There are few cars that capture the birth of the American muscle era quite like the 1965 Pontiac GTO, and right now one ...

Most people who walked into a Pontiac dealership in 1965 ended up ordering a hardtop, with the carmaker producing 55,722 units this year. The convertible was the runner-up but its demand significantly ...

The 1965 Pontiac GTO sits at the heart of the muscle car era, and nothing stirs more debate among enthusiasts than whether the tri-power or single four-barrel version is the one to own. Both setups ...

A remarkable discovery has emerged from two decades of dry storage—a 1965 Pontiac GTO that's not quite what it appears to be. Initially sold as a Le Mans with a modest 326 two-barrel engine, this ...

As Tri-Power 389s go, this one has about as good a story as they come. It was factory equipped in a new '65 GTO sold through the legendary Royal Pontiac in Royal Oak, Michigan, just a couple blocks ...

Let's get the most important thing out of the way first: this is not a numbers-matching GTO, and the trim tag tells you so. The decode confirms the car left Pontiac's Michigan assembly plant in August ...

(Editor's note: LeRoi "Tex" Smith, field director of the International Car Club Association and official club coordinator of Car Craft's new car club road test series, has had a long association with ...

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The Pontiac GTO was introduced in 1964 as an option package for the Pontiac Tempest LeMans. Imagined by a rebellious cadre of Pontiac personnel led by John Z. DeLorean, the GTO is considered by many ...