...looks like a Jag, 240z, and maybe a CrossfireThe Apollo GT was an American made sports car produced and sold by International Motor Cars from 1962 to 1964 in Oakland, California. The Apollo project was the dream of Milt Brown and Newt Davis, who wanted to build an American car to compete with Aston Martin and Ferrari. They did not intend to compete on the racetrack but as a street sports GT car.




Engineered by Milt Brown with styling by Ron Plescia the prototype featured Italian handmade aluminum bodywork by Corno Coachworks in Turin, Italy. A 215 cid or a 300 cid Buick engine powered the Apollo. The top speed was claimed to be 150 mph. After the prototype was completed Intermeccanica of Turin, Italy built all Apollos.
Intermeccanica made and prepared the steel bodies in Turin and then sent them to Oakland, California, where the drive train was installed. The original design had a few problems; the nose was too long and the rear vision limited, so former Bertone stylist Franco Scaglione was hired to revise the design.

Altogether 76 coupes, 11 convertibles and the prototype 2+2 were produced for a total of 88 Apollos built between 1961 and 1965. There are probably around 50 Apollo GTs still on the road which is why it is so surprising to see six for sale in the US in the same year!