The Muscle Car that started it all still knows how to turn heads. On a sunny afternoon in San Diego, this 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible stood gleaming, the kind of red that burns its way into memory.

The Pontiac GTO wasn’t the first muscle car, but it was the model that pushed the idea into the mainstream. When Pontiac ...

GTO What did it really mean, anyway? Gran Turismo Omologato. That was the Italian phrase the initials stood for. But most people, even at Pontiac, never mastered the entire phrase. So what was the big ...

The Pontiac GTO was introduced in 1964 as an option package for the Pontiac Tempest LeMans. Imagined by a rebellious cadre of Pontiac personnel led by John Z. DeLorean, the GTO is considered by many ...

Sitting proud in the inventory of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based classic car dealership Garage Kept Motors, this 1965 Pontiac GTO went for the GOAT restomod title. Now, it remains to be seen if it can ...

A remarkable discovery has emerged from two decades of dry storage—a 1965 Pontiac GTO that's not quite what it appears to be. Initially sold as a Le Mans with a modest 326 two-barrel engine, this ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...

Perry Roberts' '65 GTO was probably the most popular musclecar of its time—and has become even more popular in the past 21 years. Owning the original tire burner, Perry knew that his Goat needed just ...

The American muscle car era began in the mid-1960s and lasted until the oil crisis and new emissions and fuel economy standards sent car buyers flocking to smaller models in the early to mid '70s.