Here we go again – back to when gas was cheap, cars were pretty, and America was the biggest carmaker on Planet Piston. Not only that, but it made heaps of cool machines every year, icons of the ...

Pontiac’s GTO began the 1970s like a prizefighter who’d gone one round too many — still dangerous, still proud, but bleeding under the lights. By 1972, it wasn’t even its own model anymore. The ...

For 1966, the Pontiac GTO became its own model instead of a Tempest/LeMans option. The GTO had its own unique, curving ‘coke bottle’ bodywork and minimal trim. With the GM corporate engine ...

First introduced in 1971, the 455 H.O. was a logical progression of the 400 cubic-inch Ram Air IV. Like the top-dog 400, the 455 featured 4-bolt mains and a cast crank, rods and pistons. Similarly, a ...

"Honey, I think I can do that." Famous words spoken by Ava Thompson to her husband, Tommy, after he had made a quarter-mile run in his 455-powered '68 GTO. After one pass at North Carolina's ...