Pontiac GTO

The Pontiac GTO was a performance sedan first marketed in 1964 as a trim of the Pontiac Le Mans. It was conceived as putting a large engine in a small car, thus creating the "muscle car" concept. It was a success and spawned a craze that lasted until the Oil Crisis of 1973 which killed the performance car. The GTO competed in the Grand National alongside the Le Mans and Tempest on which it had been based. The model was revived in 2002 based on the Holden Commodore, a previously Australian-exclusive performance coupe. The car was initially successful, even competing in the Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand Am Cup Series. However, it was discontinued upon Pontiac's demise only a few years later. Cars in the Rolex Series based on the GTO were reworked into Chevrolet Camaros. In the late sixties a special edition was introduced called The Judge. The GTO was also used in the Speed World Challenge. A GTO concept had previously been shown in 1999 but not produced.