Rare 2017 Pontiac Trans Am Outlaw Edition Needs A New Home
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A rare 2017 Pontiac Trans Am built by Trans Am Worldwide and based on the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro has been listed for sale via eBay motors – but the seller isn’t willing to part with it for cheap.
This Pontiac Trans Am recreation was actually a promotional car used by Florida-based dealership Trans Am Specialties to promote the Alpha-based muscle coupe. As such, it was paraded around to various automotive shows and trade shows when it was new, including the SEMA Show in Las Vegas and a Barrett-Jackson auction. This being a show car, it also has very low mileage, with just 1,400 miles on the odometer as of this writing. About 700 of those were very lightly driven miles, too, and were only accumulated as Trans Am Worldwide broke in and tuned the engine.
Speaking of the engine, it’s a supercharged take on the Camaro’s stock 6.2L LT1 V8 engine and produces roughly 709 horsepower. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a GM eight-speed automatic transmission.
In addition to the engine upgrades, TransAm Worldwide’s recreation cars also feature full carbon fiber body panels, a custom t-top roof with removable carbon panels, replica Trans Am ‘Snowflake’ wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1 tires, a painted hood bird, custom stacked exhausts, Trans Am interior badging and custom retro-look gauges.
Most readers are probably thinking “that sounds expensive” right about now, and they’d be right. The dealership has this car listed at a ‘Buy It Now’ price of $179,900, although it says it is open to offers. It’s worth noting that these Trans Am replicas are officially licensed by General Motors (though they are built by an aftermarket shop) so this is about as close to a modern-day Pontiac vehicle as we’re ever going to get.
Check out the listing here for more information on this no-expenses-spared Pontiac Trans-Am recreation.
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people just need to accept that Pontiac have died and just let it go.
If [Pontiac] has died; So has any other sports car!
Indeed. A Camaro underneath the paint and add-ons. Buy a ZL1 and save yourself 100k or so.
The problem with this car and company is that it’s still a Camaro. Other than the front end and back end, the body is not Pontiac and still recognizable as a Camaro. It would be difficult and expensive for TAWW to truly differentiate a Firebird with all new sheet metal. But they get an A for effort and it looks good. The price tag for upgrading though is too much.
That company builds good cars, but that’s a lot of $$$ for what is essentially a hot-rodded Camaro. Something similar could be built by any experienced hot-rodder for far less money.
ONLY collectors would slightly want this car. By the way it’s promoted; it’s just a market sales pitch. Like other folks; i will not fall for it.
I love the look! SO Coool!! But it’s sold!
that car was undersold… it would have brought north of $200k at Barrett-Jackson
Thank GOD Mary didn’t get it. She’d have it crushed to comply with biden’s climate plan.
I for 1 will stick to my roots! Climate or not!
If Pontiac would advertise a new model w/o any promo props; i might be interested in it rather than the Camaro.
The reality the real Pontiac dies in 1979 with the last 400 Pontiac V8 or with the Pontiac Fiero that was not just a cooperate platform. Everything else was just some trim that made it a Pontiac.
Anyone that disagrees with this has never really experienced a real Pontiac. They have never driven a Tri Power or even know what one is. They have never experienced a SD or Ram Air Pontiac powered car.
I have owned some later models like there GTP and SSEI. While they were nice they were not real Pontiac cars. They had Buick V6 engines with corporate chassis. The truth is a with out the Pontiac engine in the car it is not the complete package.
Well I disagree… hard to disagree with the number of powerful Pontiacs back in the day.
I have driven 67 GTO 4 spd w/tri-power. 1-2 gear was hold on! Intimidator on wheels.
I have driven 69 GP J Auto. 30 mph punch was killer. Pimp mobile
I have driven 71 GP SJ 455 Auto. 25 mph and 55 mph punch were insane but smooth…
2002 LS1 6 spd Firebird Trans AM SLP. 3rd gear was a roller coaster that just kept going… Seat of the pants power.
2005 GP GTP 260 hp supercharged. Sleeper. Good for the time. More of a cruiser.
I miss my 1977 Trans Am. Too bad that era is gone.