The Pontiac GTO is often regarded as the car that kicked off the muscle car era. We explain what GTO stands for and where those letters originated.

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The Pontiac GTO is commonly known as the car that kicked off the muscle car revolution during the 1960s.Though it would become one of many midsize American cars sporting powerful V-8s during the ...

The car doesn't have the original drivetrain, with the factory Ram Air 400 V8 replaced by a 400 V8 from 1971 (unknown if it ...

For his role in creating the GTO — an affordable midsized car with a larger 389ci V-8 from full-sized Pontiacs — chief engineer John Z. DeLorean was elevated to Pontiac division head in 1965.

While we may have left the original Pontiac GTO out of this lineup, by 1973, the muscle car era was mostly over. Still, Pontiac had a new direction to go with its original top-seller, and the 1973 ...

Before there were muscle cars, this car was tearing up the drag strip and was legendary for its power and speed.

I t is virtually impossible to talk about the American muscle car movement of the 1960s and 1970s without talking about Pontiac and its celebrated GTO build. After all, the almost maniacally ...

Hot rodders owe a debt of gratitude to Pontiac, GM’s step-up brand from entry-level Chevrolet, for creating the muscle car segment pretty much from whole cloth in 1964.For his role in creating ...

For his role in creating the GTO — an affordable midsized car with a larger 389ci V-8 from full-sized Pontiacs — chief engineer John Z. DeLorean was elevated to Pontiac division head in 1965.

What we see here in Mecum lot F98 is a perfect snapshot in the latter part of the GTO’s historical arc, bridging the muscle car era (1964-1972) to the malaise era (1973-1981) in an example that ...