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 ...

1979 was the perfect occasion for the Trans Am to see its sales go through the roof. The car was celebrating its tenth anniversary, and after a rough start, it slowly but surely became the ...

Buried in a dusty Georgia garage for ages, a forgotten ’79 Pontiac Trans Am 10th Anniversary Edition just crawled into the ...

A factory-correct 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am WS6 in Solar Gold is attracting bidders as its auction nears closing.

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 ...

There were four new Dodge Darts sold in 2022, even though the car went out of production in 2016. The oddballs had been hanging around the lots for various reasons before finally being picked up by ...

Nearly four decades ago, 18-year-old William Leland Jr., a distant relative of Henry Leland, the founder of Lincoln and Cadillac, bought a highly well-equipped 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for $10,095. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leland, who went by Bill Jr., custom ordered this Trans Am from the factory in 1978 after his father, William Leland II, agreed to co-sign on a $10,000 loan. With that budget in mind, Bill Jr. ordered ...

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 ...