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 ...

Now defunct, Pontiac was one of the most successful automotive brands on the North American continent back in the 1960s. During what was arguably the most exciting decade ever for American performance ...

It was over, Johnny. The muscle car thing had run its fun, psychedelic course by the early 1970s. Rising insurance rates, falling compression ratios, and looming federal regulations effectively killed ...

The Pontiac Trans Am 455 Super Duty arrived just as Detroit was being forced to turn down the volume on big cubic inches, which is exactly why it still looms so large in muscle car history. Built in ...

Last year, a 1974 Trans Am, powered by its original Super Duty 455, and four-speed manual, changed hands at auction for a lofty $134,400. It was no run-of-the-mill used car, of course: two owners; ...

Since the beginning, terms like Ram Air, High Output, and Super Duty have been synonymous with hard-core Firebird performance. But in 1975 the Trans Am became another victim of emissions standards and ...