This is the characteristic dashboard of the Parisienne 4-door Sport Sedan that is depicted on the main picture on the previous page. The radio was not an optional extra.

Interior of the Pontiac Parisienne Sport Sedan	Interior of the Pontiac Parisienne Convertible

The comfortable and plush interior of the Parisienne was one of it's big selling points. In standard trim it offered bench seats, armrests, opulent carpeting and "tasteful decorations" as the brochure describes it.

In Europe, the standard available Parisienne body styles were a 4-door Sport Sedan, a Convertible and a Wagon, the latter two you can see on the picture above. The Parisienne was fitted with the straight 6 cylinder 4,100 cc unit that delivered 152 hp @ 4200 rpm and a 3-speed manual gearbox as standard. Optional however was a 4,640 cc V8 engine that offered 198 hp @ 4800 rpm coupled to a Powerglide automatic transmission. Measurements were: 548 cm length, 202 cm width and 138 cm height (140 cm for the Convertible). If you'd like to see some pictures of the real Parisienne convertible you can check out the additional pages featuring Carl's Parisienne 396 SS convertible and Peder's Parisienne 427 Custom-Sport convertible.

The pictures of this impressive looking car have been submitted by David from Belgium. It's a Catalina Safari wagon, the original US version of the Canadian Parisienne wagon. It was available with seats for 6 or 9 passengers and in total 34,047 of them were sold.

This must be an incredibly spacious car. It looks remarkably sporty with its sleek low lines and elegant curves; one of the best looking wagons of the period.
The Catalina was offered with a 389 cid (6,375 cc) V8 producing 256 hp as standard. Power outputs of 290 hp and 325 hp from the same engine were optional, and if you really wanted to make this car go a 421 cid (6,899 cc) V8 could be fitted as well, offering 338 to 376 hp in different tuning levels. With the most powerful engine option this car would exceed 180 kph; not bad for about two metric tons of American iron.
It was considered a bit too much for continental Europe I presume, because of the far more humble motorization of the officially imported Parisienne.

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