Either way, one cannot escape the irony that Pontiac was leaving just as it was bringing to market a car similar in layout to the actual NASCAR racers, a V-8-powered, rear-drive coupe-the GTO.

This is a story about the Pontiac GTO, and how a very young owner named Gary Heicklen loved and then lost not one, but two ...

From the February 1968 issue of Motor Trend. The inertial force that started the supercar trend—Pontiac GTO—holds a distinctive position in the automotive world for 1968. Not only does it ...

The eight-lug wheels on those classic Pontiacs weren't there for show, although they were showy. There was a practical reason ...

Pontiac built just 324 GTO hardtops with the Ram Air IV and a four-speed, and this example from Oregon has had its original ...

Originally owned by Sunoco station owner and local race car driver Bob Morgan, the Pontiac GTO is now owned by podcaster Greg Stanley, who shows off the remarkable vintage muscle car along with Leno.

In 1964, a Pontiac actually homologated the GTO for FIA GT racing, so the original GTO lived up to its name. However, the homologation was no more than a marketing ploy, and the car never raced in ...

The first muscle car was born. DeLorean christened it the Pontiac GTO. There was a hook, though. At the time, GM had a rule limiting displacement in midsize passenger cars to 330 cubic inches.

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.

One of Pontiac's most notorious models was the GTO, which debuted in 1964 and helped make a place for the muscle car on U.S. roadways.