1963, Pontiac Creates the "Muscle" Car

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1964

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Featuring a big-block V-8 engine and a body as small as Pontiac’s midsize LeMans model, the 1964 model year Pontiac GTO set a new standard for street power and soon gave birth to an entire new market segment, still known as "muscle" cars. Shown here is the "Flamme" GTO show car.