The Daytona Pace Car Edition of the '83 Pontiac Trans Am is quite the exception. For the most part, chief stylist John Schnella and his staff got it right.

Scott Depew of Keokuk, Iowa, was quite content with his '83 Pontiac Trans Am until his stepson convinced him to attend a meeting of the local Tri State Street Machines club. He immediately became ...

The V6 was tuned to develop 125 horsepower, with Pontiac also launching a new 5.0-liter V8 (known as L79 in Pontiac's nomenclature) rated at 190 horsepower. The new engine option joined the Trans ...

The movie car was a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 6.6-liter V8, t-tops, and shaker hood, which had an opening for a protruding air intake, although it was only decorative.

The second-gen Trans Am initially came with the Pontiac 400 like the 1969 models and eventually got the 455 as well. Later in the 1970s, Pontiac would try a new, turbocharged 4.9-liter V8.

The buyer definitely didn't make out like a bandit on this one. A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am was sold at the Mecum Auctions event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for $440,000.

This 1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty sold for $173,600. (Broad Arrow Auctions) The original owner paid $5,567.75 and kept it for 40 years, selling it to the consignor a decade ago.

The 6.6-liter 1977 Trans Am that was the real star of Smokey and the Bandit gave the T/A a sales boost in 1978, exceeding 93,000 units, and in 1979 sales would pass that of its corporate cousin ...

The Pontiac Firebird was produced by the now-defunct Pontiac Motor Division (1926-2010) of General Motors between 1967 and 2002 as a pony car designed to compete with the Ford Mustang.