Pontiac's term for building performance cars most noticeably began with the birth of the GTO. Muscle machine enthusiasts repeatedly dream of the 1967 Pontiac GTO the grandfather of all muscle cars. Fourty caducity next, Pontiac reincarnated the account by introducing the G8 GT sedan.
GTO History
John Delorean, of the famed Delorean sports cars, drove the evolving of the GTO alpha in 1964. According to ConceptCarz, "Pontiac offered a combination of 389 cubic-inch engines in their midsize Tempest edge and called it a GTO." The GTO parcel besides featured a figure of performance and cosmetic upgrades. The Pontiac GTO was not the fundamental muscle van, nevertheless it was the fundamental midsize vehivle to get a V8, providing more select velocity and performance than larger vehicles.
Delorean had taken the GTO head from Ferrari's 250 GTO. As Edmunds explains, "Those three vaunted letters stood for "Gran Turismo Omologato," which translates to "Grand Touring Homologation," indicating an adeptness to contest in multiple competitions.
G8 History
After dotage of producing front-wheel-drive automobiles, Popular Motors brought back a rear-wheel-drive sports van in the 2007 Pontiac G8 GT. The tight-looking mould rippled with smooth curves along the item, revealing that muscle flexed below the surface. The front deadline and hood vents suggested heredity to the legendary '67 GTO.
Body Styles
The one shot noticable changes to the GTO were a different mesh grille and two sets of four tail lights in a signature arrangement. Antique Coerce further paper money that "Look-alike pin stripes along the upper beltline and item side accent mouldings were slightly revised."ConceptCarz sites that "the 1967 GTO is considered by many GTO enthusiasts to be the 'best-looking' and most desirable of all GTOs."Both the 1967 GTO and the 2009 G8 GT oppose designs varied minor from the preceding oldness. The G8 remained a four-door sedan. The GTO again shared the protest styles of the Tempest and LeMans and was single available in two-door models with choices of coupe, hardtop or convertible.
Engine and Performance
The 2009 Pontiac G8 GT was offered with lone the 6.0-liter V8 engine, with 361 horsepower with the engine turning 5,300 revolutions per minute. Pontiac gave consumers four variations of ability on the 400-cubic-inch V8 for the 1967 GTO. Options included the Ram Air providing up to 360 bhp, or the horsepower that is Last of all delivered to the wheels and 5,100 rpm.
A large alternate for the1967 Pontiac GTO affected the competency prepatent. ConceptCarz explains that "a GM corporate Broad direction prohibited multi-carburetor engines, apart from for the Corvette, so the Tri-Power was no longer available." The website further cites that a loss of power was averted by boring out the 389 to a 400-cubic-inch engine. Sales were helped by adding Rally II wheels and a new three-speed automatic transmission and of a '67 GTO starring as the Monkeemobile on the television show "The Monkees."
Power Down
According to the Pontiac website, the G8 is no longer be in production, as General Motors puts the Pontiac brand to pasture. In an April 2009 article regarding GM's restructuring plans, CNN Money recalls Pontiac as GM's "excitement division" and notes that "the idea of Pontiac as a performance brand was solidified in 1964 with the creation of the Pontiac Tempest LeMans GTO. That car quickly evolved into, simply, the GTO and is often credited with creating a new class of American car, the muscle car."
