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What happened to the 1966 GTO still shapes muscle cars today
The 1966 GTO did more than give Pontiac a sales hit. It nailed the formula for an affordable, stylish, big-engine performance ...
It didn't take long for Pontiac to realize that the GTO deserved to be a separate series. This finally happened in 1966, when the GTO's sales jumped to approximately 97K units. Americans loved the ...
The 1966 GTO is arguably the most recognizable and successful icon of the original muscle car era, a machine that dominated street culture and the sales charts in equal measure. While many collectors ...
The 1966 Pontiac GTO did not reinvent the muscle car so much as it sharpened it, turning a rebellious idea into a polished, mass market performance package. By the time that model year arrived, ...
The Pontiac GTO was born at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds when John DeLorean and a group of engineers gathered to test a prototype 1964 Pontiac Tempest that had been stuffed with a 389 cubic-inch V8.
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