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 ...
In 1964, a legend was born when Pontiac dropped one of the 389 cubic-inch V8s from its full-size lineup into a lighter, mid-sized Pontiac Tempest. Its birth kicked off a tire-smoking, youth-driven ...
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 ...
The Pontiac GTO was the direct result of John Z. DeLorean trying to find a way to attract the youth market after GM brass forbid all the divisions from participating in competitive motorsports. GM had ...
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What GTO really means on Pontiac’s muscle cars
The Pontiac GTO, often hailed as the original American muscle car, owes its name to the Italian phrase “Gran Turismo Omologato.” This term, borrowed from European racing heritage, signifies a grand ...
Although it may have been a Holden Monaro at heart, the 2004 to 2006 Pontiac GTO has been quite the hot topic for debate since it debuted for the American market. Arguments center around the fact that ...
1966 was THE year for the Pontiac GTO. General Motors decided to promote the GTO to a stand-alone series, as customers' appetite for this model continued to grow. Follow us: The GTO had the time of ...
The Pontiac GTO was the prototypical muscle car. The iconic three-letter initialism today is more associated with Pontiac than the racing category it usurped. Back in the 1960s, the GM division's ...
Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...
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