The 1976 Pontiac Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be finished, choked by emissions rules and ...

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 ...

The Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty arrived just as Detroit was being forced to turn down the volume on big cubic inches, ...

Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

The Trans Am variants of the iconic Pontiac Firebird went from a factory-available performance package into one of the most popular poster boys of the muscle car era. The first and second-generation ...

The original Trans Am was a mid-'69 model produced in limited numbers. The only color combination was Cameo white with blue racing stripes. The hood scoops were functional but the side extractors were ...

While it is hard to beat the looks of a classic Firebird, its handling, and performance credentials are a far cry from 2023 standards. North Carolina builder Retro Designs changes that with their ...

Back in 1978, Herb Adams, the Pontiac legend who by then was an integral part of Pontiac's Advanced Design group, helped introduce the world to the WS6 Trans Am Special Performance package. For a mere ...

At the beginning of the 1970s, few things were hotter than the American muscle car. These smaller vehicles packed a ton of power and looked like the coolest things on the road. From the Ford Mustang ...

Jody Only is an author and photographer. Within the last five years in the auto industry, she has had bylines with TopSpeed, HotCars, LSXmag, Engine Labs, Chevy HardCore, and Street Muscle. She is a ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...