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 ...

Pontiac's clever gambit not only offered folks near-GTO-levels of power, it also saved them money in one more crucial way.

While the Pontiac GTO kicked off the muscle car craze when it was introduced in 1964, these five models brought together a powerful V8 and a conventional mass-produced chassis several years erlier.

(iSeeCars) – Muscle cars are as American as baseball and apple pie. Over the last 60 years several Asian and European automakers have co-opted the classic muscle car recipe – a large V8 engine stuffed ...