Black and gold tend to be the colors most commonly associated with the “Smokey and the Bandit” Pontiac Trans Am produced from 1977-1978. However, the stylish Martinique Blue paint option, which was ...

The 1979 Trans Am broke all records from a sales perspective, as Pontiac shipped over 117K units. It was an amazing performance that confirmed the GM brand was doing the right thing with the Trans Am, ...

Every carmaker has that one last, defiant howl before the corporate world tightens the leash. For Pontiac, 1979 was that bittersweet crescendo—the final stand of the true Pontiac-built 400-cubic-inch ...

The original Trans Am was a mid-'69 model produced in limited numbers. The only color combination was Cameo white with blue racing stripes. The hood scoops were functional but the side extractors were ...

The 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am arrived as a sharper, more focused machine than the swaggering muscle cars that had defined the decade. Where others chased quarter-mile glory, this car was ...

The Chevy Camaro debuted in late September 1966 as a response to Ford’s exceedingly popular Mustang. The GM F-body would gain a stablemate five months later with the introduction of the Pontiac ...

The 1971 Pontiac Trans Am 455 HO arrived just as muscle cars were being choked by new emissions rules, rising insurance ...

It was the middle of the 1960s, and American car manufacturing was on the cusp of what would be one of its greatest eras. Gasoline was cheap, meaningful emission regulation was years away, and the ...

Pro Street Camaros and presto restos are commonly recognized players in the hot rod story, but rarely do you come face to face with a slice of Camaro folklore as formidable as the Penske/Donohue Z/28 ...

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 ...