The 1970s were both the best of times and the worst of times for Pontiac and the performance car world in general. The early 1970s were peak years for the high-performance cars that had been coming out of Detroit since the mid-1960s, when Pontiac, led by John Z. DeLorean, had transformed itself into a performance icon. Unfortunately, steadily tightening emissions standards, ridiculously high insurance premiums, and a problematic economy would eventually take their toll on these high-powered masters of the
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