Trans-Am Worldwide, the Florida-based manufacturer behind the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro-based Pontiac Trans-Am recreation, will debut its modern-day take on the iconic 1970 Chevelle SS this month.
Dubbed the 70/SS, this new model from Trans-Am Worldwide will be styled to look like the ’70 Chevelle SS, but will feature modern-day tech and creature comforts. Like the company’s modern Pontiac Trans-Am, the 70/SS will likely be based on the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro.
1970 Chevelle SS in the GM Heritage Center
Trans-Am Worldwide says it will offer three trim levels from launch, along with four different performance packages. The entry-level powertrain setup is a naturally aspirated 6.2L LT1 V8 rated at 450 horsepower, which is the stock engine offered in the Camaro, while the range-topper will be a forced induction LSX 454 good for up to 1,500 horsepower. Both manual and automatic transmissions will be offered.
Every 70/SS produced will be a convertible with an optional removable hardtop. The company says it will offer a variety of heritage colors inspired by real 1970 model year Chevelle colors, along with various modern day gloss and metallic options.
Trans-Am Worldwide founder Tod Warmack said the company will soon start work on a complete redesign of their existing Pontiac models and has now turned their attention to the 70/SS.
“We’ve been building the modern-day Trans Am for 12 years—several hundred on two different platforms,” he said. “It’s time for a complete redesign, so the Trans Am is on leave until we reintroduce the new design. We’re now focusing all of our efforts and resources on the 70/SS. The timing of this release could not have been better.”
Trans-Am Worldwide Hurst Bandit Edition
Pricing for this new Chevy-inspired model will start at $150,000 and go up from there. The order books will open immediately after the vehicle’s debut on Saturday, May 14th at 4:00 pm EST. The unveiling will be live-streamed on Trans Am Worldwide’s YouTube channel.
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The original is a tough act to follow. A modern reincarnation would be hard pressed not to be a disappointment. Unless you unleashed the GM styling studio under Ed Welburn circa 2013 to design it and even then it’d be a dubious enterprise.
Today’s gm desperately needs another Edward T.
I agree brother, GM Definitely needs to bring back the Chevelle and it needs to have the retro looks of the 70 Chevelle as not a rebadged Holden Monaro or Holden Commodore from Australia Mate.
We don’t need another restyled Camaro at 3 times the price.
For $150k I could buy a real one and have money left over.
I have a real one and wouldn’t sell it for the world. Nothing beats the real thing
I’m with you. I’ve got a ’69 SS, myself. Bought it brand new in March 1969. Just before my Uncle Sam, gave me an all expense paid vacation. My Dad drove it while I was away. He said it was to keep the “oil warm”. He loved that car as much as I did, and I still do. $150,000 for a “resyled Camaro”, is nuts. Spend that cash on a “Rest-mod”. Going this route, is nice, but for the money, get the real thing.
I’m sure that was a hell of a vacation around that time.
Oh it was! Anililating folks 10 miles away, with 8 inch self propelled Howizter rounds. Ours was called “Dear Abby” ! Wouldn’t want to do it again tho. Rather drive my Chevelle.
Just wanted to extend my most Sincere Thanks, for your Service, God bless 🙏🏽
Yes. Thank you.
This sentiment always confuses me. Shouldn’t the thanks for murdering people require that the people being murdered at least posed some threat? I mean, if I just barge into someone’s house and murder a whole family, would you thank me for my service? No. But if I do the very same thing as a soldier, idiots like you thank me. Is it any wonder the world is so screwed up. So utterly sad and pathetic. Let the downvotes begin, I’m sure, because the human race is doomed
While I have great appreciation for those that give up their freedom for the security of my freedom, Vietnam was nothing for any American to be proud of. Politicians are to blame for that, not our servicemen. It’s not like we were aiding a nation that was invaded from the outside. It was an internal conflict, just like our own civil war. So while I support our servicemen and make regular donations to veterans charities, I don’t blindly support every military order from our politicians.
The young men that got drafted and served there had nothing to do with that and they experienced and are still experiencing HELL. Our country treated them even worse on their return. Just thank them for their service and leave the rest of your thoughts in your head
wasn’t drafted,joined air force instead.saw some bad things while assigned to a fol(thats a foward operating location) was flying the 01f birddog looking for north vietnamese coming down south,unarmed ,just wp rockets to marl locations of bad guys.did not even get a welcome home when arriving back in states at airport seattle,wash.
