The carmaker is largely credited with inventing the muscle car. Even during the performance-starved 1970s, (relatively) fast Pontiacs starred on TV and on the big screen.

The all-time fastest accelerating production car in the world belongs to the HEMI-powered Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, hitting 60 mph in just 1.66 seconds and producing a forward g-force of 2.004.

It's now official that the Chevy Corvette ZR1X supercar is the fastest American production car around the Nürburgring, with a stunning lap time of 6:49.275.

More importantly, it’s 9.5 seconds faster than the former record-holder for manuals, making the new GT3 the fastest stick-shift production car ever around the ‘Ring.