Last year we titled our annual newmodel Pontiac Firebird Trans Am road test "The Last American Musclecar" (Feb. '79 HOT ROD), but ever since we've been hoping that Pontiac would somehow prove us wrong ...
1980 wasn't the greatest year for the Firebird, and the Trans Am suffered the most from the painful decrease in sales. After a fantastic performance in 1979, when the Trans Am surpassed 119K sold ...
Say what you want about the 1980 Trans Am, but despite the asymmetric hood design, it was a fantastic car. The Trans Am was coming after a massive performance in 1979 when its sales surpassed 117K ...
It was the middle of the 1960s, and American car manufacturing was on the cusp of what would be one of its greatest eras. Gasoline was cheap, meaningful emission regulation was years away, and the ...