The Pontiac Firebird debuted in February of 1967, five months after the Chevrolet Camaro, with which it shared its platform. Both cars were built as an answer to the Ford Mustang. The Trans Am ...

There were over 117,000 Pontiac Firebirds produced in 1979, outselling the Chevy Camaro for the first time since its introduction in 1967. More than a few of those sold were due to the immense ...

Nearly four decades ago, 18-year-old William Leland Jr., a distant relative of Henry Leland, the founder of Lincoln and Cadillac, bought a highly well-equipped 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for $10,095. The ...

Leland, who went by Bill Jr., custom ordered this Trans Am from the factory in 1978 after his father, William Leland II, agreed to co-sign on a $10,000 loan. With that budget in mind, Bill Jr. ordered ...

Two generations of Pontiac performance will share the virtual spotlight when the Classic Car Auction Group opens its online ...

Trans Am sales went through the roof in 1979, becoming the best year in the history of this nameplate. Pontiac produced 211,453 Firebirds, and the Trans Am accounted for more than half of this number.

If you're in the market for a solid restoration project, you need to be keeping an eye on Backyard Barn Finds. Parker and his crew travel the country, taking a look at forgotten cars the owners are ...

A like-new 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that that has been driven just 37 miles was sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $220,000. The car had been stored in a Michigan farm building ...

Ypsilanti, Michigan's, Mathias Buckson parted with his Pontiac but not the way he had hoped. The young buck postponed college and worked two jobs to pay for his pride and joy, a '79 Pontiac Trans Am.

In the late '70s when Pontiac's go-fast image was filled with the gusto and glory of renegade, anti-establishment black-and-gold Trans Ams, one small-town Pontiac dealer wanted to be the good guy in ...