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 ...

1979 was THE year for the Trans Am. First, it reached the biggest production numbers since launch, with over 117K units rolling off the assembly lines. This is more than triple the figures recorded by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pontiac Firebird debuted five months after the Chevrolet Camaro, bowing in February of 1967. Both the Firebird and Camaro were built in response to the Ford Mustang. In March of 1969, the Trans Am ...

Mike Lane’s two-toned silver and charcoal colored 1979 Trans Am is a 10-year, limited edition Trans Am. He also has a 1989, 20th anniversary limited edition Trans Am and a limited edition, 25th ...

$12,000 $236.73/month est. This 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am underwent a refurbishment circa 2010 that involved the installation of a modified 455ci V8 and a Tremec five-speed manual transmission.

Tod and Scott Warmack aren't twins, they were actually born five years apart, but their matching '79 Trans Ams sure look like they came from the same mother egg. Tod tells HPP, "In 2005, I was looking ...

Joe Gransden, 53, a professional trumpet player and singer living in Atlanta, on his 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, as told to A.J. Baime. In the small town where I grew up—Williamsville, ...

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 ...

While the Pontiac Firebird is no longer in production, there were some Limited Editions models made during its time, but these are the rarest ones.