Pontiac Turned Out in Deer Park

The famous, turned infamous automobile executive John DeLorean is responsible for turning one of the most staid automobiles lines into what was viewed as the performance class of General Motors. DeLorean was born in 1925 in Detroit, MI. His father emigrated to the United States from what is now Romania and became a union organizer for the Ford Motor Company. After spending three years in the Army during World War II, DeLorean earned degrees in both engineering and business before working at Chrysler and then Packard. In 1956 he moved to Pontiac where he was behind the development of the famed GTO. He rose rapidly at General Motors, becoming the youngest division head in company history. But when he failed to be given the top job at GM he left to start the DeLorean Motor Company and the rest is history, dark and failed history. But it was with Pontiac where he made his fame and many of the products he championed were on display at the Cars In the Park At Deer Park Show. Among them was a GTO, a Bonneville convertible, and an array of other Pontiacs including some of the last models released before GM closed the branch in 2010.