Pontiac produced close to 32,500 GTOs back in 1964, and the hardtop obviously accounted for the lion’s share with nearly 18,500 units. The base model was fitted with a 389 (6.3-liter) V8 developing ...

The American muscle car era began in the mid-1960s and lasted until the oil crisis and new emissions and fuel economy standards sent car buyers flocking to smaller models in the early to mid '70s.

The GTO wasn't just a car. It was a "device," and Pontiac praised it on every occasion ever since announcing it in October 1963. The GM brand said the GTO was created to "shrink time and distance," ...

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 ...

Before the release of the 1964 Pontiac Tempest, John Z. DeLorean gathered a group of engineers at General Motors' Milford Proving Ground. They were testing a Tempest that had been stuffed full of the ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

When General Motors founded Pontiac in 1926, it probably didn't expect the new brand to struggle. But that's what it did, barely surviving its first few years due to the Great Depression and an ...