“Smokey and the Bandit” has gone down as an absolute classic film and the cars of the movie have gone on to transcend their original purpose: they are stars themselves.
For the 40th anniversary of the film, Carspring reimagined the vehicles with modern day counterparts. Despite Pontiac having been sent to the automotive graveyard almost 10 years ago, it didn’t stop artists from imagining a 2017 iteration of the classic 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
Outfitted with a classic black and gold paint scheme—with screaming chicken to boot—the Firebird Trans Am looks ready for Burt Reynolds and the hijinks associated with the film. Clearly taking inspiration from the sixth-generation Camaro, it’s properly retro, but still, it brings Pontiac’s pony car into the modern age.
We’d imagine a reborn Trans Am could be fitted with a 6.2-liter LT4 supercharged V8 engine, borrowed from the hot 2017 Camaro ZL1. The sheriff would have a mighty difficult time keeping up with the modern day, small-block-powered Firebird Trans Am.
Of course, there are a handful of companies that will outfit modern Camaros with Pontiac gear—for a price. We can always take solace in Trans Am Worldwide and its Trans Am Super Duty, which features a 7.5-liter supercharged V8 engine.
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Damn what could have been
No need to re-imagine it just goto http://transamdepot.com/ they have been doing this for years
General Motors can do this if they really wanted to.. limit it to a handful of cars and sell it as a 2018 Chevrolet Firebird Trans Am. Chevy could use the 2018 Camaro ZLI 1LE as their starting point for the Firebird Trans Am meaning it would cost a minimum of $70-75K; makes you wonder which car would get more orders.. the Camaro ZL1 1LE or the Firebird Trans Am.
GM could do this but then it really would still not be a Pontisc and it really would not be a real Firebird.
These cars are why we have no Pontiac today as they are nothing but customized Camaros.
Pontiac lost its true identity years ago a too many corporate models and even a Yoyota damaged it to where they killed it.
Many here really never understood what a real Pontiac was. It is a shame you never got wheel time in a real GTO with a Tri Power.
Hell I had some idiot here that was crying about Pontisc but did not even know what a tri power was. Sad.
Note I have a real Pontisc in the Garage so I am not anti Pontic just anti imposter.
Scott, check your writing for gds sake. As for these fake TAs, stop already, they’re Camaros in a Firebird suit. No Pontiac, no Trans Am. We were forced to hear how the Firebird was just a Camaro afterthought for 35 years while they were produced together, now we must endure these imposter, wannabe birds. Go to an auction and get a teal TA.
Andrew get me edit when I have time to see later that I fat fingered. Then I would be glad to fix it.
this is fake news
I didn’t know the political climate of an entire country was hanging on a rendered image of hypothetical Trans AM. Is America THAT messed up?
Sorry Scott, put your fingers on a diet.
I had a 76 hard top and a 77 T tops black loved it. I hate it that GM want bring back the TA or put T tops in the new camaro. Dang it