The GTO wasn’t a car. It was a door kicked open. Pontiac detonated the muscle-car movement by ignoring GM’s “no big engines in mid-sizes” policy and stuffing a 389 into the polite little Tempest.

The Pontiac GTO was introduced for the 1964 model year as a package on the Tempest-based LeMans model. The company wasn't expecting to sell more than 5,000 of its relatively expensive midsize but ...

The 1967 Pontiac GTO gave buyers a rare choice between two distinct 400 cubic inch performance paths, the 400 HO and the Ram ...

As Tri-Power 389s go, this one has about as good a story as they come. It was factory equipped in a new '65 GTO sold through the legendary Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak, Michigan, just a couple blocks ...

Famously featured under the hood of the 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS 454, the 454 V8 is a big-block engine that helped define the ...