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 ...

Pontiac produced close to 32,500 GTOs back in 1964, and the hardtop obviously accounted for the lion’s share with nearly 18,500 units. The base model was fitted with a 389 (6.3-liter) V8 developing ...

The 1964 Pontiac GTO started it all. While some credit other models for introducing the concept of a muscle car, the "Goat" was the first to truly capitalize on it, kick-starting America's favorite ...

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.

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 ...

Driving a hot rod hard means that sometimes it breaks. Drive it too hard and the damage can be severe, at which point some hot rodders find themselves at a crossroads. Is it best to piece the car back ...

Many muscle-car aficionados agree the beginning of the muscle-car movement can be traced back to the 1964 Pontiac GTO. For clarity's sake, a muscle car is typically defined as a mid-size American ...