the model line was offered with optional exterior woodgrain trim. In 1987, the 6000 LE wagon was renamed the 6000 Safari, sharing the optional V6 of the 6000 STE. GMC Safari (1985-2005) From 1985 to 2005, GMC sold the GMC Safari mid-size van as a divisional counterpart of the Chevrolet Astro. The first (and currently, only) minivan sold by GMC, the Safari was introduced while Pontiac had placed the nameplate on hiatus, leading to both divisions to later use the nameplate concurrently. (GM would also do so with the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Astro). Following its 1991 retirement by Pontiac, the Safari nameplate continued in use by GMC until the discontinuation of the model line after 2005. References 1955-57 Pontiac Safari: An Expedition Into the Unknown, Collectible Automobile Magazine, December 1992, pp. 67–74. Safari Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States Cars introduced in 1955