@miriamo25: I keep Grand Ams alive — and in Round 8, mine calls out the one that started it all 🏁 Round 1 went to the modern GTO, 27 to 1 — scoreboard: Pontiac Legends 1, Grand Am 0. Rounds 2 through 7 (Grand Prix GTP, Fiero GT, Bonneville SSEi, Trans Am WS6, G8 GT, Sunfire GT) are still in your hands; every poll is still counting. But Round 1 was the remake — this is the ORIGINAL: the 1964–72 GTO, the car that invented the muscle car. The 389 opened at 325 hp (348 with Tri-Power); the '69 Judge's Ram Air IV made 370. Mine makes 175 — conceded, no asterisks. Money? The GTO was a $296 option package (the whole car about $3,100); today Hagerty puts a good '69 around $55,000 and a Ram Air IV Judge runs six figures. Mine trades around $2,000. And the twist: the GTO only exists because Pontiac hid that 389 in an option package to sneak past GM's own engine ban. Keeping a Pontiac alive on a budget? The guide is free, and the link is on my profile. You — the one whose family tells GTO stories at the holiday table, or the one whose Grand Am is your only car: which Pontiac is YOURS? The pinned comment is the ballot #Pontiac #GrandAm #GTO #CarsOfTikTok #CarDebate

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