A specialty package for the Firebird, the Trans Am for the 1971 is a rare bird indeed. Only the 455 HO engine – representing the 7.5-liter displacement and high-output tune – was offered that year, ...

The 1972 model year represented an existential crisis for the Firebird line, and the Trans Am in particular. A protracted, 174-day United Auto Workers (UAW) strike at the Norwood, Ohio, assembly plant ...

The muscle-car era was a wild time for Detroit car makers. There was a lot of variation in performance levels, as not all muscle cars were created equal. Some were very well thought out, and others ...

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 ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

The Pontiac Firebird debuted in February of 1967, built on the same F-body platform as the Chevy Camaro, which had bowed five months earlier. The Firebird was a bit of a consolation prize for Pontiac, ...

Pontiac was a bastion of performance during the last days of the muscle cars from 1972 to 1974. While other brands made do with strangled, low compression engines, Pontiac figured out how to sustain ...

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 ...

View post: This Electric Scooter Has 'Plenty of Power' — And It's On Sale for $150 at Amazon Historically, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am raised the performance levels a notch or two over a plain ...

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 ...