At the Petoskey booth, there are no new models presently. However, three timeless classics have been brought in for display.
The first is a 1977 Petoskey Gran Romero Estate.
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Replacing the outgoing Romero, the Gran Romero follows the same modular configuration including a station wagon (shown) and a police interceptor model. Two engines were available, the 261 inline six, and a 301 V8 which had multiple configurations. The platform also served as the base for the new Ventnor Chieftain. While some critics took issue with the new model calling it "a fake Ventnor" The vehicle still retained most of the advanced luxury features that come standard with Ventnors.
The next is a '77 Montauk "Trance Am"
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This was the flagship model of the Montauk, featuring an all-new 377 cubic inch flatplane V8 producing 260 horsepower. While not as powerful as previous models, the Trance Am represented Petoskey's first step returning to a performance oriented lineup.
The third vehicle on display is an old 1951 Petoskey Indian.
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The Indian has been often credited as "The car that saved Petoskey Motors" During the war the majority of Petoskey's production capacity went towards building vehicles for the military. When the war ended Petoskey found itself with a large number of factories in dire need of retooling for civilian production. Petoskey spent the remainder of the 1940s in financial trouble relying on sales from unneeded military vehicles to the public as well as a limited production sports car. At the start of the 1950s Petoskey finally had a new vehicle ready to debut, the Indian. The base model was built with the 261 inline six, however the majority of Indians sold came with a 360 cubic inch V8. The 360 was mass produced by Petoskey for the military, and the end of the war left them with a huge inventory. The engine proved to be a popular sell in the Indian as most people preferred the extra power. As a result early six cylinder models have become extremely rare. Demand for the V8 grew so high that Petoskey bought back many of its war surplus vehicles to continue production. In 1956 the last Indian with the 360 rolled off the assembly line, for the remaining two years of production only the six cylinder was available.