2005 Pontiac Montana from North America - Comments

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This vehicle is a replacement of my 1996 Pontiac Trans Sport which had 265,000 miles at trade in. It's a very nice vehicle, well suited to my family's needs. I am 21 years old, and drive this van with much pride. It has somewhat of a sporty appeal compared to everything else that's out there, and the reliability has just been unparalleled (other than by my Trans Sport). It gets great gas mileage for the size of the vehicle (between 20-21 MPG on average, mostly city driving, and I did manage to squeak 30 MPG on the highway) and although not as quick as the last van, it can lay a nice little patch of rubber from a red light. But we won't go there... The interior is very nice, although some of the plastics are just a little chintzy, but none the less, it does still have a very soft, warm atmosphere to it. My 15 month old daughter likes the van, and we can fit her car seat, another car seat for my niece, two strollers, and 6 adults, all fairly comfortably.

I am without a power sliding door now, and believe me, you don't realize how much you use it until you're without.

Rear seat bench folds down to the floor, and can also be removed, along with a nice little ingenious cargo tray that is all the way in the back of the van. Lots of little storage centers to hide valuables.

The van rides much smoother than the last one (granted the last one did have a lot more miles...) and I have recieved numerous compliments on it's smooth ride, along with the car like handling. The van doesn't feel big and bulky, and you can definitely tell that it has shared front suspension with the Wide Track Grand Prix.

We look forward to years of faithful service with our Pontiac Montana!! I will provide updates along the way.

#1: The 2005 model year Montana SV6 has a 3.5L V6, not a 3.4L.

#2: This vehicle shares nothing with the Grand Prix.

#1: My Montana is not an SV6 (they did make the "OLD" body style Montana's halfway through the '05 model year), so yes it DOES have a 3.4 liter V6...I think I know what is under the hood of my van.

#2: Pontiac claims that the front suspension is shared with the Wide Track Grand Prix. It has the sport suspension package.

I like the SV6 Montana, but the Montana I got had better rebates... Thank you.

Reviewer here... I added a flowmaster "40 Delta" series to my Montana, and WOW does it ever sound good!!! I also put some headlight blackouts on it (from e-Bay) and some Altezza Euro tail lights (the clear ones with the red circles for stop lights, also from e-Bay) and I can honestly say that people are doing double takes now with my van. Between the nice basey sound coming from the engine/exhaust and the awesome looks of it, My Montana looks like nothing else on the road. I just got tired of looking around and seeing 5 million of the exact same van with nothing differentiating them, but color, whether it's another Montana, a Venture, or a Silhouette, they're all the same!! And they're EVERYWHERE!!! Mine really stands out now! I love it!

Interesting touches to a plain Jane minivan. I like your style. I am interested in applying the Euro tail lamp treatment to a 2004 Venture. Who produced your tail lights?

The SV6's have a 3.9 with 240 HP. Yes in 2005 BOTH the SV6 and the older style with the 3.4 185HP engine was produced. The sad news for any fans of these vans is 2007 is the LAST year that GM will produce minivans of any kind! So that means unless you like a Dodge the only game in town for future minivans is imports. Ford also discontinued its van line in favor of cross over utes! Which are not nearly as convenient as a minivan, however, some of them do look nice, they are just not practical!

Actually the SV6 didn't have a 3.4, it had a 3.5 engine making 200 hp.