PaulC, you have no clue what you’re talking about…and you have no business calling anyone else an idiot if you’re confused why people thank those that protect our freedoms by serving their country in any capacity…your post is an unnecessary, inflammatory, nonsensical bucket of word-vomit.
Wow….Paul C obviously a sanctimonious ,
self-righteous, condescending leftist clank. Calling people idiots for thanking our Servicemen. I’m pretty certain the people of So. Vietnam wanted our Soldiers there to kill their murderous communist brethren in the North. Wretches like you enjoy your freedoms precisely because others were willing to kill for ungrateful hags like you to have those freedoms. Kumbaya imbecile living in a unicorn, rainbow fantasyland
Schecky! You don’t know for sure if this guy’s a so-called “Leftie”! Please stick to the statement at hand!!! This is where we tend to lose dialogue…
Human race is only doomed if there are too many simple-minded stumpheads like you, a/or your kind replicates unchecked
155mm SP 13B10 here, served big sand box.
Field Artillery still Rocks. You must have trained at Fort Sill. Today is a lot different than yesterday. Thank you all, who have thanked not only me, but ALL veterans. God Bless this, still the Greatest Country in the world. Even with all our problems. USA!!!!!!
TBH, What Camaro needs is stop Weak V6 model’s and at Least put a Strong And Very Fast Engines in the Trucks. Bcuz Some them Silverado Trucks with Aftermarket parts. They BOOKIT with Power. And the Camaro is got None unless Upgraded. Don’t get me Wrong I love the Camaro Redesign Especially Since it was one Of Chevy’s Iconic Muscle cars. Plus it’s only true amazing and probably only Worthy Camaro is Hands down The “ZL1 Excorcist” Edition with Hennessy Performance pckg. Shoot most Mustangs all Come Mostly with a Standard 5.0L engine from to the Factory. Glad there are Creative, Innovative Automotive Engineers who Reimagine and build such Masterpieces. I truly Love and Appreciate there take On their Version of the Bandit Trans Am. Especially the New 454 super duty Edition. My dream car in the Modern. Which I will Love the Buy before my last day alive on Earth. Keep them wheels moving Trans Am Worldwide
Amen to that brother.
Or even better an Alpha based Chevelle sedan from a GM factory in ’24/25 for Camaro prices..
HOW ABOUT TWO NEW CORVETTES FOR THE $150,000 PRICE
TA Worldwide produces top quality vehicles that are a lot more than simply slapping on Pontiac badges, different wheels and some stickers. These cars are amazing. I actually got to see one in person and the fit and finish was superb. It is all custom work that looks like it could have just come off of an assembly line in Detroit. I also like the amount of options that they offer.
I can’t wait to see the 70/SS!
I have a 1970 Chevelle SS red with black stripes black interior. My has about 650 horsepower now but looks bone stock. Can’t wait to see the new Chevelle SS but I still believe nothing’s better than the original
Very cool. A+. Can’t wait to see at SEMA Show.
The only thing I see in these “Knock-offs” is what does it do to the value of the “real thing?” My friend has taken his 71 Chevelle and is doing a total make over. Complete with 1,000 HP procharger. I would bet he has 150K in it. I know he has 2-3 years in it, and it still isn’t done. I’m going to ask him if he would go with the new one. I keep telling him that he could buy a new Corvette and a new truck, too. He says he has a new GMC truck. “And, those Corvettes are too hard to get in and out of.” lol..
Cool but not $150,000 dollars cool… You could buy a brand new Corvette cheaper then this come on make it affordable if your going to build it we don’t need another collector car for Jay Leno’s collection! But it looks cool and the engines are nice! 👍
when the mustangs hit 80-90 – 120k…I realized tyhere is a sucker born every minute. A friend bought a 70 chevelle with a 6 cylinder and dropped a 454 in it, a 12 bolt rear end a nice set of buckets seats and his investment is barely18 k in including a nice British racing green paint job. Wake up and smell the roses boys cause we’re being taken for a ride
I have it in the rag top would not part with it , nothing like the real thing
For those that have money to burn. They are top notch builders but no retro Frankenstein when you can still find the originals and modify to very prestine high HP restomod for half 150k and have the other half as a down payment for the 23 ZO6 .
