The Pontiac GTO is an American muscle car that was built by Pontiac in generations from 1964 to 1974 model years, and by GM's subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006.
1967 Pontiac GTO |
1969 Pontiac GTO the "Judge" |
The first three generations of the Pontiac GTO was a muscle car of the 1960s and 1970s era.The Pontiac GTO was known as the judge of all muscle cars. the Pontiac GTO is considered by some to have started the trend with all four domestic automakers offering a variety of competing models.
1970 Pontiac GTO "Judge" |
For the 1964 and 1965 model years, the GTO was an optional package on the intermediate-sized Pontiac Tempest. The GTO became its own model from 1966 to 1971. It became an option package again for the 1972 and 1973 intermediate Le Mans. For 1974, the GTO option package was offered on the compact-sized Ventura.
1971 Pontiac GTO |
The GTO was selected Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968.It was the only muscle car in the world which contained the trend of putting powerful V8 engines in its future generation modern muscle cars.
1974 Pontiac GTO |
The GTO model was made from the 2004 to 2006 model years as an import for Pontiac, a left-hand drive version of the Holden Monaro, itself a coupé variant of the Holden Commodore.It still had the modern features with traditional muscle engine.
Pontiac GTO |