Top 10 American Cars Of The 1960s

March 24, 2019

6. 1966 Pontiac GTO

When production of the GTO began in 1964, there wasn’t really anything else like it. Its name still has a huge amount of resonance today, because to many, this is the original muscle car. It’s big, beefy, and ridiculously loud. Springing from roots in the Pontiac Tempest, with a name taken from the Ferrari 250 GTO, it was, and still is, an outrageous car. We’ve chosen the 1966 model in particular as this was the first year it got its own model. This was the year it got sleek, Coke bottle lines. The tailights were louvered, front grilles moulded from plastic, bucket seats were installed, and the interior’s instruments got a redesign.

The XS Ram Air package came with a high-lift cam, which helped increase power all the way up to 380 horsepower. This particular variant is hard to come by these days, as only 35 were delivered from the factory (though more are thought to have been installed at dealerships). This model year also helped GTO sales skyrocket, hitting 96,946, the most for any year of the GTO’s production.

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