One of only 2,485 built without T-tops, this 59,000-mile ’79 Trans Am TA 6.6 was the last of Pontiac’s true muscle V8s, and ...

When some underpowered car is upgraded with a suitably powerful engine, it’s very common to hear people say it “finally got ...

Chevrolet and Pontiac were both owned by General Motors until the company discontinued Pontiac in 2010, with Chevrolet still going strong today. It's not uncommon for GM to share designs and parts ...

When General Motors divisions started building V-8 engines for their cars in the early to mid-1950s, each division had its own line of engines. As a result, engines of the same displacement sometimes ...

Building The W72 For Hot Street PerformanceI have a question about the W72 engine, which I want to modify for more power. I want it to run on premium fuel and have a really good drivability factor. I ...

Produced from 1955 to 1983, the Pontiac V8 helped inspired Chevy in terms of valvetrain design. The long-running engine family came in displacements from 4.3 to 7.5 liters, but on this occasion, we're ...

Ames Performance and Butler Performance offer motor mount adapter brackets for GTOs and Firebirds that allow interchanging early and late Pontiac V-8 engine blocks with different numbers of motor ...

For the 1970 model year, Pontiac unleashed the second generation of its Firebird pony car. Pontiac’s famed engines carried ...

For the past six decades, thousands of cars have passed through the hands of Motor Trend staffers and onto our pages both in print and later on the Web as we've charted a course into the digital age.

Like most muscle or pony cars, the offerings from GM were often driven hard and put up wet. Such is the nature of being muscle or pony cars. Big engines, big power, sleek looks, sporty handling ...