View Photos of the 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix SE

Skidpad grip is a middling .76 g.

Under the hood is a 130-hp, 2.8-liter V-6.

The lower-grille nostrils recall a certain twin-kidney grille from Bavaria.

The Grand Prix won't show its taillights to any real performance cars—the quarter-mile requires 16.8 seconds.

Pontiac gives the Grand Prix a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic. Its Buick cousin, the Regal, is auto-only.

With the manual, 0-60 takes 9.5 seconds. Yeah, it could use more power.

The Pontiac's seats are so multifariously adjustable that each thigh gets its own adjustment.

Those Barcaloungers are actually quite supportive and grippy.

Pontiac eschewed stalks for pods of buttons, but the setup works well.

Strictly four-passenger seating here, but the rear buckets are habitable by adults.

Front-wheel-drive and independent strut rear suspension makes for plenty of trunk space.

Now if this were a 3.8-liter V-6 with, say, a supercharger, we'd really be in business.