Who Designed the Pontiac GTO?

No one person can lay claim to the design of the Pontiac GTO, America's first true high-performance muscle car, but the concept of stuffing a 389-cubic-inch V-8 engine into the existing Pontiac Tempest originated with chief engineer John DeLorean, later known for his DeLorean sports car, and fellow engineers Jim Wangers, Russell Gee and Bill...

⌕ Ground-shaking, earth-rumbling, ear-popping and heart-pumping Muscle Cars are as American as pearly-white teeth, fast-food establishments, helicopter-filmed car chases in the news and Baywatch. And we mean this in the good way. Some fifty years ago, what later became known as the Baby Boomer generation was growing up while the American car industry was getting ready to start what was probably the best period for mass-produced performance automobiles in US history. Starting with what is almost un...
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This year the Pontiac GTO turns 50. Introduced in September 1963, it created an entirely new market segment that sparked a reaction throughout the auto industry
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