General Motors may have retired the Pontiac name more than a decade ago, but it continues to have tremendous brand recall among car enthusiasts worldwide. From the '50s and well into the '90s, Pontiac ...

The 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 is considered the world's first muscle car. It was the first compact car with a V8 engine. Generally, these high-performance cars were developed as homologation specials ...

Before the GTO arrived for the 1964 model year, the Catalina was the Pontiac to buy if you wanted to win at the drag strip.

The 1972 Pontiac Catalina represented the fifth generation (1971 through 1976 models) of a nameplate that started out as a trim option on various Pontiac models from 1950 to 1958. Getting its name ...

Out of almost 691,000 cars assembled during the 1970 model year, the Catalina was Pontiac’s best-seller by far, with nearly one-third of total production on its nameplate. The Catalina was produced ...

The futuristic look was enhanced with a "Wide Track" stance along with a unique split grille. Both would go on to become historic design elements within the brand. To sweeten the pot further, Pontiac ...

For 1960, the Pontiac Catalina served as the brand’s entry-level model and thus wasn’t very fancy or fast – with more well-to-do Pontiac buyers being directed toward the Bonneville, which had moved ...