The GTO is possibly one of the most popular Pontiac cars ever made. Many people refer to it as the very first muscle car. But there are many other things about the GTO that you may not know.
• Pontiac only manufactured the GTO between 1964 and 1974. In Australia, Holden manufactured the model from 2004 to 2006.
• Russell Gee, Bill Collins and John De Lorean were the minds behind the creation of the Pontiac GTO.
• De Lorean came up with the name for the GTO, which stands for Gran Turismo Omologato. That’s Italian for homologated when racing in the Grand tourer class. It was inspired by the Ferrari 250 GTO.
• If General Motors had had its way, the GTO would have never gone into production. The management of the automaker did not want to build any performance cars or any other models that were designed to “go fast.” Before the GTO, Pontiac had a reputation for producing more conservative vehicles.
• In 1965, Pontiac sold more than 55,700 two-door hardtop GTO units. The price at the time was only $2852. More than 11,300 two-door convertible units were sold, too, at a price of about $3100.
April 29th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
damn,,,,,,,i wish cars were that muck still