7 of 7: With the price of gas more than doubling between 1978 and 1980 (when the 81's came out), efficiency was the name of the game. Adjusted for inflation, the average 1980 price per gallon was $4.25 in 2022 dollars.


GM was leaninghard into improving MPG numbers and this video makes the case for a number of new features implemented on Pontiacs to help bump those figures up.


See the "1981 Pontiacs" playlist for modelspecific dealer films.
Digitized from LD GM186 with enhanced audio.