The 1964 Pontiac GTO did not just kick off a new trim line, it crystallized the American muscle car formula that would dominate streets and drag strips for the rest of the decade. By pairing a midsize ...

Most people who walked into a Pontiac dealership in 1964 to order the GTO package ended up getting the hardtop. It was the top choice, with 18,422 units of the 32,450 GTOs sold this year, followed by ...

Buying a flawless GTO has never been cheap. This specimen is living proof. The car has already received a complete revamp, so it won't sell for beer money. However, the thing that sets it apart is a ...

In the early 1960s, GM leadership got serious about abstaining from involvement in competitive motorsports. GM, along with the other American auto makers, had signed an agreement in 1957 promising to ...

Concours-based restos are, of course, all well and good: if everyone were into going sideways in a rare, near-40-year-old musclecar, there would soon be neither old Ponchos nor hobbyists to drive them ...

Let's meet the racers and their Pontiacs. Jim Thompsonrolled in from nearby Tucson, Arizona, with his tube-chassis '63 Tempest in tow. Packing 541 cubes, a built Powerglide, and 3.89 gears, this ...

In the halcyon days of cheap, plentiful gas and nary a concern for environmental protection, Detroit pushed out some of the biggest and baddest cars to ever grace America's roadways. There was no ...

Pontiac built plenty of rare muscle cars back in the day, but this '60s icon is by far the rarest.

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

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 ...