The 1965 GTO sits at the center of muscle car mythology, and its engine choice still fuels debate. Collectors weigh the bragging rights of the factory Tri-Power setup against the everyday usability of ...

The GTO wasn’t a car. It was a door kicked open. Pontiac detonated the muscle-car movement by ignoring GM’s “no big engines in mid-sizes” policy and stuffing a 389 into the polite little Tempest.

Escalation became a familiar term in the mid-Sixties. The word stood for stepping-up—expansion, enhancement, intensification. And it was popularly applied to everything from U.S. troop moves in ...

This refurbished 1965 GTO hardtop carries a real GTO option code, a freshened 400ci Tri-Power, and a stout list of mechanical upgrades. Let’s get the most important thing out of the way first: this is ...

“Because it is a GTO.” What more reason would anyone need to own a classic muscle car? I’ll give you seven more: First-Second-Third-Fourth, and the remaining three are tucked away under the hood, ...