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 perfect occasion for the Trans Am to see its sales go through the roof. The car was celebrating its tenth anniversary, and after a rough start, it slowly but surely became the ...

Leland, who went by Bill Jr., custom ordered this Trans Am from the factory in 1978 after his father, William Leland II, agreed to co-sign on a $10,000 loan. With that budget in mind, Bill Jr. ordered ...

When it comes to pony cars from the muscle car era, no vehicle from GM is more iconic than the Chevrolet Camaro. Introduced in 1966 as a rival for the popular Ford Mustang, the Camaro was joined in ...

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 ...

Burt Reynolds passed away last September at the age of 82. And now a number of items from his estate are set to go up for auction in the middle of June. Property from the late actor's estate will be ...

When you're a kid, the mall is a magical place where everything is shiny, new, and expensive. All these attributes held true in 1979 when an 8-year-old Rob Holtz discovered the most expensive '79 ...

From the January 1979 issue of Car and Driver. If we had a collective pinch of sense among us, we'd organize a cooperative fund and buy up all the 1979 Trans Ams we could lay our hands on, like maybe ...

A successful jazz trumpeter traded his tour bus for a beloved 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that took him 20 years to find. Joe Gransden, 53, wept tears of joy when he laid eyes on the 'miracle' car ...