Pontiac’s best-selling Trans Am, the 1979 model year, marked the departure from true Pontiac engineering, with the final 400 ...

Trans Am sales went through the roof in 1979, with Pontiac shipping over 117K units. It was the right moment for the Trans Am to aim for the sky, as the car was celebrating its 10th anniversary.

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 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 ...

One weekday afternoon, creeping along in stop-and-go on the Los Angeles freeway behind the wheel of the rare and wonderful 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Trans Am that I co-owned with my wife, I ...