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 ...

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

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 ...

A California-built 1979 Pontiac Trans Am reemerges in white with black graphics, upgraded with a cammed 455 V8 engine.

Pontiac's days of building excitement are long gone, though they arguably faded into the sunset long before the division was axed in 2009. Yet, classic Pontiac cars still remind us of the days before ...

$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.

Modified 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 455 V8, refreshed interior, and white finish heads to auction in Illinois.

Chevrolet rolled out the 1967 Chevy Camaro in late September 1966 in response to the exceedingly successful Ford Mustang. Five months later, Pontiac got an F-body car of its own in the 1967 Pontiac ...

Like most good stories this one starts out with the dreams and longings of a kid. When we're young, before the realities of life beat the innocence out of us, we see nothing but a world of ...

Proper placement of a product in a high-profile public forum can create a desire for ownership that stands the test of time. So many of HPP's readers tie their love of Second-Gen Trans Ams to Smokey ...

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, ...