We face a conundrum with this car. The fact is, it looks just like one of the 800,000-some ordinary Pontiac Firebirds built between 1982 and 1992, most of which are remembered more for their poser ...

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 ...

The Buick Grand National and the limited-edition GNX were some of the coolest cars of the 1980s, marrying turbocharged V-6 technology with an old-school musclecar feel. But what if you took that burly ...

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 ...

You don’t have to be a big third-generation Firebird fan in order to appreciate the accomplishments of the 20th Anniversary Turbo Trans Am model, unveiled in 1989. For a brief time, this became ...

The 1980 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am certainly looks the part with its iconic screaming chicken hood decal and T-top roof ...

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 ...

While naturally aspirated V8 engines may be the bread and butter of the traditional muscle car, this Pontiac Trans Am sought to set a new standard with a turbocharged V6 and enough firepower to ...

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 ...