The Pontiac G8 GXP packed a 415-hp V8 and matched the BMW M5 to 60 mph for just $39,995. Only 1,829 were ever made.
In the early 1980s, General Motors' Pontiac division adopted the slogan "We Build Excitement" and indeed it did. The television show "Knight Rider" turned the brand's freshly restyled Trans Am into a ...