One weekday afternoon, creeping along in stop-and-go on the Los Angeles freeway behind the wheel of the rare and wonderful 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Trans Am that I co-owned with my wife, I ...
Every carmaker has that one last, defiant howl before the corporate world tightens the leash. For Pontiac, 1979 was that bittersweet crescendo—the final stand of the true Pontiac-built 400-cubic-inch ...
The Ford Mustang debuted as a 1964 1/2 mid-year model, to great fanfare and robust sales. Chevrolet responded with the Chevy Camaro in late September of 1966. Five months later, Pontiac rolled out an ...
The Trans Am has established itself as a permanent American icon. Production volume testifies that the Second-Gen Firebird was most popular with consumers. Its combination of beautiful styling, superb ...
In response to the wildly popular Ford Mustang, the Chevy Camaro bowed in late September of 1966, debuting GM’s new F-Body platform. Five months later, Pontiac released the Pontiac Firebird. The Trans ...
A like-new 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that that has been driven just 37 miles was sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $220,000. The car had been stored in a Michigan farm building ...
The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is one 1979-model automobile that won't be winning any "Best Engineered New Car" contests. After all, what Pontiac dealers are selling here is less a brand-new car than a ...
Mike Lane’s two-toned silver and charcoal colored 1979 Trans Am is a 10-year, limited edition Trans Am. He also has a 1989, 20th anniversary limited edition Trans Am and a limited edition, 25th ...
The buyer definitely didn't make out like a bandit on this one. A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am was sold at the Mecum Auctions event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for $440,000. The price was the ...
1979 was a great year. The Dukes of Hazzard, Mad Max, and Alien all came out, and the Pontiac Firebird and the Chevrolet Camaro reached their historical all-time highs. Both monikers reported record ...
Frank Rupert credits the slick, shiny, wet look of his 1979 Trans Am to a simple cleaning routine he follows. It’s one, he said, anybody could do. LIMA – Frank Rupert knows a thing or two when it ...
Movies and cars often go together like peanut butter and jelly, with few combinations as memorable as the black-and-gold Pontiac Trans Am in "Smokey and the Bandit." Thanks to Burt Reynolds' on-screen ...