page_title: Pontiac Sunbird
hierarchical_section_title: Pontiac Sunbird
caption_attribution_description: 1993 Pontiac Sunbird convertible photographed by runaway_nj in New Jersey, USA.
context_page_description: The Pontiac Sunbird is a small car manufactured and marketed by Pontiac over two generations.
  The first generation was marketed as a subcompact hatchback, wagon and coupe — as a badge engineered variant of the Chevrolet Monza, which was based on the Chevrolet Vega.
  The second generation was marketed as notchback coupé, sedan, hatchback, station wagon, and convertible as a rebadged variant of General Motors' J-cars and was manufactured alongside the Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza, and Chevrolet Cavalier at GM's South Gate Assembly and Janesville Assembly plants.
  The Sunbird nameplate ran for 18 years and was replaced in 1995 by the Pontiac Sunfire.
context_section_description: The Pontiac Sunbird is a small car manufactured and marketed by Pontiac over two generations.
  The first generation was marketed as a subcompact hatchback, wagon and coupe (1976–1980) — as a badge engineered variant of the Chevrolet Monza, which was based on the Chevrolet Vega. 
  The second generation (1982–1994) was marketed as notchback coupé, sedan, hatchback, station wagon, and convertible as a rebadged variant of General Motors' J-cars and was manufactured alongside the Cadillac Cimarron, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza, and Chevrolet Cavalier at GM's  South Gate Assembly and Janesville Assembly plants. 
  The Sunbird nameplate ran for 18 years (with a hiatus during the 1981 and 1982 model years, as there was no 1981 model and the 1982 model was marketed as the  J2000) and was replaced in 1995 by the Pontiac Sunfire.
caption: 1993 Pontiac Sunbird Convertible
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