The most famous Pontiac John DeLorean might have been associated with was hardly a groundbreaking engineering feat. Putting a big engine into a Tempest to make it go faster indeed created the vaunted ...

The early years of the 1960s were time-stamped with the mark of the dinosaurs—behemoth 1962 406 Galaxies, 421 Pontiac Catalinas, and 409 Chevrolet Impalas stomped the earth. On the dragstrip, these ...

It started innocently enough with an ad on eBay for a 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest with just 3,165 miles. With no engine or transmission, at first glace it seemed like just another derelict parts car.

Most of the vehicles in this series were built in the last 25 years, but what about classic Detroit cars that nobody in their right mind would want? The early Pontiac Tempest was a John ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Pontiac was awarded as Car of the Year by Motor Trend magazine upon its 1961 debut. Let's see if this innovative design still holds up today. Legendary ad man David ...

The TempestÕs technical innovation proved more seductive than its real-world performance. In 1960, the American Big Three (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) brought out compact cars to counter the ...

Here's a view of the rope drive and rear transaxle. While this car clearly spent at least a couple of decades baking in the Southern California sun, cooking anything soft beyond use and blasting the ...