1979 was the year when the Trans Am sales went through the roof. Pontiac shipped over 117,000 units, most of which were fitted with the L80 403 engine. Firebird sales for the year reached 211,000 ...

1979 was THE year for the Trans Am. It marked this model's 10th anniversary, and for Pontiac, it was exactly what the doctor ordered. With sales going through the roof, over 117K Trans Ams ended up ...

Proper placement of a product in a high-profile public forum can create a desire for ownership that stands the test of time. So many of HPP's readers tie their love of Second-Gen Trans Ams to Smokey ...

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 latest Detroit muscle matchup over on the Cars and Zebras channel stars two iconic General Motors products: a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am and a 1971 Buick GSX. While these two nameplates are familiar to ...

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 ...

Nearly four decades ago, 18-year-old William Leland Jr., a distant relative of Henry Leland, the founder of Lincoln and Cadillac, bought a highly well-equipped 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for $10,095. The ...

The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is one 1979-model automobile that won't be winning any "Best Engineered New Car" contests. After all, what Pontiac dealers are selling here is less a brand-new car than a ...

There were four new Dodge Darts sold in 2022, even though the car went out of production in 2016. The oddballs had been hanging around the lots for various reasons before finally being picked up by ...

Barrett-Jackson is no stranger to low-mileage vehicles, but they don’t often come with fewer than this 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Having spent most of its life apparently immobile in Michigan, it ...

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 ...