7,364 3.4-liter automatic; a B49 Richard Petty Edition SE coupe count of 1,000, split 75 manual and 925 automatic; 2,476 coupes with the UV6 head-up display, 1,025 with the U1A compact disc, and 5,141 with the CF5 sunroof; and a note that paint color was not tracked in 1992, all held back as an unverifiable forum reproduction whose internal arithmetic is not reconciled. A second unpublished lead gives 1,380 Grand Prix GT two-door coupes for 1992 from the same forum source.¹

This record's own engines section carries the two entries matching the overview. This record's own transmissions section lists a three-speed automatic EPA-listed with the 3.1-liter V6, a four-speed automatic EPA-listed with both the 3.1- and 3.4-liter V6, and a five-speed manual EPA-listed only with the 3.4-liter V6, which Consumer Guide describes as limited to GT models for 1992 and 1993.^1,4,5

This record's own prices, paint, interiors, specifications, performance, identification and conflicts sections are all empty for the year, leaving this record's coverage limited to overview, keyFacts, production, engines, transmissions, options and the two disputed unpublishedLeads entries, with no factory price, no color list, no dimension, no road test and no series or body-style code recorded anywhere in this record beyond the WJ1 designation quoted in the unpublished manufacturer reply.¹