The 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge occupies a rare space where marketing bravado, racing technology, and muscle car mythology intersect. At the center of that story sits the Ram Air IV package, a high-strung ...
The Ram Air IV V8 was introduced in 1969, the same year Pontiac released the Judge package for the GTO. Both options were carried over for 1970, but the production numbers for the Judge dropped ...
Before 1970, the GTO had to make do with a maximum of 400 cubes of Pontiac horsepower, and the famous Ram Air powerhouse family quickly proved to everyone that displacement alone isn't enough to win ...
What Is Ram Air Induction? In short, it is using the forward motion of the car to increase airflow due to the increase in ambient pressure. The concept of ram air is used in everything from parachutes ...
The Pontiac GTO debuted for the 1964 model year, born from Pontiac’s need to attract the youth market. Pontiac had long tied its marketing to racing involvement, but a horrific crash at the 24 Hours ...
In this spirit, the GM Design Center has embarked on a new project that will be sure to ignite interest in its own history-it's in the beginning stages of producing a retrospective book in-house. The ...
Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...