The GTO adventure started in October 1963, with the first model based on the Tempest Le Mans and promising performance upgrades supposed to provide more adrenaline behind the wheel. Customers who ...

The red 1964 Pontiac Tempest GTO is said to be the earliest known GTO in existence, being only the fourth vehicle to roll off ...

Duing the 1960s and 1970s carmakers employed several types of high-performance upgrades to get more power out of thier motors, such as triple-carb setups ...

Before the release of the 1964 Pontiac Tempest, John Z. DeLorean gathered a group of engineers at General Motors’ Milford Proving Ground. They were testing a Tempest that had been stuffed full of the ...

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 ...

Tim Drain of Coal Valley, Illinois, is no stranger to performance Pontiacs. A retired journeymen painter for his local union, the now 66-year-old tells HPP, "I was always interested in Pontiacs. My ...

This car was the epitome of power and performance in the 1960s but what happened to the beloved GTO we all know and love?

Concours-based restos are, of course, all well and good: if everyone were into going sideways in a rare, near-40-year-old musclecar, there would soon be neither old Ponchos nor hobbyists to drive them ...

Of all the muscle cars ever built, the 1964 Pontiac GTO ranks at or near the top of this popular class. The GTO is also acknowledged as the car that started the mid-size muscle craze, coming to market ...

Credited as the first Musclecar, ever, it's no wonder the GTO had to break all the rules The origin of the GTO, the factory hot rod that became an icon for the Musclecar era, is really a story of one ...

GTO–let the image sink in. American muscle icon, 389 cubic inches with three carbs and six throats, and Lord help the goof who’d pull up next to a 1966 Goat and zizz the gas pedal. General Motors is ...