When John DeLorean (yes, the same DeLorean that made the Back to the Future car) dropped a 6.4-L V8 into a Pontiac Tempest in 1964, the chief engineer of General Motors’ performance division unknowingly changed automotive history by giving the world its first production muscle car. The GTO, as it became known as, was … Continue reading “Stock pony cars that don’t deliver pulse-pounding speed”