Pontiac GTO - car classics

Pontiac GTO

This model is often called the car, which began the war of the so-called В«strong machinesВ». It joined the body of the the Tempest 1964 and V-shaped eight-cylinder engine in volume of 6.3 liters and she became known as the GTO. Creating a new car, designers walked indication of GM, which limited intermediate model of the company the maximum volume of the engine of 5.4 litres. Thus started the trend set engines of a large volume of the cars of average size. It lasted almost 10 years, until the beginning of the fuel crisis in 1973. In GT0 there are more powerful stabilizer of transverse stability, stiffer springs, improved shock absorbers and tyres, designed for a high speed. The best of offered a choice of transmission was four-mechanical company Muncie and maximum use more power. Drum brakes were not the best in the GTO, but they can be ordered with sinterirovannoy gasket that worked a little. The biggest advantage was considered a weight, somewhere in the 136 kg less, whose most later В«strong machinesВ», making the model more high-speed.