Two bad ass muscle cars in the garage next to the family moblie… opportunity to share these legends with the kids…
Yes, people will buy this , go in the hole for $150,00 , whatever, not even close to the real car
I stopped reading when I saw ” convertible only…with a removable hardtop”…
I had to look again and make sure that I wasn’t reading about another Corvette re-creation.
Not for a $150K entry fee.
Not even for a $100K entry fee…
P.S. – Those Trans Am versions were cool….
for about 5 minutes. 🙄
So 150k and only comes in convertible/hardtop… Hope u guys really worked on leak issues . Plus starting 150k n only goes up….really. I dunno man we’ll see ..
This is clearly targeting a very small segment of the market…those that want a restomod, but don’t want to put any of their own time in it, and want cost-certainty. So in this respect, it’s great.
As others have said, $150k (or less) can go a long way towards your own custom build, but prices certainly aren’t fixed, and you can blow a budget easily sometimes. If there’s parts-support after-the-fact, that also adds a lot of value you wouldn’t get on a custom build
Lastly, $150k is the starting price, so it can probably get to $200k+ quick…for me, there’s many other things I’d rather have for that $, but hope to see one at a show one day and I appreciate anything that isn’t pushing us towards electric cars.
Sharp car! As others have said NOT for 150k
Meh, owned 2 70 chevelles, in hs and college in the 80s. Rolled the first one, sold the second one. Got a 78 280Z, that was infinitely a better car. independent suspension, rack and pinion steering, fuel injection, and AC!. My first car with (working) AC. Got a 82, c3 convertible now,(custom) way sexire than any chevelle(IMO). My point is chevelles are grossly overrated, the whole time I owned mine, I wished it was something else, like a 69 camaro. So if I was going to pop for some nostalgia bs car, I would build or have built a “repop” 69 camaro. But a chevelle, not in a million years.
Not once during my ownership of an already beaten rusty vinyl topped Cranberry Red white striped ’70 SS 396 Chevelle 4-spd as a teen did I wish it was another car other than a pristine LS6.
The car had a soul. It was sex on wheels. It made me a celebrity wherever I drove it.
I remember road racing a middle-aged guy in a Ferrari just like Magnum PI’s and at the end of the run, he gave ME a thumbs up and yelled out “Big Block Chevy, man!” with utter reverence. I also owned a Rally Sport Camaro, but I never loved it like the Chevelle. The Camaro was technically a much better car, but it didn’t make me feel the way the Chevelle made me feel. Not even close.
I cried the day I sold that Chevelle. Got too greedy trying to raise enough cash for an LS6 that at $6,500.00 in 1987 proved beyond my means. Imagine a $6,500.00 LS6 today. It would be a pile of metal dust with a barely legible VIN plate and the engine gone since ’75.
I kept the Camaro. Still have it to this day. But I never got over that Chevelle. Bought a new 2005 GTO because it was the closest thing imaginable to a new ’70 LS6 at the time. After the divorce, I had no limitations and began searching in earnest for another Chevelle and found a low-mile original paint 4-spd 396 survivor in pristine condition. Best money I ever spent. I was finally whole again. There’s something to the ’70 SS Chevelle – it’s a legend far greater than the sum of its parts.
A ’78 280Z or a 2023 Chevelle SS redux? Not so much
At least with the original Chevelle SS, you don’t have to deal with a computer.
I can’t wait to see what the 70/SS will look like. I am currently driving a 2016 Camaro 2SS. I’ve had 3 Corvettes, a Firebird, a 72 Chevelle SS454 and the 2006 Australian GTO. I loved every one of those cars. It’s funny because my uncle worked for Ford and my dad was a Ford man. I’ve ALWAYS thought GM’s designs were miles ahead of Ford’s.
Another rich person vehicle.
And to think my ’70 396 was purchased new by an 18 year-old fresh out of high school. How very far this country’s fallen thanks to economic globalization (among other things).
