There may not be any other Pontiac engine that harbors as much mystique as the Super-Duty 455. Introduced in '73 as a maximum-performance effort capable of sustained 6,000-rpm operation, it was ...

The Super Duty designation dates to Pontiac's successful early 1960s efforts in NASCAR and the NHRA, but it lay dormant for almost a decade. By 1970, the division's street machines, although wildly ...

The 1973 Pontiac Trans Am did not just roll out of Pontiac’s factories as another performance package; it arrived at a moment when American muscle was under pressure and somehow turned that tension ...

Sometimes automotive scribes have to beat themselves over the head to comprise a strong lead for a feature article. Other times one just comes to them as naturally as waking up in the morning. Then ...

The Muscle Car Wars hit their peak in 1970 with the final year of full-power madness from GM and Ford. MOPAR gave it one more year, then caved to the federal emissions and economy standards. In 1971, ...

In a Tennessee backyard, the rain doesn’t fall on grass — it falls on history. Rows of Pontiacs sit tucked into the landscape, some whole, some gutted, some only whispers of what they once were. This ...

The 1973 Pontiac Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be dying, yet it ended up defining an attitude that outlived the horsepower wars that created it. By pairing race-bred ...