The base 1989 Formula engine was a 5.0-liter Chevy small-block V8 rated at 170 horsepower, and that appears to be what's in this car. A hairier version of the 5.0 could be had as optional equipment, ...

LIMA —The sales brochure for the 1989 Pontiac Firebird Formula reads, “Thunder and Lightning” and tells how drivers buying the Formula or the Coupe want a completely “distilled driving experience.” ...

The Pontiac Firebird Formula is a trim level available on the Firebird from 1970 (initially called the Formula 400 at the second-generation Firebird's debut) through 1981 and 1987 through 2002, the ...

The decades have not been kind to this once-slick-looking Firebird, but you can still make out what made it so appealing in 1989. You got 25 more horsepower with the manual transmission and the ...

The Buick Grand National and the limited-edition GNX were some of the coolest cars of the 1980s, marrying turbocharged V-6 technology with an old-school musclecar feel. But what if you took that burly ...

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One Up-WomanshipWhen Ron was dating his wife to-be, his first car was a bright-red '86 Firebird with a V-6. Of course, Jamee drove a '77 T/A with a 455 Pontiac stuffed in it. Score one for girl power.

This 1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is rocking a black over cloth configuration and was kept in storage for a total of 23 years before exchanging hands again. The seller’s family kept it under wraps ...