Half the crowd cheers, half winces — and both sides have a point.

Most hobbyists consider the GTO the vehicle that launched the musclecar era. Its recipe of a large-displacement engine in a relatively small body was an immediate success, and most other manufacturers ...

Pete's "Le Goat" cost around $5000 to build: $600 for the car, $600 for the front skin, $1000 for the engine, $1000 for paint, $800 for wheels and tires, $500 for the diff, $200 for the trans, and ...

No name in the muscle car world carries the same weight as the Pontiac GTO. While there’s debate over whether or not it was the first muscle car, it’s definitely the car that really kick-started the ...