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Pontiac earned its place in automotive history with the GTO — widely considered the first true muscle car. From Firebirds to Trans Ams, classic Pontiacs are prized for performance and style.

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Texas

1969 Pontiac GTO

$54,500 $55,900 86,000 miles

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Coral Gables, FL

1972 Pontiac GTO

$53,590 $53,810 90,000 miles

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United States

1969 Pontiac Firebird

$29,990 4,127 miles

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Weaverville, CA

1977 Pontiac Grand Prix

$18,000 130,000 miles

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Saskatoon, SK

1940 Pontiac Silver Streak

$49,360 $49,560 111,847 miles

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United States

1963 Pontiac Bonneville

$22,990 74,556 miles

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Weaverville, CA

Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Pontiac

Pontiac was introduced by General Motors for the 1926 model year as a lower-priced companion make to its Oakland line. The Oakland Motor Car Company had been founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by carriage maker Edward M. Murphy, and General Motors bought into it in 1909. The first Pontiac was a six-cylinder car priced at $825. It proved more popular than Oakland, which GM dropped in 1931 or 1932, depending on the source.

The Pontiac name comes from Pontiac, the Odawa (Ottawa) war chief who besieged the British fort at Detroit in 1763, and from the city of Pontiac, Michigan, which was named for him. Oakland, the General Motors division that launched the car for 1926, had its factory in that city and had been started by the owner of the Pontiac Buggy Company. The first Pontiacs carried an Indian head emblem.

No. Pontiac and Chevrolet were separate divisions of General Motors, with Pontiac positioned a step above Chevrolet and below Oldsmobile. Pontiac had its own engines, including a V8 family introduced for 1955 and built until 1981. The divisions did share some body structures. The 1967 Firebird, for example, was a Pontiac version of the F-body Chevrolet Camaro, fitted with Pontiac six-cylinder and V8 engines.

GTO stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, Italian for grand touring homologated. Pontiac took the letters from the Ferrari 250 GTO race car. The Pontiac GTO arrived for 1964 as an option package on the intermediate Tempest LeMans, built around a 389 cubic inch V8. The original run ended with the 1974 model year, and the name returned in 2004 on a coupe based on the Australian Holden Monaro.

No. Pontiac did not build separate small-block and big-block V8 families the way many other automakers did. Its V8s, from the 287 cubic inch engine introduced for 1955 up to the 455, shared the same external block dimensions, with displacement set by bore and stroke. The 400 replaced the 389 for 1967. The later short-deck 301 and 265 were the exceptions.

On factory ratings, the strongest 400s were rated above the 455 for horsepower, while the 455 made more torque. In the 1970 Pontiac GTO, the first year of the 455, it was rated at 360 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. The standard 400 was rated at 350 horsepower, the Ram Air III 400 at 366, and the Ram Air IV 400 at 370 with 445 lb-ft. These were gross ratings.

Wide-Track was Pontiac's name for the wider wheel stance introduced on its 1959 models. The front track grew to 63.7 inches and the rear to 64 inches, about five inches more than in 1958, setting the wheels farther out under the body. The phrase came from Pontiac's advertising and remained a division slogan for years. Motor Trend gave the 1959 Pontiac its Car of the Year award.

General Motors announced on April 27, 2009, that Pontiac would be phased out by the end of 2010. The decision was part of a restructuring plan tied to federal aid, which left GM with four core US brands: Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC. The last cars were G6 sedans built at Orion Township, Michigan. Sources date the final one to November 25, 2009, or to January 2010. Dealer franchise agreements expired on October 31, 2010.

The 318 Pontiac listings on Classic Cars Arena right now include 316 with an asking price of $1,000 or more. Those are priced from $1,500 to $191,895, with a median asking price of $30,995. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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1964 Pontiac GTO, blue hardtop at an old gas station at dusk

How the GTO Influenced Every Muscle Car That Followed

A paperwork workaround at Pontiac in 1963 quietly became the formula every muscle car built afterward, in Detroit and well beyond it.

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1966 Pontiac GTO, parked at an old gas station

The Royal Bobcat Kit: Dealer-Tuned Pontiac Power

Royal Pontiac's dealer-tuned Bobcat kit recalibrated GTOs beyond factory spec. Here's what the treatment really involved and how to spot a documented car.

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Ed Roth, the Gasser Scene, and the GTO's Custom Side

The GTO didn't need chopping or raking to earn respect at custom car shows, its factory lines already spoke the gasser scene's language.

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1971 Pontiac GTO, hood up in a vineyard lane at dusk

Compression Ratios Through the Years: How the GTO Lost Its Punch

Ten and a half to one down to eight to one in less than a decade. Here's how emissions rules and the shift to unleaded fuel reshaped the GTO's compression ratios, and its character.

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Classic Pontiac Cars for Sale

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1969 Pontiac GTO

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1972 Pontiac Ventura

1977 Pontiac Formula

1977 Pontiac Grand Prix

1940 Pontiac Silver Streak

1964 Pontiac GTO

1964 Pontiac LeMans

1968 Pontiac Firebird

1948 Pontiac Silver Streak

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1968 Pontiac GTO

1967 Pontiac GTO

Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Pontiac

Articles About Pontiac

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