As you would expect, by the '81 model year, Pontiac had the Second-Gen styling, suspension, and brakes dialed in. The WS6 was the cream of the auto-industry's handling crop, and with a 1.25-inch sway ...

27 May 2024, 21:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa // A 1981 Pontiac Trans Am whose original engine has already been abandoned is now ready to hit the road with a Pontiac mill under the hood Covered for 43 ...

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 ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Bandit across different levels of condition. Edit options.

Not only the longest-running version of the nameplate, the second-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am saw the F-body coupe make a radical transition. Launched as a full-blown muscle car in 1970, it ...

In 1981, if you wanted a fast Trans Am you had to build it yourself or leave it to a select group of tuners, who hadn't given up on the soon-to-be-replaced Second-Gen platform. Among them was Trans Am ...

Pontiac has made some pretty cool Firebirds throughout the years. From its first generation and all the way to its third one, the Firebird withstood the test of time just fine. The fourth-gen? Not ...

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.

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 ...