The Pontiac Trans Am officially hit the dustbin back in 2002, at least with regard to factory production. However, that hasn’t stopped Florida-based tuner shop and customizer Trans Am Depot from keeping the nameplate alive with its Super Duty line, a modernized reimagining of what the classic Pontiac sports car might look like today. Now, Trans Am Depot has teased a new gold-finished version of the Super Duty slated to show at SEMA 2019.
Based on the present-day Chevrolet Camaro Alpha vehicle platform, the 455 Super Duty first dropped cover back in 2017 at the New York Auto Show. Now, Trans Am Depot has created a new version for SEMA 2019, teasing the build in a recent social media post. The new gold-finished 455 Super Duty was teased alongside a Pontiac Trans Am-branded motorcycle.
According to the Trans Am Depot website, the 455 Super Duty is currently sold out, limited to just 50 units. However, with the reveal of this latest gold version, perhaps Trans Am Depot has something new up its sleeves.
Outside, we find the new 455 Super Duty build comes complete with a classic Pontiac Trans Am decal design on the hood, as well as a pointy Pontiac badge on the nose. We’re also loving that T-top body style, which is made from carbon fiber and comes with tinted polycarbonate windows. The Camaro hasn’t had a T-top since the fourth-gen model, a full two generations in the past, so it’s great to see it thrown on top of something modern. What’s more, that gold paint job has us thinking about the 1978 Y88 Gold Special Edition model.
As for technical details, the previous Trans Am Depot 455 Super Duty was equipped with a 455 cubic-inch (7.45L) V8 engine based on the GM Small Block and topped by a Magnuson supercharger, producing upwards of 1,000 horsepower and 1,046 pound-feet of torque. All that go was routed through a manual transmission and Hurst short-throw shifter. No word on if this gold-finished version comes with the same engine specs as before.
We’re on the scene at the 2019 SEMA show in Las Vegas, so stay tuned, because we’ll have more on the new Trans Am Depot 455 Super Duty and all the other big SEMA builds worth covering. In the meantime, make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Pontiac Trans Am news, Pontiac news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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Wow, that’s horrible.
It really is.
Wow thank god for us Pontiac trans am owners these guy’s continuing to build these cars won’t hurt our car values, because there a small independent company that can never mass produce them. They are out of Tallahassee the 2 brothers while there shop is a good size and there products are great at least they wont hurt our cars value as they get older. Plus they want a arm and a leg for there cars.
I’m sorry, why can’t GM just print out a few Camaro-based Pontiac T/As for 60k a piece and sell it in Buick dealers?, even if it has electric assist.
One guess is CAFE
They can barely sell the Camaro. I’m pretty sure a rebadged Camaro with a psuedo-late-70s look isn’t going to help.
That’s what’s wrong with the nation “sell 100 trillion cars for $9,999 = success”, no I mean a limited amount of cars for a certain luxury price, for the Camaro please what muscle car is selling as well as it did 5 years ago?…
The Mustang and Charger are selling about the same. The Challenger is selling better.
So, all the muscle cars that aren’t the Camaro, apparently.
You mean both reduced sales?.
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/ford-mustang-sales-figures/
http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/dodge-challenger-sales-figures/
The Challenger is ahead because of constant sales, not increased sales. As for looks the Challenger draws from the 70′ model and 69′ for the Mustang, a T/A don’t have to look like a 70s throwback.
Look up GCBC for figures the Challenger only stayed the same in sales just the Mustang and the Camaro dropped in which why it’s #1, still back to my point a limited made muscle car won’t effect the vehicle it’s based on.
This concept is ugly. Pontiac is dead. The Camaro needs a redesign. Basing a Firebird on the Camaro would appeal to an extremely small percent of the population and probably lose money.
It’s not going to happen because it’s a bad idea.
Who said it had to look like the concept?, or (IMO) exclusively gas powered?, again stop it with the McDonald’s numbers sales in order to be a success. Coupe sales are still shrinking regardless but if GM can pour $billions in a Vette, why not this?.
Still a piece of sh*t Camaro. Why the hell don’t they put a real Pontiac engine in it and put a real Pontiac body on it and call it a Pontiac nothing about it’s an Indian.
Wow, right off the deep end. That’s the most delusional comment I’ve seen yet.
The Firebird was always just a Camaro.
You do realize Pontiac and Chevrolet were just GM brands, right?