The 1971 Pontiac Trans Am 455 HO arrived just as muscle cars were being choked by new emissions rules, rising insurance ...

Pontiac's 400-cubic-inch Ram Air engine series provided both standard and optional horsepower in the debut-edition Trans Am. Shown here in Stuart Langer's hardtop; the 335-horse RAI 11 was part of the ...

The 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am arrived with serious hardware, sharp styling, and a clear performance mission, yet it did ...

The Trans Am became the king of the Firebird castle in 1979 when it turned 10, with over 117K units shipped in just one year. Its yearly performance slightly declined in the next years, dropping to 31 ...

Detroit muscle’s golden age peaked in 1970 with cars like Hemi-engined Dodge Charger R/T and LS6-code Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454. From that point, a combination of reduced compression ratios, higher ...

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 ...

Whether it's reworking the ignition curve on a 400ci Ram Air III or cutting down the EGR tube on an LS1 displacing 346 ci, Pontiac owners love to tweak their machines to extract additional power. In ...

The Pontiac Firebird debuted in 1967 during the classic muscle car era. With Chevy releasing their first-generation Camaro and Ford beefing up the popular Mustang with a big-block engine, the pony car ...

Aftermarket performance tuner Vengeance Racing recently announced the imminent arrival of “the ultimate road race” Pontiac Trans Am, complete with a long list of performance modifications designed ...

At the beginning of the 1970s, few things were hotter than the American muscle car. These smaller vehicles packed a ton of power and looked like the coolest things on the road. From the Ford Mustang ...