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 ...

Though, arguably, the American muscle car market peaked in the late 1960s, the U.S. government introduced new ... Trans Am General Motors, after they had been convinced to use the Trans Am in the ...

Smokey and the Bandit is one of those quintessential ... the real star is definitely his black Pontiac Trans-Am. Now, there's a chance to posses one of these muscle machines actually owned by ...

The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a turbocharged V8 is a largely forgotten muscle car today. However, Drive's Mike Musto gets behind the wheel of one to explain what makes this rarity so special ...

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.

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