Last year we titled our annual newmodel Pontiac Firebird Trans Am road test "The Last American Musclecar" (Feb. '79 HOT ROD), but ever since we've been hoping that Pontiac would somehow prove us wrong ...

Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Mustang as a mid-year model in April of 1964. The Mustang was an instant success for which General Motors had no production rival, at least not in the showrooms.

For decades, US carmakers have favored either natural aspiration or supercharging when developing engines for high-performance cars. However, during the 1980s, the rise in popularity of turbocharging ...

The Chevy Camaro bowed in late September of 1966, introducing GM’s new F-Body platform in the process. Five months later, Pontiac received its own F-Body platform model, the Pontiac Firebird. Both the ...

When it comes to collectible muscle cars, most of the big-money rides come from the Golden Age of the 1960s and early 1970s. This is because 1972 marked the beginning of the Dead Horsepower Era and ...

Pontiac earned the reputation as GM's performance division, not just on the strength of the GTO and Firebird, but for most of their models. During the Golden Age of American Muscle, Pontiac's luxury ...

Tom Sherer was only 19 years old when he first laid eyes on this black-on-red 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Turbo. It was parked in the Philadelphia apartment complex where his brother, Chris, lived ...