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 ...

Turbocharging got to be all the rage during the mid-1980s, when fuel injection became cheap and reliable enough to become mainstream hardware. In the early 1980s, however, carburetors were still used ...

While turbochargers are now a fairly common way to squeeze more power from a small engine, this approach was still in its early days in the late ‘70s. Due to the crisis that wreaked havoc in the ...

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 ...

Richard “The King” Petty’s name echoes through NASCAR like thunder rolling over the plains. Over 35 seasons, he entered 1,184 races, conquered 200 of them, and claimed seven Cup Series championships.

The Pontiac Trans Am powered by the 6.6-liter V8 saw its final year of production in 1979. Killed off by Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard, the rowdy Big Block T/A was to be no more.

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 ...

The Pontiac Trans Am is among America’s more revered performance cars of yesteryear, particularly the second-generation turbo. But that 301 cubic inch V-8’s 210-horsepower seems rather paltry by today ...

The late 1970s were not kind to muscle cars. Government regulations, skyrocketing gas prices, and stricter emissions standards left once-mighty machines gasping for air. But Pontiac, ever the rebel ...

When some underpowered car is upgraded with a suitably powerful engine, it’s very common to hear people say it “finally got the engine that it deserved in the first place.” But what about situations ...

Vegas AUTOFEST is pit stopping at the Red Rock Country Club, September 13th with everything from Lamborghinis to Low Riders. Join as Nicole talks to JP and Romi about what you can expect and why this ...

The original 1970 Datsun 240Z proved Japan was capable of building more than economy cars, kicked off a 52-year sports car story that gave us the legendary 1990s Z31 300ZX, and continues this year ...