Ou812
Keep it
Anyone have a 150k I can borrow? Inflation is killing me man!!!
Better act fast before Camaro is cancelled!
If fools keep paying these ridiculous amount of money for hunks of steel that used to cost 22hundred bucks brand new outta the show room! What it gets harder to make wheels go round the smarter and more experienced we get?? Bunch of meatpuppets with all dollars and no sence!!!! 150 grand for a chevy!!! Well I guess if you stay bent over with your pants around your ankles, your gonna get screwed!! GO TEAM!!
Agreed!!!!!!!!!
You know, dynacorn classic bodies already builds brand new 70 chevelle bodys. Call me crazy but they could build a chevelle chevelle instead of a Camaro chevelle.
I can’t think of a greater slap in the face to vintage American musclecar and ponycar fans (and Americans period) than brand new manufacturer licensed Dynacorn bodies Made in China!!!
But wait, they’re “assembled” in Camarillo. Thanks but no thanks.
Bah! Give me a 69′ Plymouth VIP with a 383, or a 69 Imperial coup with a 440…
It would be nice to have one but that tag is crazy you could find one .
Will Trans AM Worldwide be coming back with a new season anytime on Motortrend ? It was my favorite show. Those brothers built some bad ass machines.
You can bet it’ll be one sexy b*tch
Sorry but the original Chevelle couldn’t handle or compete against these custom cars. They are outdated the brakes the steering the suspension are not comparable to what’s used today. I love the old muscle cars but would get smoked if put up against one of the cars being produced today. The 60’s n 70:s muscle cars were fast but lacked today’s standards n bet your old Chevelle’s don’t have airbags no matter how big motor you have in it. Just cause it’s not for everybody cause of price shouldn’t be slammed there’s people who can afford it. Cant imagine what you people think of someone who spends 3 million on a Bugatti. They could have 40 pickup trucks or 6 lambos but they took one Bugatti . Stop hating cause you can’t afford one.
Even a base model 6-cylinder ’70 Chevelle kicked the $h!t out of a Conestoga Wagon. So what’s your point?
You cannot compare over half century old technology to modern technology. What makes these cars so desirable is they represent high automotive art within the context of their time. Enough so that Trans Am Worldwide believes they have a viable market selling new ones for $150K.
Somebody who spends 3 million on a Bugatti is shamelessly ostentatious and for the price could’ve had a small warehouse full of high-grade vintage survivor musclecars which would make them a whole lot more likeable and relatable if they’re even slightly concerned about popularity.
The overriding point is the ’70 Chevelle SS put greatness in the hands of the people. Sure, anybody with palletloads of money can buy into greatness today, but that’s the antithesis of progress. In our current demented and evermore imbalanced society, the focus is on creating high-profit over-the-top gas swilling p3nis enlargers for the Elite and pushing common people ultimately into autonomous electric ride sharing pods. For the “environment’s sake”.
This isn’t about jealousy. This is about quantifiable regressive trends negatively affecting the buying power and standard of living of everyday Americans and folks have every reason to be pi$$ed about the rich getting richer while the rest find themselves increasingly on the outside looking in. And having to explain it to tone-deaf people like you.
I dont have $hit
For sale Camaro RS Z28 1969 all documentation oh, orange black rally stripes Penske crossram
160k
We need a remake of the ICONIC 1957 Chevy
I had a 72 $$ and after seeing all the trashy renderings I might as well just sit down at my drafting table and sketch a Killa myself ! 🤘🏽👽
Too Bad We can Never Have 58 thru 69 Chevy Impala.. Not like the Modern SS Impala.. Like the Ol Skoo Classic Find or Smooth Lines or Smooth looking 63 front n Rear. Just a Remake with the Same Iconic Look. Since so many of the Classic wonders are lost to the World. With so Many few Still Remain and Immortalized in Garage warehouse or barn by our Grandparents or Parents generations.
I owned a Chevy Chevelle, 396, four speed from 1970 to 1973. It was dark blue with the same color vinyl top and a white interior. What a BEAUTIFUL car it was!!
I owned a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 with a four speed manual transmission from 1970 through 1973. It was a dark blue with white racing stripes, a dark blue vinyl top and a white interior. What a beauty! I sure wish I had it today. I would not sell it !!