Here's one you don't see much of anymore

[pstehle]

I don't recall the Vega getting the Iron Duke, only the Astre. At first, Pontiac painted the Vega engines red, so the salesmen could lie about them "not having a Vega engine", then put the 2.5L in them. For some reason, there was a monumental difference between the V6 versions of the H's and the 4- bangers. I had a 1980 Sunbird that was a total piece of crap out of the box, rough as a corn cob, and a friend with an earlier model that had a V6 that was like driving a Cadillac. Even mine ate a cam and a set of lifters at 50,000 miles, though that might have been due to using Arco Graphite oil in it for a while.

Funny thing, I got hosed big-time by a flat-out liar Finance Officer back then, and it's still happening today. They just can't bring themselves to be honest...

 

[vacerator]

Pstehe, your above post searches differently. The Astre' was introduced in 1973, and the engine was blue., then Pontiac metallic blue for 1975, and corporate blue for '77. The Vega aluminum engine was an unpainted block, with grey heads and valve cover. Later 2.5 Dukes were black after 1984.
So if Pontiac was going to lie, they'd have painted it blue, not red.