This eliminated the need to replace it with a new one for the upcoming model. Only One Pontiac Trans Am Used for ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Survives Pontiac provided director Needham with four ...

This image is mainly due to the car's role in the 1977 classic Smokey ... of new car enthusiasts who became instantly enamored by the idea of building their own "Bandit" Trans Am.

and the 1977 Trans Am with its 6.6-liter engine wound up being the star of Smokey and the Bandit, driving sales to more than 117,000 units in 1979, surpassing the Chevy Camaro for the first time ever.

but it became a legendary figure of popular culture during the 1980s when the 1977 Firebird Trans Am Y82 Special Edition was used in the action-comedy road film ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ with ...