1995 Pontiac Grand Prix: The 3.4 Twin-Cam Remains, in Two Disputed Totals

This record's own dek states that the 3.4 twin-cam remains the performance engine for 1995. This record's own overview states that MuscleCarClub, crediting the Standard Catalog of Pontiac, gives 1995 Grand Prix production as 143,729 for the SE without a split by trim or engine, and that the compiled engine tables list the 3.4-liter V6 at 210 hp and 215 lb-ft and a 3.1-liter V6 at 160 hp and 185 lb-ft, both SAE net as compiled with no rpm given. This record's own keyFacts section is empty for the year, so the overview's own two paragraphs carry the whole of this record's production and engine account.¹

This record's own production section carries a single total row of 143,729, with a note that the bodystyle column is printed by the source as SE and that the Standard Catalog credits Pontiac Motor Division production totals for the United States and Canada; a second note states that no published trim, engine or option split of 1995 production was reached, and that a forum post quoting figures obtained from Pontiac gives a total that disagrees with the compiled Standard Catalog total. This record's own prices section is empty for the year, leaving no factory price, sticker price or dealer figure recorded anywhere in this record for 1995.^1,2

This record's own unpublishedLeads section carries that forum-quoted correspondence in full: a total of 131,835 Grand Prix for 1995, with 58,896 coupes, 9,256 coupes carrying the B4S GTP package, and 8,230 coupes in 41U Black, a total nearly 12,000 short of the Standard Catalog's own 143,729, held back as a forum-only reproduction whose underlying Pontiac correspondence was not reproduced in full. This record's own reason field for that lead states plainly that the figures disagree with the compiled total and that the underlying source correspondence itself was not shown in full, leaving both totals on record without either being preferred over the other.¹

This record's own engines section carries the two entries matching the overview, the 3.4-liter V6 and the 3.1-liter V6, with neither entry carrying an availability note beyond the compiled table's own bare ratings and displacement figures, and neither entry naming which trim or trims paired with it. This record's own transmissions section lists a single entry, the four-speed automatic, the only transmission listed by the EPA for 1995 across both the 3.1- and 3.4-liter engines, with three separate EPA vehicle records, numbers 11989, 11990 and 11991, behind that single transmission name.^1,3

This record's own options, paint, interiors, specifications, performance, identification and conflicts sections are all empty for the year, leaving this record's coverage limited to overview, production, engines, transmissions and the one disputed unpublishedLeads entry, with no equipment list, no color list, no dimension, no road test and no series or body-style code recorded anywhere in this record for the model year. This record's own narrative is therefore built entirely from the compiled production and engine tables plus the two competing production totals it carries, without any dealership document, brochure or window sticker behind any of its sections.¹