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CAT IN THE BAG (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I remember this poster when I had my Pontiac GTO.
CAT IN THE BAG (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I remember this poster when I had my Pontiac GTO.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
All we know is he's driving a Holden-badged Pontiac GTO in Austin, Texas. (Hat tip to Tim!)
The Vehicles Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By Mike Stone What makes the powerful American muscle car so strong today is the fact you can get them for a fraction of what a luxury car is priced. While some say the world is dominated by the German and Japanese cars, when it comes to muscle cars the US started the trend and has some of the biggest muscle car fans. There are always good American cars, but the problem has been options and keeping...
Dialogue...2008 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
1964 Pontiac GTO Have you noticed how the term "muscle car" is used for anything that is reminiscent of Detroit Iron with a V8, often by folks that have little actual knowledge or experience about what muscle cars were all about in the day. It gets even more interesting when "pony cars" are labeled "muscle cars". In the automotive world to this day the luxury, more expensive...
Cars review info (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Car and Driver also created a list of the 10 Best muscle cars for its January 1990 issue. The magazine focused on the engines and included: * 1966–1967 Plymouth/Dodge intermediates with 426 Hemi * 1968–1969 Plymouth/Dodge intermediates with 426 Hemi * 1970–1971 Plymouth/Dodge intermediates with 426 Hemi * 1966–1967 Chevy II SS327 * 1966–1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 *...
Straightline (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Ever the promoter, Jim Wangers promised us "a hokey little show" to accompany the unveiling of the reincarnated 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge being built by Big 3 Performance that will bear his signature. Billows of smoke engulfed a garage...
Barn Yard Humor (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Alabama Professional Engineers Exam1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum.2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard'- `66 Ford Fairlane- `69 Chevrolet Chevelle- `64 Pontiac GTO3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at [...]
Autopia (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The Pontiac GTO was the first true muscle car, a gas-guzzling, tire-smoking beast built when oil was cheap, the roads were open and no one gave a damn about fuel economy or emissions. Such a car is an anachronism these days. Unless, of course, you convert it to run on natural gas. That’s just what [...]
SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
AIS Media, Inc. announced today that the company has sponsored the #21 Matt Connolly Motorsports / Battery Tender Pontiac GTO-R and the #45 Orbit Racing DP with P1 Groupe driver Dion von Moltke & team driver Ryan Dalziel at the October 11th Grand-Am Rolex Series finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. The event will be televised on the SPEED Channel at 1:00 PM (EST).
download movies free2you (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Filed under: Classics , Coupe , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Pontiac , Specialty The Pontiac GTO is a muscle car legend. As the car that's most often credited with kicking off the trend of putting the biggest available engine in the smallest available body, the praise and adoration are well-deserved. Despite the reality that the Goat wasn't always the fastest ride available, Pontiac's performer...
Detroit News Online (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Jim Wangers didn't create the fabled Pontiac GTO, but he made it wildly popular and accelerated not just that car's sales but the entire muscle car craze. And now, at age 83, he hopes to do it again, though on a much more limited scale with the launch of the Jim Wangers Signature Edition GTO Judge.
Straightline (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Pontiac may be dead as a division of GM, but the enthusiast community will be around a while longer. Jim Wangers helped build up Pontiac's performance credentials in the 1960s, and he is the reason you know the name GTO today. Big 3 Performance has created the Jim Wangers Signature Edition Pontiac GTO, taking the original body of a '69 GTO and placing it atop a modern chassis custom-fabricated by...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Another day, another top five list , and this time we're not kidding around. Here's a question more important than "do you believe in God" to most of us: what are your top five muscle cars? Obviously, in saying "top" we're not merely looking for the "best" or "fastest" or "most powerful." We think muscle cars should be judged based on what Wert calls...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Winstons of Orangevale are the first family of the West Coast Pro Gas Association. It's a grass-roots drag-racing collective where friends and family help each other, and it's not uncommon to see a driver working on the car of his closest competitor. Mike Winston, his wife, Barbara, and daughter Apryl are all in the top five of their respective divisions in the WCPGA. The final race of the season,...