The 1964 Pontiac Tempest stands out in automotive history for its innovative yet perplexing drivetrain configuration. This ...

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 ...

12 Mar 2025, 16:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea // Arguably the most desirable engine in a 1964-1966 Pontiac GTO, the Tri-Power 389 V8 is rarer than the four-barrel variant. Tri-Power Goat: Triple-Black ...

What’s 1964 best remembered for in Detroit? Incidentally, all three from the Big Triad were up to something for that model year. ChryCo put out the second generation of the hemispherical-heads V8, the ...

Pontiac’s first GTO arrived for 1964 as a seemingly simple option package, but its 389 cubic inch V8 with a quoted 348 horsepower and aggressive street attitude reshaped American performance. What ...

Conceived in early 1963 by Pontiac’s John Z. DeLorean, Bill Collins, and Russ Gee, the Pontiac GTO was a factory hot rod born by replacing the standard 326 cubic-inch V8 in the mid-size Pontiac ...

Few prototypes have had so obvious an influence on automotive styling as John DeLorean’s 1964 proposal of an eye-catching Pontiac roadster. The concept foretells both Pontiac Firebird and Chevro-let ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

How many '64 GTOs have you seen in Sunfire Red with a column-shifted automatic? My guess is about as many as we have--none. Sure, Pontiac may have made a few more, but we have yet to see one. The ...

Almost everyone has a story about their first car. Mine, not so great: I inherited the family station wagon, a blue 1968 Pontiac Catalina with a pointed nose out front and a back-facing rear seat.

We’ll get to the reason why the 1966 Pontiac Banshee got the axe in just a moment. What’s remarkable is that the fate of the Banshee concept—deemed by MotorTrend to be one of the 20 best concept cars ...