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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- On my way into Menards home improvement store, my wife and I saw what we thought was a new Pontiac Firebird TransAm! My first car as a teenager was a 1971 Pontiac Firebird with a V8 and I thought wouldn't that be a blast to book-end my car ownership life with a new Pontiac Firebird if Pontiac is indeed coming back. I saw the car TH-camrs speculating a few months ago about the Car and Driver magazine full-page advertisement eluding to GM exploring the interest in bringing the Pontiac brand back as well as the Firebird TransAm. So I couldn't help but wonder if this was another gorilla marketing ploy by GM to capture public's reaction...I've known GM to do just such antics in their distant past so it didn't seem implausible.
Alas, upon awaiting the owner to walk up to his car, I inquired about his ride and he shared it was a kit car from a place in Dearborn, Michigan. He didn't elaborate and didn't seem overly talkative so my wife and I deflated, went on with our home improvement shopping. I couldn't stop thinking about it and when we got home, I surfed the interweb to find what I think is the kit once sold to convert Chevrolet Camaros into wannabe Pontiac Firebird TransAms. Definitely not the same thing as a factory-made, Pontiac brand comeback of a classic muscle car but if one has that kind of disposable income then I suppose to each their own. Oh come on GM, you could make a killing if you brought back this classic but also kept it simple, straight-forward and decently-priced but we we know that would never happen and these things would likely be outlandishly-priced like all new cars today...who'd have thought we'd wish for simply owning a new car at all these days let alone what used to be the working man's sports coupe! It just doesn't seem that long ago...Dream-on boys and girls, dream-on...
Woodward Speed Shop ZTA Trans Am Conversion Kit:
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looks like something from the movie, corvette summer
Hmmm...now that you mention it I can see what you mean looking like that red Stingray from that movie 👍
I thought Trans Ams and Firebirds were still made, but in a facility separate from the main GM plant, sort of like Dodge did with the Ram.
Sadly, GM eliminated the Pontiac brand back during the financial crisis in 2008 when General Motors became "Government Motors" when they ran themselves out of business and had to take a U.S. tax-payer bail-out to restructure. Sadly, Firebird last rolled off the assembly line in 2002 so over two decades without the "Screaming Chicken" TransAm grumbling out of the factory. I like the Chevy Camaro but I always liked the front-ends on Firebirds and TransAms better.
@@WorksIRL I also liked the looks of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. They were basically the same car, but it was sort of sad to see them discontinued.
I liked those, too! I grew up and lived first part of my life in Metro Detroit Area of Michigan where you often see new models being driven by engineers before they'd hit showroom floors. One of our family was a GM engineer and drove a Pontiac Solstice long before it was released. Such a sweet car with a manual shift making for fun drives on a warm Summer night 👍
@@WorksIRL I knew someone who owned the Solstice, and I worked with someone who owned the Sky.
You literally couldn't tell them apart, but they were cool looking cars. Rear wheel drive roadsters seem to be a thing of the past, unless you can afford a Corvette.
@@DiligentDave1966 I haven't checked recently but maybe Mazda Miata/MX5 may still be rear-wheel drive convertible roadster...may even still offer it in a stick-shift/manual transmission, too. Again, that may have been stopped. Not the most "manly-looking" sports car but I always liked them...I sat in one at the Detroit North American Auto Show at least 2-3 decades ago and it was like putting on a perfectly-fitting glove...just wrapped around you and felt like it was part of you...seemed like it could be a very fun car those little Miatas!