There's no denying the 1964 Pontiac GTO's place in automobile history, but what attributes made this muscle car arguably the ...

The 1964 Pontiac GTO is often hailed as the first true muscle car, a title it has maintained for decades. With a combination of power, style, and cultural significance, the GTO set the standard for ...

The GTO adventure started in October 1963, with the first model based on the Tempest Le Mans and promising performance upgrades supposed to provide more adrenaline behind the wheel. Customers who ...

For Pontiac, 1964 was the year of the GTO. As the story goes, John DeLorean and company installed the 389 engine from a fullsize Pontiac Catalina into a midsize Tempest LeMans, thus starting the ...

The GTO is often described as the muscle car that started it all, so it’s quite clear its place isn’t exactly in the middle of nowhere but rather in a museum next to other iconic models. And yet, some ...

Conceived in early 1963 by Pontiac’s John Z. DeLorean, Bill Collins, and Russ Gee, the Pontiac GTO was a factory hot rod born by replacing the standard 326 cubic-inch V8 in the mid-size Pontiac ...

Tim Drain of Coal Valley, Illinois, is no stranger to performance Pontiacs. A retired journeymen painter for his local union, the now 66-year-old tells HPP, "I was always interested in Pontiacs. My ...

GTO–let the image sink in. American muscle icon, 389 cubic inches with three carbs and six throats, and Lord help the goof who’d pull up next to a 1966 Goat and zizz the gas pedal. General Motors is ...

Many muscle-car aficionados agree the beginning of the muscle-car movement can be traced back to the 1964 Pontiac GTO. For clarity’s sake, a muscle car is typically defined as a mid-size American ...

Widely hailed as the first real muscle car, the Pontiac GTO unleashed a horsepower war that continued until the development of the EPA and strict emissions compliance, causing the demise of horsepower ...