Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...
Pontiac was never good at letting go. Even as emissions strangled Detroit’s horsepower culture, the division that built the GTO refused to surrender quietly. And in 1975—against logic, policy, and ...
The 1971 Pontiac Trans Am 455 HO arrived just as muscle cars were being choked by new emissions rules, rising insurance premiums, and a shift toward smaller, thriftier machines. Instead of retreating, ...
The Super Duty designation dates to Pontiac's successful early 1960s efforts in NASCAR and the NHRA, but it lay dormant for almost a decade. By 1970, the division's street machines, although wildly ...
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The Pontiac Firebird debuted in February of 1967, built on the same F-body platform as the Chevy Camaro, which had bowed five months earlier. The Firebird was a bit of a consolation prize for Pontiac, ...
The 455 Super Duty engine option for the Pontiac Trans Am was a lot like General Motors’ modern-day LT4 or LT5 supercharged engines are today – it was only really ordered by those who are serious ...
View post: This ‘Sturdy’ Makita Tool Bag Is Only $9 at Amazon Historically, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am raised the performance levels a notch or two over a plain Firebird in the muscle car hierarchy ...
As the clich goes, every cloud has a silver lining and Barry Simpson's '78 Trans Am is mobile proof. Way back in 1972, Barry drove a '71 Formula 400 and was looking to trade up. He dropped in at ...
Although the 840-hp (on 100 octane race fuel) 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has been blowing up the internet, another high-powered American muscle car was also introduced at the 2017 New York auto ...