Pontiac-lover John Soliman vividly remembers the fateful day that this 1979 Trans Am becamehispersonal ride: "It was 1987, and I was going to Hicksville High School in Long Island, New York. I was ...
1979 was the perfect occasion for the Trans Am to see its sales go through the roof. The car was celebrating its tenth anniversary, and after a rough start, it slowly but surely became the ...
This 1979 Pontiac Trans Am is a true collectible, and believe it or not, its flawless condition is not its main selling point ...
His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...
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 ...
The Pontiac Firebird debuted five months after the Chevrolet Camaro, bowing in February of 1967. Both the Firebird and Camaro were built in response to the Ford Mustang. In March of 1969, the Trans Am ...
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 ...
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 ...
As the performance-enthusiast underdog of General Motors under John DeLorean’s leadership, Pontiac was not allowed to turn its Banshee line of concept cars into production two-seaters. What it could ...
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 ...
Under pressure from insurance companies and strangled by emissions legislation red tape that strangled its V8s, Detroit had almost entirely abandoned the concept of the muscle car by the late 1970s.