Gran Turismo Omologato
Muscle mania
Rumbling machismo
Trendy irreverence
Power and speed are compelling attributes, continuing to hold an allure that stretches across the decades. Generating enthusiasm that struck a responsive chord with something particularly American, a prime motivation for marketing such fast-and-furious machines involved gratifying a sense of ardent individual freedom.
“Little GTO . . . You’re really lookin’ fine, three deuces and a four-speed and a three-eighty-nine. Listen to her tachin’ up now, listen to her whine.” – John Buck Wilkin