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 ...

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 ...

The 2004 Pontiac GTO arrived with a legendary badge and a very different face, and that mismatch between name and appearance left a lot of buyers scratching their heads. Underneath the understated ...