No matter what your opinion is of the styling or its ability to live up to the GTO mystique, it's really hard to argue with the '04-'06 GTO as a performance platform. It features a spectacular chassis ...

This week, we test drive ‘Pontiac’s all-new GTO. Powered by a full-bore, 350-horsepower, LS1 V-8, this is a car that delivers on all promises. In fact, it’s so special, some background is necessary.

From the December 2003 issue of Car and Driver. It doesn't look like the old goat. That's the harshest indictment we can make against this new Pontiac GTO. Yes, there are other, eminently fixable ...

With so many new cars equipped with automatic transmissions, the performance market is one of the last strongholds for manual-trans loyalists. Fans of the Arrowhead can rejoice in experiencing the ...

Riddle me this, dear reader. What does building a magazine quality late-model GTO and flying a commercial airliner have in common? First, lets start with the weight. No, I kid. The most obvious ...

Hot-rodders have come to know that what a car lacks in a mild-mannered exterior can be more than made up for with horsepower. The 2004 and up GTOs have started to become prime examples of this idea, ...

Three simple letters borrowed from a well-known Italian automaker kicked off the muscle car revolution that sent hearts racing for a decade starting in the year 1964. The Pontiac GTO may be best known ...

The 2004 Pontiac GTO -- the first GTO since the 1970s -- is a muscle car that has gone to charm school. A throaty, powerful V-8 and burbling dual exhaust are there, but so is a clean, almost too-plain ...

Q. How could anyone be disappointed that the ’04 Pontiac GTO isn’t any faster? Right off the showroom floor, it makes zero-60 m.p.h. in 5.3 seconds and posts quarter-mile times in the mid-13s, numbers ...

Now that General Motors has confirmed plans to bring back the Pontiac GTO from the ’60s, will its contemporary Chevrolet Chevelle SS be far behind? GTO is significant not just because it will call new ...