The muscle car collectors overlooked for decades is now commanding six-figure prices.
The Oldsmobile 442 W-30 sits at the intersection of Detroit performance and modern collectability, a car whose production run was short but whose impact on the muscle era was outsized. To understand ...
Name the first three things that come to mind when you hear ‘year 1964.’ Mustang, GTO, 426 Hemi – in no particular order. Pony Car, Muscle Car, Muscle Engine – so where’s the Oldsmobile 4-4-2? It’s ...
Oldsmobile didn't invent the muscle car—that ribbon goes to Pontiac's 1964 GTO—but it didn't sit in the bleachers, either. The 4-4-2 arrived a few months later as Olds' counterpunch. Then it got ...
In 1964, the gearhead engineers over at Pontiac, led by John Z. DeLorean, came up with the idea of a mid-size factory hot rod to draw younger buyers into showrooms. They stuffed a 389 from a full-size ...
Introduced for the 1964 model year to attract younger buyers, the Pontiac GTO was born when John Z. DeLorean and a handful of Pontiac engineers stuffing a 389 cubic-inch Poncho engine from a ...