The GTO adventure started in October 1963, with the first model based on the Tempest Le Mans and promising performance upgrades supposed to provide more adrenaline behind the wheel. Customers who ...

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 ...

14 Aug 2025, 14:44 UTC · By: Razvan Calin // Faded Blue paint, worn-out interior, barn-find swagger: this 1964 Le Mans GTO is one of those first-year heroes that sparked the muscle-car phenomenon 5 of ...

Tim Drain of Coal Valley, Illinois, is no stranger to performance Pontiacs. A retired journeymen painter for his local union, the now 66-year-old tells HPP, "I was always interested in Pontiacs. My ...

In the early 1960s, GM leadership got serious about abstaining from involvement in competitive motorsports. GM, along with the other American auto makers, had signed an agreement in 1957 promising to ...

For Doug, the affection for Pontiac's first musclecar came in 1963 when, at the tender age of 20, he worked at a Pontiac dealership. "I was shopping for my first new car," he recalls, "I liked the '63 ...

Now before you all die from brain bubbles because one of the Greatest Symbols Of The American Way Of Life is a-gittin' blasphemed, take a deep breath and hear me out. Cool as the '64 Goat was, it ...

At the outset of 1966, the GTO brand management team at Pontiac Motor Division (PMD) had a big problem on its hands. After a standout sales performance in 1965 (75,352 Great Ones sold, a 112-percent ...