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 ...

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.

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 ...

A low-mileage Pontiac Firebird with factory turbo power and rare performance upgrades makes a compelling case for 1980s ...

The Buick Grand National and the limited-edition GNX were some of the coolest cars of the 1980s, marrying turbocharged V-6 technology with an old-school musclecar feel. But what if you took that burly ...

The Chevy Camaro bowed in late September of 1966, introducing GM’s new F-Body platform in the process. Five months later, Pontiac received its own F-Body platform model, the Pontiac Firebird. Both the ...

Twenty some years after the heyday of the original musclecar era, hot rodders are once again blessed with the broadest selection of high-performance cars in history. After more than a decade of ...

The Trans Am was already the best-selling model in the Firebird lineup in 1977, but the new model year paved the way for an even more impressive achievement reached in 1979. The Trans Am was on its ...

While naturally aspirated V8 engines may be the bread and butter of the traditional muscle car, this Pontiac Trans Am sought to set a new standard with a turbocharged V6 and enough firepower to ...