Between the Road Runner branding, substantial exhaust rumble, and special beep-beep horn, it was difficult to miss the car. Pontiac General Manager John DeLorean was on top of the situation.

Fresh out of a full restoration, the car sports its original engine, transmission, and rear, and you can see it at the GTO ...

By 1970, the division's street machines, although wildly popular, had lost their performance edge to the likes of the Hemi-powered Plymouth Road Runner. At the same time, Pontiac had learned a ...

and Plymouth Road Runner, among others. The Pontiac GTO was so famous that the brand had no trouble dispensing 100,000 1966 GTOs to willing buyers. The Pontiac GTO was not only a sight to behold ...

Automakers soon learned that the concept created another distinct market. Performance enthusiasts were willing to forego most of the standard and optional convenience amenities to simply go fast.

Most attribute the drop to very high insurance rates for younger, muscle car owners, however the '70 Road Runner outsold the Pontiac GTO by nearly 1,000 units. As for the Super Bee, it left the ...

Despite being more expensive than its arch-rival—the Plymouth Road Runner, the GTO Judge was a crowd-puller, but for only ...

Whether a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro or a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird ... there's one company that is the granddaddy of them all: Pontiac. Pontiac introduced the GTO in 1964, and it was ...

the Pontiac GTO and Firebird, Plymouth’s Barracuda and Road Runner, and Oldsmobile’s 442 all day long, but some of our ...

Rather than let the proud name become just another plastic applique on the flanks of various ordinary cars—as happened to the Pontiac GTO and Plymouth Road Runner—Chevrolet yanked the car off ...