The long shadow of history has a new generation of car-curious asking where the name of Pontiac’s groundbreaking muscle car ...

It 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 souped ...

We've already established that the GTO would be a good car for Darth Vader, and digital artist Brad Builds indicates that as well in this pixel creation of his. The familiar muscle car of the ...

But the reality is that all GTOs were not created equal. General Motors Considered the first muscle car, the 1964 Pontiac GTO wasn’t much unless it was ordered with a series of performance options.

The Pontiac GTO isn't just the G.O.A.T., it started a revolution of American performance and launched the Golden Age of muscle cars. TopSpeed Menu Sign in now Close News Submenu Car News Electric ...

I t would be easy to think that peak Pontiac was around about the time when Burt Reynolds put on a cowboy hat and a red shirt ...

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 ...

The first muscle car to define the term was the 1964 Pontiac GTO, a midsize, two-door coupe that Pontiac equipped with a large 389 cubic inch V8 normally reserved for its full-size models.

Others say it was the 1964 Pontiac GTO due to its lightweight nature and its 389 CID V8 producing 348 horsepower. Whoever created the first muscle car is a debate that will likely never be settled.

There are 231,000 miles on the GTO's original stock motor. It runs every bit as good as it did the day his father, Mal, purchased the muscle car in Big Timber and let his newly licensed son drive ...

Plus, he thought the timing was just right. "I think we’re right at a point that muscle cars are really hot now. People are looking for alternative investments, stock market floundering ...

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 ...