Wanting to avoid internal competition with the Euro styled Pontiac Grand Am and looking for an entry into the compact muscle market, Pontiac moved the 1974 GTO option to the compact Pontiac Ventura. Sales improved over the 1973 model year to 7,058 units, but not enough to justify continuing the GTO option package, and Motor Trend could muster only 9.5 seconds to 60 miles per hour in its February 1974 test. Problems that year included an oil embargo and gas rationing.
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Source Wikipedia: Pontiac (automobile)Lead paragraph, ownertier 2Quote, Lead paragraph, owner
was an American automobile brand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors
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the 1974 GTO option to the compact
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the 1974 GTO option to the compact
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Pontiac, formally the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors, was an American automobile brand owned, manufactured, and commercialized by General Motors.
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