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 ...

When Paul Rimsky-an IBM engineer from Mims, Florida, who was contracted to the NASA Saturn V project-bought his '71 455 H.O. Trans Am new on April 17, 1971, the words "classic," "rarity," and ...

The 1971 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be backing down, yet it quietly turned into one of the most serious performance machines of its era.

It's difficult to grasp how an engine can generate enthusiastic buzz more than 40 years after its inception, but mention Pontiac's Super-Duty 455 and some Firebird fanatics get wide-eyed while others ...

With the demise of the Pontiac brand came the end of a long lineage of muscle cars. No, Pontiac wasn't offering the most exciting lineup at its death, save for the Holden-sourced G8, but history means ...

Firebird sales increased in 1974, and the Trans Am more than doubled from the previous year. Pontiac sold over 73,700 units this year, and the base Firebird accounted for over 26,000 cars, remaining ...

Buying a Pontiac Trans AM in the ’70s meant you were automatically cooler than you started off. It was the pre-Disco years equivalent of buying street cred. The Mecum Auction in Los Angeles this ...

Jody Only is an author and photographer. Within the last five years in the auto industry, she has had bylines with TopSpeed, HotCars, LSXmag, Engine Labs, Chevy HardCore, and Street Muscle. She is a ...