Pontiac GTO

type
muscle car

decade
sixties

significance

 * the first muscle car
 * competitive in the Grand National

trivia

 * Named after the Ferrari GTO, whose name stood for "Gran Turismo Omoligato", or "Grand Touring Qualified". Despite the name the Pontiac GTO was never used in GT racing.
 * General Motors attempted to revive the GTO after the turn of the millennium based on a Holden sedan, but due to bad timing saw little success as the Pontiac brand was on its way out.
 * The concept of the muscle car is often cited as "putting a large engine in a small car", but the GTO was simply a more powerful version of the Le Mans or Pontiac Tempest and was not all that small.
 * came in a Judge special edition