Firebird sales increased in 1974, and the Trans Am more than doubled from the previous year. Pontiac sold over 73,700 units this year, and the base Firebird accounted for over 26,000 cars, remaining ...
There may not be any other Pontiac engine that harbors as much mystique as the Super-Duty 455. Introduced in '73 as a maximum-performance effort capable of sustained 6,000-rpm operation, it was ...
The Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty arrived just as Detroit was being forced to turn down the volume on big cubic inches, which is exactly why it still looms so large in muscle car history. Built in ...
Introduced for the 1969 model year as a performance version of the Firebird, the Pontiac Trans Am took its time to build momentum and really get under the public’s skin. In the first five years of ...
With the demise of the Pontiac brand came the end of a long lineage of muscle cars. No, Pontiac wasn't offering the most exciting lineup at its death, save for the Holden-sourced G8, but history means ...
Introduced to the press during Pontiac’s annual model line preview in the summer of 1972, the Super Duty 455 was enthusiastically received. It had a block, heads, rotating assembly, intake manifold, ...
The Muscle Car Wars hit their peak in 1970 with the final year of full-power madness from GM and Ford. MOPAR gave it one more year, then caved to the federal emissions and economy standards. In 1971, ...
In the 1973 movie McQ, a 66-year-old John Wayne slouches onscreen with little of his former authoritative charisma. The laconic hero of many a western was ill suited to a hard-boiled detective flick, ...
View post: California Says Exotic Car Owners Avoided $1.8M in Taxes Using Montana Loophole Historically, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am raised the performance levels a notch or two over a plain ...
Once in a while we get a test car that excites everyone on the staff, a car that is reasonably priced, that has outstanding quarter-mile acceleration, that handles like a true sports car, stops ...