A restored 1977 Pontiac Trans Am owned by none other than the Bandit himself, Burt Reynolds, will cross the block on Friday, April 24 at the Carlisle Auctions in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Spring ...

Back in 1977, two exciting things happened in the world of cinema: George Lucas launched “Star Wars: A New Hope,” and Hal Needham did the same with "Smokey and the Bandit." The former would go on to ...

Finally, after more than a decade of searching, I have the car of my dreams—a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, just like the one from my all-time favorite movie, Smokey and the Bandit. Nearly every day, I would ...

Finally restoring my dream car, the legendary 1977 Pontiac Trans Am! 🚗 After years of searching, I found one nearly identical to the iconic version from Smokey and the Bandit. This 47-year-old beauty ...

As far as road action (comedy) is concerned, fans of classic movies know that nothing beats “Smokey and the Bandit” for Pontiac Firebird Trans Am aficionados. But perhaps owning a ‘77 Special Edition ...

When "Smokey and the Bandit" earned $127 million at the North American box office, making it the second-highest grossing movie of 1977 ("Star Wars" coming in at No. 1, of course), the 1977 Pontiac ...

It's gone a long way, but you'd never know it looking at the odometer. What may be the lowest-mileage 1977 Pontiac Trans Am in the world will soon be making a short trip across the auction block. The ...

For many Bandit Trans Am owners, their affection for the black-and-gold Special Edition models began not in high-profile auction houses or Internet sales sites, but on the silver screen when they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The year was 1977. America had just celebrated its bicentennial birthday. Steven Spielberg had introduced us to the dangers of the ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A muscle car that actor Burt Reynolds made famous in the movie “Smokey and the Bandit” is heading to the auction block. Reynolds, who died in 2018 at the age of 82, owned the ...

CLEARWATER, Fla., June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- To help his fans celebrate the milestone 40 th anniversary of the classic film Smokey and the Bandit (the second-highest box-office draw of 1977), Burt ...

His second Pontiac was a '78 Trans Am and he did a ton of work on it, which wasn't easy since there wasn't squat for parts in the UK. His job moved him and his TA to Germany where he got a chance to ...