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 ...

First-year Pontiac GTO updated with LS V8, six-speed auto, Wilwood brakes, and custom interior hits the auction block. The car widely credited with kicking off the American muscle car era is back, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modern automotive tires are huge compared to the skinny, stiff rubber that went on vehicles back in the 1960s, and this 1964 advertisement for the "Super-Safety 800" bias-plies sold to Pontiac by US ...