Pontiac GTO

The GTO was a sedan marketed by Pontiac and first introduced in 1964 as the first "muscle car", the concept of putting a large engine in a small car. Basically, they were placing a big engine in a two-door car based on the Le Mans. The GTO got its name from "Gran Turismo Omoligato", Italian for "grand touring homoligated". This meant it could compete in GT racing. However, it was entered in the Grand National instead until it was replaced by the Grand Prix in the seventies. The model was discontinued after the Oil Crisis. It was revived in 2002 based on the Holden Commodore, but was quickly discontinued. A concept car had been created in 1999 based on the classic "Coke bottle" shape, but was not produced. The revived model was used in the Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand Am Cup Series (now the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge). Ronny and the Daytonas had a hit with their song Little GTO.