Since the GTO was an option package and not standard equipment, it could be considered to fall into a loophole in the policy. Pontiac General Manager Elliot "Pete" Estes approved the new model, although sales manager Frank Bridge, who did not believe it would find a market, insisted on ...
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The Pontiac Fiero was one of the automaker’s most sporty and attractive models. It became an instant success but the vehicle would not be on the market for long. Some serious issues with its design made it one of the most unsafe vehicles on the road. You don’t see many of them on ...
The Pontiac GTO is arguably the original muscle car. Numerous American performance cars preceded it, but the GTO was the first to combine an oversized engine, affordable pricing, and marketing that emphasized performance. In 1964, Pontiac put a 389-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) V8 into its Tempest, ...
A-body Muscle Cars Hurst/Olds Buick GSX Stage 1 Buick Gran Sport Stage 1 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W30 Pontiac GTO 389 Tri-Power WEEKEND About the author: Vlad Radu Vlad's first car was custom coach built: an exotic he made out of wood, cardboard ...
The Pontiac Sport Truck story starts here, with the Holden VE Ute series introduced in the summer of 2007.(above). While the market for sporty, car-based pickups had played itself out some years earlier in the USA (the Ford Ranchero was discontinued in 1979, the Chevy El Camino in 1987...
1972 Pontiac GTO Cosmetically, a '72 GTO does not differ much from a '71; but this year, there were even more signs of a fading popularity of the muscle car. The GTO went back to being an option package rather than a standalone model, and the Judge was discontinued, as was the GTO...
After all, Oakland had been discontinued after the 1931 model year, so it wasn’t using it anymore. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 5 1938: Arrival of the Column Shifter General Motors Pontiac and Cadillac both introduced column shifting for the 1938 model year. And it was only a $...
The Ford Model T, for example, was the first vehicle that made car ownership obtainable for the masses; not just the elite. The Pontiac GTO spawned the muscle car craze over 50 years ago that continues to this day. The Toyota Prius became the first hybrid that was a household name and ...
with unfettered access to the latest cars and concepts. We would huddle in front of massive stages to see dramatic presentations and hotly anticipated reveals. We’d leave saying things like “we just saw Bob Lutz and 50 Cent present a rebadged Holden Commodore as a Pontiac sport truck,” ...