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An original early 1969 example of the Pontiac GTO Judge is now up for grabs via Bring a Trailer. It’s a model featuring the 400 cubic-inch Ram Air III V8 rated when new at 366 hp (371.2 ps) and ...
The Pontiac GTO was the prototypical muscle car. The iconic three-letter initialism today is more associated with Pontiac than the racing category it usurped. Back in the 1960s, the GM division’s ...
One of Pontiac's most iconic models in its 83-year run was the GTO, which looks strikingly similar to the Pontiac LeMans. But ...
John Z. DeLorean, the flamboyant auto executive considered the father of the Pontiac GTO, the man who walked away from General Motors to start his own sports car company when he was on the brink ...
Back in late 1993, then-Associate Editor Jeff Koch contacted John DeLorean by phone at his farm in northern New Jersey to get his thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the GTO. Sadly, DeLorean ...
John Nolan, 63, a vice president for a steel producer from Fort Wayne, Ind., on his 1964 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was arguably the first production muscle car. John DeLorean—who later started his ...
DeLorean had parlayed his 17-year career at GM—including the creation of the original Pontiac GTO and, by extension, the entire 1960s muscle-car phenomenon, and a dramatic turnaround in sales at ...
The Pontiac GTO was conceived early in 1963 by Pontiac’s John DeLorean, Bill Collins, and Russ Gee. The trio wanted to make a factory hot rod by replacing the standard 326 cubic-inch V8 in the ...
For a brief but thorough history of how the GTO high powered Judge came into existence check out this piece by Dan Jedlicka. For instance, I didn't know the Judge got its name because Pontiac head ...
Even if you're not into cars, you've heard of John DeLorean. He's the guy who made the Back to the Future car, right? Yes. And he's also the guy who created the Pontiac GTO, kicking off the 1960s ...
John Z. DeLorean, driving force behind such iconic vehicles as the Pontiac GTO, Firebird and the DMC-12 that bears his name, led an interesting life.
NEWARK, N.J. - John Z. DeLorean, an automotive innovator who left General Motors Corp. to develop a radically futuristic sports car only to see that venture crash spectacularly as he fought ...