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The Pontiac GTO debuted in 1964 to attract the valuable youth market. This blue coupe will cross the Mecum Auctions block at ...
Pontiac’s Tempest was launched in 1961 as affordable transport for Middle America. Few were sold and those that did were ...
The owner bought it half-restored more than 25 years ago, finished the renovation, and drove it regularly to pick up his ...
While “GTO” officially stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, some enthusiasts have jokingly referred to it as “Gas, Tires, and Oil.” If that alternative meaning holds any weight, then an electric Pontiac ...
borrowing from the Italian “Gran Turismo Omologato,” which refers to a production vehicle homologated for racing. And although the Pontiac GTO wasn’t built for European-style endurance ...
The acronym, which stood for "Gran Turismo Omologato," was used ... The first generation of the GTO ran through 1967 and helped bring Pontiac back into the fold as one of GM's more marketable ...
When GM reintroduced the Pontiac GTO for the 2004 model year, it was a big deal, and yet, at the same time, it somehow wasn't. It had the same name as the original American muscle car, but it was ...
Sixty years ago, Pontiac introduced a new high-performance ... As you may or may not know, GTO stands for Gran Turismo Omologato (grand tourer homologated), a moniker used for factory-built ...
Family-owned since 1966, this Pontiac GTO was built on December 15 of the purchase year. Terry witnessed his father order the car from a Pontiac dealer right across their street in Chicago and was ...
it did so as a $300 option package for Pontiac's LeMans before becoming its own vehicle. The GTO got its designation from Ferrari's 250 GTO, the "GTO" standing for (in Italian) Gran Turismo ...