1988 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | Retro Review

I'm a sucker for body colored wheels, and nobody did it better than GM. -Ben

[directreply]

People too young to remember this car would probably see this and laugh at how ridiculous this thing looks now, but damn this was a hot car in the day. The blacked out taillights looked so exotic and when you said you had an SSE people knew what was up. Man how times have changed!

[kballard]

My great uncle bought 1990 sse and still has it to this day one owner and clean and the same color as this one

[DimitriosChannel]

GM interior design Needs more BUTTONS!

[Valkyry]

My FAVORITE CAR! This car was ALL I TALKED ABOUT! All my friends and family was drilled on what color, model and year I wanted. They was so happy and glad to see me -Finally- get one so I can, at last, Shut up about it.

[mattmc]

If I could find one today in Pristine condition, I'd still rock it . Preferably in gray .

[gtoger]

Dad had a SSE like this with gray interior and driver airbag (no "strangler" seatbelt.) It was comfortable, had plenty of scoot, and the over-the-top styling turned a lot of heads in the neighborhood.

[MidnightinSavannah]

I worked for dealership when these were new. Those seats were comfortable as hell.

[ericbritton]

This is one of my favorite cars all of the Pontiac division. I used to own a 1997 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi with a 3.8 liter supercharged engine that went 18 City 24 MPG oh, but I didn't care it's all about driving excitement. That I always wanted me a 1988 Pontiac Bonneville SSE black exterior dark gray interior full loaded with a power sunroof.

[Austin]

3800 and Small Block V8, GM's most legendary motors. Those 3800s made near V8 torque right off idle. They felt much faster than 9 seconds 0-60.

[ornentertainment]

I’ve had the pleasure of owning my dream car for 6 years and I enjoyed every bit of driving the Pontiac Bonneville SSE Experience 👍🏾🙌🏾🏆💯

[OnTheReelFishing]

Love this *1988* Bonneville. Not very quick by today’s standards but that 3800 is torquey as can be. And will also run literally forever. We had all kinds of GM cars with it throughout the 90s.

[Wesley_C]

This is a classic car, that body is so beautiful.

[immortaldeadfast]

I drove one of these during highschool and for many years afterword. It was black with the same tan leather interior, that was back in the gta3 days so it was the Mafia Sentinel to me and the gang. Hurts the feels to look upon her again. We went everywhere in that car, six flags, vacations many states away, I drove it to two different jobs every day for four years each, and she NEVER let me down once. It still ran when I sold it and I've regretted it ever since. Hell of a buy for 500 dollars.

[carlos]

Man, I used to love these cars back in the day. I had a 1988 Trans Am GTA with the same stereo head unit and steering wheel. That steering wheel is still one of my favorites and I have one in my garage waiting to be restored.

[DanKirchner]

used to rent one of these or a towncar whenever i had to take the wife n kids out of town back in da day, no regrets always a winning experience

[davidlittle]

👍👍👍👍I had 1989 Bonneville, love these cars, had a 3800 V6 and torquey, yes with gray cloth interior it was a LE, it went through snow like a hot knife through butter, one of GMs best sedans

[eddiethetruhead]

My Pop gave me his 1990 SSE 15 years ago or so. Same color as this one but it had the gold finish BBS style wheels on it. Beauty ride. Handled like a dream. It only lasted a couple years for me, but I LOVED every minute with that car. Nice vid.

[maximusareilius]

this was a very attractive car, as you rarely see cars that color anymore, usually grey, black or white nowadays. and pontiac always had dashboards with a million little square buttons!!! pretty cool.

[antd]

These were some beautiful cars. They had tons of trims and options. Still remember the glossy sales books i used to thumb thru and imagine myself picking out all the features i wanted in my new car lol.

[bearcreekdesign]

I bought an 89 SSE exactly this color/ wheel combo but the interior was gray and mine had a sunroof after I graduated college. I loved the styling of these GM cars with the curved rear windows and I was smitten with this Bonnie. Got lots and lots of attention and people would often stop me to look at it. It was a comfortable travel car and the seats were very comfortable. It came with a leather kit that included a flash light, ice scraper, gloves, road flares, and an inflation hose with built in gauge for the tire inflator. From the get go it was very, very problematic (my dad said it was built on a Friday). It had to be repainted before 20, 000 miles due to the GM paint fiasco. It had to have two computers replaced (thank god it was under warranty) as it constantly filled the cabin with a pure gasoline smell. The electronics were glitchy and would often go out or blink, a restart would "fix" them. Warning lights would often flash for no reason. I went to work one morning and opened the sunroof only to find that when I got to work it wouldn't close. I left work that day and traded it for a 1994 Chevrolet Beretta and that's a whole other story! Biggest mistake GM ever made was not killing off Buick and expanding Pontiac.