This is the car that launched the muscle car era and gave the Baby Boomers high-speed wingsTrivia freaks might know that Pontiacs GTO means Gran Turismo Omologato but muscle car fans know it earned its nicknamexEThe Great OnexEat a time when America built the greatest cars on earth It wasnt the fastest the most powerful or the most outrageous muscle car but Pontiacs GTO resides at the very top of the pantheon because it was the firstPontiac GTO Years The Original Muscle Car follows the rise of this iconic vehicle from the day in when Chief Engineer John Z DeLorean bolted a -cubic-inch GTO engine into a prototype Tempest coupe through the final GTO rendition in Wedding that massive V- to a mid-size GM chassis created one of the fastest production cars of the time but also made it a car just about anyone with a job could affordIt started as an option package that was supposed to be limited to units Instead word of mouth pushed sales to more than six times that many in its first yearHundreds of photographs round out this thoroughly researched history and offer insight into the vehicle that through redesigns repackages and relaunches came of age with the Baby Boomer generation From classic s models to the GTOs revival in the exhilarating story of the outlaw that should never have beenxEand will never be againxEwill thrill any auto enthusiast.
