1993 Pontiac Grand Prix: The Last Manual-Transmission Year

This record's own dek states that the 3.4 twin-cam continues as the performance engine for 1993. This record's own overview states that MuscleCarClub, crediting the Standard Catalog of Pontiac, gives 1993 Grand Prix production as 106,083 across LE, SE, STE and GT 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. This record's own keyFacts section is empty for the year.¹

This record's own production section carries a single total row of 106,083, with a note that the bodystyle column is printed by the source as LE/SE/STE/GT and that the Standard Catalog states it as Grand Prix series production in its own Note 5; a second note states that no published trim, engine or transmission split of 1993 production was reached, though a forum-quoted Pontiac Customer Assistance Center reply gives the same 106,083 total as the compiled table. This record's own unpublishedLeads section carries that reply in full, confirming the 106,083 total across LE, SE, STE and GT with no breakdown available, plus a second lead giving 932 Grand Prix GT two-door coupes for 1993 and an owner's phone-call recollection of 46 cars built with the 3.4-liter V6 and five-speed manual, and a third lead from Wikipedia describing a 1993 special edition with metallic green paint, gold wheels and pinstriping, held back as tertiary text without a traced primary citation.^1,2

This record's own prices section carries a single figure, a $20,845 starting price as stated by Consumer Guide for an article that concerns the GT coupe specifically, though the source does not specify which model that starting price applies to. This record's own engines section carries the two entries matching the overview, with the 3.4-liter V6 specifically noted as dual overhead cam, 24-valve Twin Dual Cam construction, and Consumer Guide's own note that it added $995 to the price.^3,1

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 the GT for 1992 and 1993 and dropped for the following model year, making 1993 the last manual-transmission Grand Prix by that source's own account. This record's own options section carries the Twin Dual Cam 3.4-liter V6 itself at $995 and a $200 credit for substituting the five-speed manual for the automatic, both as stated by Consumer Guide.^4,3

This record's own paint, interiors, specifications, performance, identification and conflicts sections are all empty for the year, leaving this record's coverage limited to overview, production, prices, engines, transmissions, options and the three unpublishedLeads entries, with no color list, no dimension, no road test and no series or body-style code recorded anywhere in this record for the model year. The green-and-gold special edition Wikipedia describes therefore has no counterpart anywhere else in this record's own sections, paint or otherwise.¹