XP-833 CONCEPT CAR BANSHEE Created by John Z. Delorean - then General Manager of Pontiac Built by the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors Debuted as a Banshee Prototype in 1964 History of the XP-833 Banshee The early Ford Mustangs were so popular that Pontiac's brass decided to build a Mustang competitor while DeLorean wanted to offer a two-seat sports car as a Corvette alternative to compete with the Mustang. Secretly, the XP-833 project was born. DeLorean declared the XP-833 Banshee a Mustang beater after the concept prototypes were built. The XP-833 prototype was a preview of future GM designs to come. Long nose, short deck, swooping coke-bottle profile, broad grille with chrome bumper surround, raked windshield, bulging fenders, triple slit taillights and hidden headlights with a suggestive power bulge on the hood. However, the design of the XP-833 was so far ahead of its time that GM's top executives became worried that it might be too much of a threat to their prized Corvette so they stopped the project.
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