The 455 HO was the icing on the GTO cake in 1972, with the engine producing 300 horsepower (this was the net rating, as Pontiac now aligned with the new requirements in the United States for engine ...

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 ...

Ever hear how no fast cars were built after 1970? That perception existed at one time because General Motors lowered compression on all its motors in 1971, but time has a way of changing perceptions, ...

Nineteen-seventy is often considered the high-water mark of the muscle car era, but for whom? That was the year General Motors lifted its rule that limited A-body vehicles (Chevelle, Tempest, F-85, ...

A rare slice of Pontiac muscle car history is set to take center stage at the Fall Big Boy Toy Auction, presented by Freije & Freije Auctioneers. Scheduled for September 26–27 in Indianapolis, the ...

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 ...

When Tim Allen was only 18 years old, his knowledge of Pontiacs was minimal at best. He knew what counted, though-he wanted a GTO. That January, just before his 19th birthday, Tim bought his very ...

Q: Greg I would like to add a car to your list of the top 10 muscle cars from the 1970 decade. Two years after getting out of the service in 1969 I traded my 69 GTO for a 1971 Pontiac T37. It had a ...