The GTO was the cornerstone of Pontiac performance. It was a car that created the muscle car segment and hit a bullseye with the wants of the emerging youth performance car market back in the 1960s. With GM's recent announcement of the death of Pontiac, its hard to imagine a future without GM's performance division. How the times have changed. It has  been 35 years since the original GTO was cancelled (the 2004-2006 GTO was based on the Austrialian Holden Monaro). Here's a brief look at those wonderful GTOs from 1964 to 1974. A period long gone and never to return.

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When I was a youngster Pontiac was GM’s performance division. It was hip and youthful. Owning a Pontiac meant you weren’t some regular Joe - you were a performance-oriented driver. Even the big Pontiac sedans and station wagons had a performance aura about them. And this was the 1970s mind you, a time when most automakers had abandoned performance. The Trans Am was the performance king then and the Corvette was an overpriced powder-puff.

Pontiac since its inception in 1926 had always had a loyal following. However by the 1950s that crowd had become the older frugal buying publ
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