The GTO wasn’t a car. It was a door kicked open. Pontiac detonated the muscle-car movement by ignoring GM’s “no big engines in mid-sizes” policy and stuffing a 389 into the polite little Tempest.

In the early 1960s, most of Pontiac‘s advertising hinged on its involvement in competitive motorsports. The only problem was that it wasn’t supposed to be involved in motorsports at all. In 1957, ...

Pontiac as a separate model, and its highest production moment; this post coupe survivor is one of the few remaining ...