Most people who walked into a Pontiac dealership in 1964 to order the GTO package ended up getting the hardtop. It was the top choice, with 18,422 units of the 32,450 GTOs sold this year, followed by ...

The 1964 Pontiac GTO did not just kick off a new trim line, it crystallized the American muscle car formula that would dominate streets and drag strips for the rest of the decade. By pairing a midsize ...

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 ...

The Pontiac GTO is the car that kicked-off the muscle car movement and the 1964 model year was the first class to graduate. Our friends at Hagerty say a 1964 Pontiac GTO convertible in concourse ...

In the early 1960s, GM leadership got serious about abstaining from involvement in competitive motorsports. GM, along with the other American auto makers, had signed an agreement in 1957 promising to ...