The Pontiac Executive was an automobile line produced by the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors from 1967 to 1970.
   The Executive name replaced Pontiac's long running mid-range Star Chief beginning the 1966 model year when all Pontiac's in this range were named Star Chief Executive for this one year only before the line became simply the Executive in 1967.
   Executives featured more deluxe trim, more standard amenities and a longer wheelbase and overall length than the lower priced Catalina models, but were not quite as luxurious as the top-line Pontiac Bonneville, whose wheelbase and other dimensions the Executive shared.
   Mechanically, Executives were virtually identical to the Catalina sharing similar standard and optional V8 engines starting with the base 400 cubic-inch V8 with two-barrel carburetor rated at 265 horsepower and ending with a 390-horsepower 428 cubic-inch HO V8 through 1969 and a larger 455 cubic-inch V8 rated at 370 horses in 1970. The standard transmission each year was a three-speed manual with column shift with a floor-mounted four-speed with Hurst shifer optional in 1967-68. However 98 percent of Executives were equipped with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic during the model's four year run.
   Executives were available as a four-door pillared sedan, two-door hardtop coupe, four-door hardtop sedan, and Safari station wagons in two and three-seat versions. The Executive Safari wagons differed from the Catalina and Bonneville Safari wagons by featuring simulated wood paneling. No convertibles were offered in the Executive series.
   
   Total output of the Executive was:
   
   1967, 35,491 units
   1968, 32,597 units
   1969, 25,845 units
   1970, 21,936 units
   
   After declining in sales for four consecutive model years, the Executive name was discontinued and was replaced in 1971 model line-up by the Pontiac Catalina Brougham.
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