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1964 Car and Driver GTO Feature

The 1964 Car and Driver feature on the GTO, which included dramatic narrative, painted cover art, and exhaustive lap/acceleration claims, but relied on dealer-prepared cars and did not represent a true Ferrari vs. Pontiac comparison.

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How did the Car and Driver and other contemporary press test protocols differ, and which 1964 GTO test runs were later disputed?

’s March 1964 GTO feature broke the conventions of contemporary road testing by pairing dramatic narrative, painted cover art and exhaustive lap/acceleration claims while relying on dealer-prepared “r...