Front three-quarter. Starlight Black, and the hood tach is a factory option on this car.

1967

Pontiac GTO

The car that started the whole argument, in the year it got its best engine and its cleanest body.

What it costs

$355 per day · 150 miles included · fuel included

Collect

Return

Mileage

150 miles a dayIncluded in the rate— Add 150 miles a dayFor a long route or a two-state day$45/day

Damage cover

Standard$3,000 deposit held, released in 5 days— Reduced excessDeposit drops to $500$65/day

Collection

From the garage2461 Bellevue St, Detroit— DeliveredAnywhere inside Wayne County$120

Total for 2 days —

Refundable deposit of — held separately on the same card. Fuel is included — the car leaves full and comes back full at our expense, because we would rather fill it ourselves than argue about it.

Every figure we hold on this car.

Engine400 cu in Pontiac V8Original block, rebuilt in-house.

Output335 hpGross, as rated when new. Modern net figures would read lower.

Torque441 lb-ftWhich is what you actually feel.

TransmissionTurbo-Hydramatic 3-speed automatic

BrakesDrums, all four cornersRead the braking note before you drive it.

BodyTwo-door hardtop coupe

Seats4Lap belts only. No child seat anchor points.

Curb weight3,545 lb

0–60 mph6.6 secPeriod road-test figure, not ours.

FinishStarlight Black over parchment

Daily rate$355150 miles a day included. Fuel included.

Deposit$3,000Refundable, released within five working days.

John DeLorean's team put a big engine in an intermediate body in 1964 and invented a category by doing it. 1967 is the year the GTO got the 400 and lost the stacked headlamps, and to most eyes it is the best-looking of them all.

Ours is a black car with the automatic, which sounds like the boring specification and is not. The Turbo-Hydramatic in this thing shifts hard enough to move you in the seat, and black over parchment is the combination the brochure led with.

What it's like to drive

Long-legged and surprisingly civilised for what it is. The automatic makes it the easiest of the fast cars to drive in the city, and it is the one we recommend if you want the noise without the left leg.

The one thing that will surprise you

Drums all round, and this is a heavy car. Read the braking note on the terms page before you take it — that paragraph exists because of this car.

Take it somewhere worth going.

We keep five routes written up, with the distances, the surfaces and where to stop. The Woodward run is the obvious one. The lake road is the better one.

See the routes Back to the fleet