To understand the concept of the Hurst Hauler, one must understand that somebody once sat and thought that the F-Body Pontiac Trans Am WS6 needed more of an ass. And while it’s no CTS-V Wagon, it was quite the bruiser for its time, as it featured an LS1 small-block V8 with a set of aftermarket upgrades that yielded 370 horsepower. That’s a lot of output back in the year 2000, when Hurst first unveiled the car at the SEMA show that same year, with its custom Standox Candy Apple and Orange paint job. What a machine.
Well, LSXTV reports that the Hurst Hauler was recently posted on eBay with an asking price of $35,000, but the listing has since been taken down, and nobody is really sure if the Pontiac wagon sold or not. So if you’re the lucky winner, do let us know.
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Hurst shouldn’t have bothered. This thing never had an edge over a factory TA in terms of appearance.
I like it! That car was too much of a bubble-mobile to start with, that squared off back end looks good.
Put some more weight in the back and I bet it’ll do some nice wheel stands!
If this wagon was a foot shorter it would be ideal to my eye. Of course the V-8 appeals to the “sport” types. My guess is that this board (made up of car-enthusiasts) would be highly slanted in favor of V-8 power over fuel economy.
Perhaps I am odd — willing to pay a lot more for a car, but not fuel. I want just enough power for safety in merging. Brief use of battery-power for these temporary needs would seem to me to be the way to go.
If it was a foot or so shorter it would look similar to the 1970’s Reliant Scimitar.
Bring back the Aztec. All is forgiven.
I remember this car! i even had a poster of it. Also have a few HiPo Pontiac and GM Hightech performance mags with features on this car. It made the rounds at SEMA back in the day as well.
GM made two show cars based on the 1978-79 Fire Bird and Trans Am back in the 70s as well as other “Kamback” Firebird concepts in the late 80s on the 3rd gen Chassis.
A company in Hollywood even did conversions on Firebirds for a while…assuming you had more money than sense. I actually like the idea. i would have loved to have a 1977-81 T/A with this treatment! Heck I liked the Hurst Concept above!