It was over, Johnny. The muscle car thing had run its fun, psychedelic course by the early 1970s. Rising insurance rates, falling compression ratios, and looming federal regulations effectively killed ...

Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

For many gearheads, the year 1970 represents the peak of the muscle car era — or at least the peak of the first muscle car era. A big part of what conspired to make 1970 special is that to remain ...

While Lou, Manny and I were tending our TKCS-StL booth at the HCCM’s Concours d’Elegance last week, one of my faithful readers, Gus Baldi, stopped by to ask where the story was about the first ...

When the calendar turned the page to 1970, Pontiac presented a magnificent overkill of mid-size offers, with the Tempest, Le Mans, Le Mans Sport, and GTO all rolling simultaneously. Essentially all ...

Dennis Beam, of Landeck, has owned this 1967 Pontiac Tempest custom convertible for seven years. An article in Car and Driver magazine said a 1967 GTO is basically a $2,480 Tempest Le Mans with a $296 ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Pontiac was awarded as Car of the Year by Motor Trend magazine upon its 1961 debut. Let's see if this innovative design still holds up today. Legendary ad man David ...