![]() So the use of the “GTO” name on a Pontiac paid homage to European racing and sports cars. As a big, square, mid-sized American car, it wasn’t a Grand Touring car, and of course, Pontiac produced them by the thousands, as quickly as they could be sold. In the case of the big, mid-sized Pontiac GTO, the name really had no bearing in reality. The Ferrari GTO actually was a Grand Touring car and was Homologated for the street, meaning that a very limited nuber of production street cars had to be built to qualify it for a certain class of racing. PONTIAC INFLUENCED BY EUROPE Another example was the use of the name “GTO”, which stands for “Gran Turismo Obliogoto” or “Grand Touring Homologated”, which was a Ferrari model name at the time, and actually meant something. It had to be the most visually stunning production car at the time. I wasn’t sure at first what they all did, but the look was breathtaking. The stripes, the bulging, gyrating hood scoop, the fender flairs, the spoilers. 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 In Detail submitted by Richard Owen price 3 370 USD engine V8 valvetrain OHV displacement 6555 cc / 400.0 in³ bore 104.65 mm / 4.12 in stroke 95.2 mm / 3.75 in compression 10.25:1 power 257.3 kw / 345. rpm specific output 52.63 bhp per litre bhp/weight bhp per tonne torque 583.0 nm / 430. What a car! I’d never seen anything like it. I was a sophomore in high school in 1970, the car pulled up into the parking lot and a crowd instantly gathered. ![]() I can still remember the moment I first time I laid eyes on my first 1970 Pontiac Trans Am, white with blue stripes, just like the one pictured here. Many Americans were introduced to the idea, myself included, with their first glimpse of a Trans Am. This 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is such a car. SEEING MY FIRST 1970 PONTIAC TRANS AM Body cladding and copious flairs and spoilers, like the Trans Am, were new to the American market at that time, but were already well-established in Europe, especially in motorsports. Sometimes classic cars show up here at Streetside Classics that just make everyone stop and stare. ![]()
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