Using today’s whizbang technology, Road & Track has unearthed some of the earliest mentions in the American press of some of the biggest names in motoring history. These articles reveal the origin of ...

The Pontiac GTO is a legendary part of muscle car history. By the late 1960s and early '70s, the car got some style upgrades, putting it more in line with what people think of today as American muscle ...

2005 Next Pontiac GTO revives Delorean's spirit J ust days after axing the rear-drive Zeta platform, GM has announced a promising future for the next generation Pontiac GTO. It will be derived from ...

Leno grew up idolizing John DeLorean. “When I was an impressionable 13, 14 years old, the GTO came out, and that was John DeLorean’s baby,” he said. At the time, DeLorean was revolutionizing Pontiac, ...

For his role in creating the GTO — an affordable midsized car with a larger 389ci V-8 from full-sized Pontiacs — chief engineer John Z. DeLorean was elevated to Pontiac division head in 1965.

One of Pontiac's most iconic models in its 83-year run was the GTO, which looks strikingly similar to the Pontiac LeMans. But ...

In 1961, he became chief engineer at GM's Pontiac division and introduced two popular "muscle cars," the GTO and the Firebird.

The Pontiac Banshee was one of John DeLorean's most unique concepts, but the project was killed by management before reaching production.

The company was started by John DeLorean, who had risen through the ranks at GM, where he managed the development of the Pontiac GTO — the first muscle car — and other performance cars.