Trans Am Worldwide is a place for Pontiac fans to take solace. If the Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am were still around today, they might look something like what the company has built in the Trans Am Super Duty, which comes with plenty of retro touches and a screaming chicken on the hood. Because of course it does.
At the 2018 New York Auto Show, the company returned with something to top its 1,000-horsepower Super Duty, however: a Trans Am drag racer with 1,100 hp. Running race fuel and adding methanol injection helped the company reach the 1,100-hp figure, according to a Motor Trend report last Thursday.
The Trans Am starts life as a sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro, but Trans Am Worldwide overhauls nearly everything to make the car something of its own. For the drag racer, the team added a nine-inch rear end, Eibach springs, a roll cage and a parachute tucked behind the license plate.
The company doesn’t have final numbers, but it’s hoping to clock an 8.7-second quarter-mile time. If not, it will absolutely be a nine-second car.
Pricing isn’t official, but the car shown in New York cost around $190,000 when all said and done, which includes the donor 2017 Camaro SS 1LE. A standard Trans Am will also cost $107,000. We think it’s absolutely worth it.
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Can we please just put the Pontiac idea away for good
Some people like that companies like this and Trans-Am Depot are keeping the Pontiac logo alive. If you don’t like it, don’t buy one. Quite simple.
Yeah, it’s time to let it go. I had several Pontiacs and miss the brand. GM ran it into the ground. Shame.
gm bring back pontiac
GM WAS STUPID TO LET PONTIAC GO…OLDSMOBILE TOO ! CORPORATE JACKASSES !
They had too many irons in the fire and were essentially competing against themselves in many vehicle segments. Look how many GM vehicles were literally the same exact vehicle with a different badge slapped onto the front.
Cobalt=Pontiac G5=Saturn Ion
Chevy Trailblazer=GMC Envoy=Olds Bravada
Etc., etc., etc..
They should have just gotten rid of Saab, Hummer, & Saturn, & Just called it a day !
The Aztec finished Pontiac. Who the heck ok’d that one?
actually the Aztec would sell great now
Yes,Thomas!…You 100% right!!
Funny thing about the Aztec, the person who designed it also penned the C5 Corvette.
I have an1988 Pontiac trans am .im having ity rebuilt. If there would have been.a 1998 or2008 or even a2018. I would purchases it. Loved those cars. BRING THEM BACK SO A REGULAR CONSUMER CAN AFFORD THEM
I just wish GM had gotten rid of Pontiac back in the 90s!
Like ’em, Hate ’em….I love ’em ! I have two, A 1975 Pontiac Parisienne (Catalina) & A 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible…
They are both keepers ! God bless.
Seeing this car is just painful. I really miss Pontiac and am really grateful for the 1981 Nascar sitting in my garage. We live in sad times
We live in great times! Pontiac is gone and Camaro is amazing!
Sounds like you have a real ax to grind with Pontiac….I am assuming you never heard of a GTO, Trans Am,
Grand Prix or “any” of the excitement cars that Pontiac brought to the table…your opinion is your opinion.
I have plenty of exposure to pontiac I’ve driven all of them at some point in my life! Pontiac was a boat anchor weighting down GM!
The one division that needed to stay was the cash cow called hummer! And now people want a 4×4 dedicated truck!
Your opinion is just that,… & ONLY “THAT”….”ONLY”….”YOUR OPINION” !
Funny it’s my opinion and where is Pontiac now?
Neither one matters.
If they don’t matter then why did you bring it up?
Where is Pontiac now? Pontiac should have been marketed as the performance division of GM. This is one of the big reasons that GM is having trouble selling sedans and coupes….another brilliant decision by Mary Barra and her minions!
Camaro, Corvette, and an overpriced CTS-V?…. That’s all you have, GM?
Camaro….boy racer
Corvette…60 plus’s reliving their youth
CTS-V…reserved for the wealthy more conservative 60 plus’s