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Old 01-12-2019, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by unruhjonny View Post
huh, I learned something new!

when the displacement was increased the Firebird's received "400" badges, I would have assumed that the GTO's would have had updated badges.
The GTO was the only Pontiac at the time that used "litres" for the engine size - as they were making a (loose) comparison to the Ferrari GTO.

The Firebird had the 326, 350 and 400 inch V8's from the start and they were promoting the traditional cubic inch size as the other models.