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Old 02-13-2014, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeNoun View Post
What do 1/4 times have to do with determining what a "real" GTO is? The GTO wasn't the fastest car in the world, or the fastest car in Detroit. In fact, it wasn't even the fastest car available from Pontiac between 1967-1974.

There were tens of thousands of 1964-1972 GTO's built that were slower than 1973-1974 GTO's.
Nobody stated that 1/4 mile times had anything to do with what a real GTO is. But the simple fact is that the 64-72 GTO's are perceived to be better performing cars than the 73/74's. Isn't that why the GTO (and all other Musclecars) became popular initially because of their performance??

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