The 1964 GTO did more than launch a new trim line, it ignited Detroit’s muscle car era and reshaped American performance culture. Collectors now chase those first-year cars for their blend of raw ...

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 ...

In the beginning, muscle was measured by sheer displacement. Detroit’s golden age hadn’t yet found its shape, but the air in the early 1960s was thick with rebellion. Before Pontiac’s GTO broke the ...

The Pontiac GTO was born at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds when John DeLorean and a group of engineers gathered to test a prototype 1964 Pontiac Tempest that had been stuffed with a 389 cubic-inch V8.