#gto history

1968 Pontiac GTO, profile on a country road
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The Basketball-Player Ad and Pontiac's Youth-Culture Gamble

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1974 Pontiac Ventura GTO, profile outside an open home garage at night
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The Last Goat: Buying a New GTO in 1974

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1968 Pontiac GTO and 1968 Plymouth Road Runner, on a pennant-strung dealer lot
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GTO vs Plymouth Road Runner: Budget-Muscle Showdown

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1973 GTO Colonnade coupe on dealership lot
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The 1973 GTO That Almost Wasn't: Cancellation and Reprieve

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1972 GTO 400 engine bay dyno test
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Gross vs Net Horsepower: Why 1972 GTOs Look Weaker on Paper

Dan Reeves · · 6 min
1972 Pontiac LeMans GTO in showroom
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1972 GTO: Now Just an Option Again

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
1968 GTO convertible at dusk drive-in
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The 1968 GTO Convertible and the Golden Age of Open Muscle

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1960s Pontiac dealership mechanic tuning GTO engine
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Royal Pontiac and the Birth of the Dealer Super-Car

Gary Nowak · · 7 min
1970 GTO at a period drive-in restaurant scene
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'The Humbler': The Commercial and the Car That Broke the Rules

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1964 red Pontiac GTO alone on race track
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The 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO vs Pontiac GTO Road Test That Started a War

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1969 GTO 400 Ram Air engine bay
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The Pontiac 400: The GTO's Long-Serving Workhorse

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
Pontiac 389 Tri-Power V8 in a 1965 GTO, drive-in lot
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The Pontiac 389: The V8 That Started It All

Dan Reeves · · 7 min
1968 GTO Endura nose showroom display
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1968 GTO: Motor Trend Car of the Year and Why It Mattered

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1968 GTO dealership Endura nose demonstration
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The Hood-Hinge Sledgehammer Ad: Selling the Endura's Toughness

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
1963 Pontiac Super Duty car staged at dragstrip
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GM's 1963 Racing Ban and the Muscle Car It Accidentally Made

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1964 Pontiac engineers reviewing GTO clay model
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How John DeLorean Smuggled the GTO Past GM's Brass

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min