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Junkyard Gem: 2000 Pontiac Sunfire coupe

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In a few months, we’ll reach the tenth anniversary of

GM’s axing

of the

venerable Pontiac

brand.

G6s

,

Vibes

, and

Matizes

continued to be built until 2010, but I’m noticing a marked decrease in

discarded Pontiacs

lately, as I perform my

junkyardy rituals

. Here’s a

2000 Pontiac Sunfire

, photographed in a Colorado wrecking yard.

Junked 2000 Pontiac SunfireThe Sunfire

was the near-identical sibling to the

Chevrolet Cavalier

, based on the long-running (1982-2005) J-Body platform. It was cheap and simple, looked pretty sporty (at least in coupe form), and every parts store in North America carried just about everything you’d need to keep one running.

Junked 2000 Pontiac Sunfire

This coupe had to compete for sales not only with a vast and menacing array of imports but with

GM’s

own

Saturn SC2

(not to mention the

Cavalier

itself). Meanwhile, the J platform was showing its age more with each passing year.

Junked 2000 Pontiac Sunfire

This car sports what must have been the complete line of

Fatal Clothing

bomber-nose-art/skate-punk/gang-tag-influenced decals, circa 2010. I actually photographed this car back in 2011, then misplaced the image files until last week.

Junked 2000 Pontiac Sunfire

The stickers are very California-centric for a Colorado car, but then plenty of Californians — including me— move here.

Junked 2000 Pontiac Sunfire

When you know you’re a car’s final owner, it’s a lot easier to whip out the paint pens and redecorate the interior.

Junked 2000 Pontiac Sunfire

Power came from the engine GM developed for the very first J-Bodies: the 2.2-liter

122 pushrod four-cylinder

. 2002 was the last model year for 122-powered Sunfires and Cavaliers; the most affordable S-10/Sonoma/

Hombre

trucks got this engine through 2003.

It even came with a remote, so bad Midwestern farmgirls could make quick getaways when caught in the act by enraged broom-wielding mothers.

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