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 ...

1979 was the icing on the Trans Am cake, with shipments going through the roof in what became the best year in the history of the nameplate. Total Firebird sales surpassed 211,000 units, and the Trans ...

The Pontiac Trans Am WS6, the last of the Firebird lineage, is a muscle car that delivers a performance rivalling that of a Corvette. This final Firebird model, produced until 2002, is a blend of ...

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 1978 Trans Am WS6 arrived just as the classic muscle era was running out of road, yet it refused to fade quietly into history. You see it in the stance, the shaker hood, and the way the car tried ...

The cold-air induction coming straight from the twin-nostril hoodscoop, plus exhaust tuning, brings the Firebird LTl's output to 305 horsepower and 335 Ibs-ft of torque. A year ago we showed you ...

When it comes to classic American muscle cars, you've likely heard the names "Firebird" and "Trans Am." Classic Pontiacs have a well-earned reputation among aficionados of American steel and a proud ...

The Pontiac Firebird Formula is a trim level available on the Firebird from 1970 (initially called the Formula 400 at the second-generation Firebird's debut) through 1981 and 1987 through 2002, the ...

A 44-mile 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am WS6 has surfaced in Fort Myers, Florida. The selling dealer got $265,000 for it on Bring a Trailer. That sum can buy a lot of modern metal. But this Starlight ...

In the heyday of the musclecar, Goats and Birds equipped with Ram Air powerplants literally flew off the dealer lots and onto dragstrips and street-racing venues across the country. Tuners and ...