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 ...

The 1980 Pontiac Trans Am Turbo was the answer to the horsepower question after CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards killed the venerable 6.6-liter V8. The 301 cubic-inch V8 used for the ...

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.

The 1980 Turbo Trans Am Pace Car arrived at the Indianapolis 500 with the kind of theatrical flair that could upstage the race it was meant to lead. Wrapped in bold graphics and powered by a ...

The skyrocketing gas prices significantly impacted cars with big engines under the hood, and the Trans Am saw its yearly sales fall dramatically. After setting historical numbers in 1979 with 117K ...

Say what you want about the 1980 Trans Am, but despite the asymmetric hood design, it was a fantastic car. The Trans Am was coming after a massive performance in 1979 when its sales surpassed 117K ...

The big-block muscle car had all but gone extinct by the mid-1970s, a victim of two energy crises that sent fuel prices soaring. Stricter emissions standards and newly-effective CAFE (Corporate ...