Pontiac GTO

The Pontiac GTO was a muscle car from Pontiac manufactured from 1964 to 1974. Many consider it to be the first true muscle car, since it was the first based on a mid-size platform rather than the full-size cars that earlier performance models had been based on. The nameplate was revived in 2004.

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Muscle car - Pontiac - 1964 - 1974 - 2004

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Pontiac got the name from Ferrari's GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato). Actually omologato (or homologated in English) means that the model is truly a production car, there having been at least a hundred made — certainly the case with the Pontiac GTO. Unusually for such a Detroit marketing ploy, a conscientious Pontiac employee actually went through the proper steps to have the car homologated by the FIA, so that it was possible for the occasional GTO to compete in a European sports car race, where they made a fairly good impression for themselves considering their size and weight. The car was nicknamed "The Great One" by Pontiac, and "the Goat" by fans.

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Ferrari - Homologated - FIA

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