GTO: John DeLorean
should John DeLorean be remembered more for the creation of American Muscle than for big money scams and novelty motors?
1965 Pontiac GTO
the Pontiac GTO was the car that introduced muscle to America
GTO: Gran Turismo Omologato
Gran Turismo Omologato. There’s something in the vowel-heavy phrase that gets the juices going.
Something in the way it rolls around your mouth. Only Enzo Ferrari could have coined such a phrase, when you think about it. 3 words. Nine syllables. A couple of generations of motor sport history.
Car culture is full of such phrases, but none captures the imagination, or has had such an influence, as the very idea of the GTO. Homologation may not be what it’s cracked up to be. Many race cars issued for the road to qualify them for a particular race formula are ridiculously impractical, ludicrously far away from the base brand they represent.
Boyhood film and the Pontiac GTO
The Oscar nominated director and his favourite muscle car
Ferrari 288 GTO
1984. A very good year.
Pontiac GTO
Another GTO non sequitur
The Art of the Muscle Car
David Newhardt has created the ultimate muscle car book.
Wheels on Reels
Jonathan Crocker on the intertwined history of cars, bikes and film
Gran Turismo Omologato
What’s your favourite GTO?