General Motors (GM) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009. This occurred toward the end of the Great Recession, and automakers sought bailout money to avoid going under. For GM, the company had to ...

Some cars don't just define an era—they ignite it. In 1964, Pontiac's GTO package lit a fire that roared across America, turning a mid-size Le Mans into the Tiger that would launch the muscle-car ...

As the saying goes, “Horsepower sells cars, but torque wins races.” It’s true, engines are all about torque, and horsepower is just math based on that torque number and rpm. But it’s about more than ...

At the beginning of the 1970s, few things were hotter than the American muscle car. These smaller vehicles packed a ton of power and looked like the coolest things on the road. From the Ford Mustang ...

The Pontiac Ram Air V is a mythical engine that could’ve rewritten muscle car history, but to understand how, we must start from the beginning: Pontiac’s legendary Ram Air engine lineage helped keep ...

Introduced for the 1964 model year, the Pontiac GTO got a significant makeover in 1965. The refresh saw the introduction of stacked dual headlamps and a slightly more aggressive front fascia. While ...