Jalopnik: Pontiac Gto

Lexus attacks two classic cars

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:30:00 EDT

These photos of a woman in a Lexus jumping a curb into a classic Pontiac Lemans and '40 Ford Roadster during a Southern California car show prove one thing definitively: your car is never truly safe from the beige plague. But what exactly happened here? More »

Behold, the DriftGoat

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The orphaned Monaro-based Pontiac GTO makes a surprisingly good drift car. Just ask Rhys Millen. Or maybe just ask these guys. More »

How not to do a burnout, the sequel

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDT

The Houston Cars and Coffee event has had to move twice because of asshats in cars wrecking them as they leave. This moron in a Pontiac GTO's trying to make it a third move. More »

High Performance Pontiac Magazine Disses High Performance Pontiac Owners

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EDT

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High Performance Pontiac magazine might want to reconsider its implication that anyone who has a 2004-2006 Holden-based Pontiac GTO doesn't own a real one, especially given that those readers are a part of whatever subscription base they've got left. More »

Electronics Whiz Controls '69 Pontiac GTO With iPod Touch

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Dave Phipps has been building remote control systems for his 1969 Pontiac GTO for years. His masterpiece? Using a system called RedEye to remotely control the car's ignition, radio, doors and more with an iPod Touch. More »

1969 Pontiac GTO

Murilee Martin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How about a clean GTO that really does park on the street every day? More »

Did The 1964 Pontiac GTO Lead To GM's Downfall?

Murilee Martin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST

Now before you all die from brain bubbles because one of the Greatest Symbols Of The American Way Of Life is a-gittin' blasphemed, take a deep breath and hear me out. Cool as the '64 Goat was, it poisoned GM. More »

1968 Pontiac Tempest

Murilee Martin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a car that will get the Pontiac experts all excited. More »

Ten Great Cars No One Ever Bought

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Bad timing, bad marketing and bad pricing have all killed a number of great cars. With a little help we've identified these ten great cars that sold like complete crap. More »

GTO: Pontiac's Great One, by Darwin Holmstrom

Murilee Martin — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

When this monstrous volume showed up at Chez Murilee- and this is one freakin' huge slab-o-musclecar-porn, displacing 206 cubic inches- I figured I'd find nothing but pretty pictures within. Such was not the case. More »

Pontiac Is No More, But The Survivors Flourish Down On The Street

Murilee Martin — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Oldsmobile, Plymouth, and now Pontiac; this century is rough on the old Detroit marques. With the the demise of Pontiac in mind, let's check out the classic Pontiacs I've photographed down on the Alameda street. More »

The Ten Greatest Pontiacs

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:59:00 EDT

We told you months ago Pontiac was dead, but today GM CEO Fritz Henderson made it official. Now that the pointy-arrow brand is gone, we'll mourn by celebrating our ten favorite examples of driving excitement. More »

BBC Launches Classic Muscle Cars on San Francisco Street, We Cry

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:40:00 EDT

A film crew from the BBC recently decided that launching a Pontiac GTO (which we hope is a replica) and a Mercury Montego cop car off a ramp and down a San Francisco street would be pretty cool. While stunting is a vital part of every chase scene, sometimes it's a bit like knowing how sausage is made — you're better off in the dark. Even though we're sure this will be spectacular on screen, we just won't be able to shake the image of Steve McQueen ramping the bejesus out of his Mustang in Bullitt — or the tears coming to our eyes at the thought of the damage done to these two beautiful boats. [WreckedExotics] More »

Forum Fan-Boy Builds Excitement With Pontiac GTO Photoshop Of Holden Coupe 60

Ray Wert — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:20:00 EST

We can always trust the GM fan-boys at GMInsideNews to get their p-shop pens out whenever Holden drops a hot piece of Aussie 'roo tail out for the muscle-craving hoons of the world. Yesterday's Coupe 60 concept was no exception to the rule. camaro_freak, one of the Vegemite-loving forumites over at GMI has photoshopped the Coupe 60 concept in a way that builds swelling excitement in the loins of any muscle car lover — it's his take on what it could look like with the Pontiac arrowhead affixed firmly to the front. That's right, we bring you the camaro_freak GTO 60 concept. Eat your heart out "Maximum" Bob. Hit the jump to see the p-chop bigger, longer and more uncut and getting ready to drive, Pontiac, drive! More »

German Confounds Us With Pontiac LeSupra

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:20:00 EST

The immediate reaction to this article sent to us by The Bouncer was an indignant cry of 'blasphemy!' What you see above is no ordinary 1972 Pontiac LeMans, indeed this dark horse has a dirty little secret. Tucked away under that sleek hood there lies no V8 engine, not even a V6, in fact, the engine wasn't even born in Detroit. It was plucked from none other than a Toyota Supra. More »

The Price is Right Gives Winner Wrong GTO

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:30:00 EST

"The price is wrong, Bitch!" A contestant on the The Price is Right is suing the show, claiming that the 2004 Pontiac GTO she received was a lemon (hopefully, she read our overview of Lemon Laws.) After paying taxes and license fees for her prize she was told the car on the stage had mechanical problems and she would have to wait for it. When the car was delivered it was a different car and had more miles on the odometer than the Goat she was promised. And then it gets worse. More »