The spirit of quarter-mile drag racing lies deeply connected with the values of freedom and innovation. Just look at all the gloriously tuned and modified rides that exist across the nation's ...

The third generation of the Pontiac Firebird was produced from 1982 to 1992, and the Trans Am GTA couldn’t do better than 240 horsepower from 5.7 liters of displacement for the final model year. Be ...

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 ...

Among the 1,300 classic cars heading to auction from an Alabama cardboard magnate turned serial collector lies a time capsule of American automotive ambition. Tucked among this remarkable stash is a ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

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 ...

In 1980, General Motors introduced a new turbocharged V8 engine option for the Pontiac Trans Am that sought to give buyers the best of both worlds: the power of a big V8 along with the efficiency of a ...

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 ...

An extensively modified 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am with the type of performance to rival even the fastest modern-day supercars is heading to auction this weekend. This classic muscle car is known as ...