John DeLorean hijacked Ferrari's sacred GTO badge for a $295 Pontiac option package that outsold the Italian original and ...
Every story has its beginning. While it's true that hot cars have been around since before World War II, there was never an affordable, packaged performance vehicle before the '64 GTO. FFast cars were ...
For Pontiac, 1964 was the year of the GTO. As the story goes, John DeLorean and company installed the 389 engine from a fullsize Pontiac Catalina into a midsize Tempest LeMans, thus starting the ...
Pontiac’s first GTO arrived for 1964 as a seemingly simple option package, but its 389 cubic inch V8 with a quoted 348 ...
The GTO launched in 1964 and was an instant hit. Based on the Tempest Le Mans, the GTO could be had as a $295 package that included a 389 four-barrel engine with 325 horsepower, hood scoops, dual ...
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 ...
Nelson Ireson August 10, 2011 Comment Now! The 700-horsepower Raybestos GTO-R, based on a 1964 GTO, the original muscle car, is finally complete, with the team at Hot Rod Chassis & Cycle finishing the ...
These five high-performance models were developed in different eras and are dissimilar in more ways than one, yet they share the GTO acronym. GTO. Three letters that have become iconic among several ...
Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...