Sometimes automotive scribes have to beat themselves over the head to comprise a strong lead for a feature article. Other times one just comes to them as naturally as waking up in the morning. Then ...

Now defunct, Pontiac was one of the most successful automotive brands on the North American continent back in the 1960s. During what was arguably the most exciting decade ever for American performance ...

It was over, Johnny. The muscle car thing had run its fun, psychedelic course by the early 1970s. Rising insurance rates, falling compression ratios, and looming federal regulations effectively killed ...

The 1973 Pontiac Trans Am did not just roll out of Pontiac’s factories as another performance package; it arrived at a moment when American muscle was under pressure and somehow turned that tension ...

The 1973 Pontiac Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be dying, yet it ended up defining an attitude that outlived the horsepower wars that created it. By pairing race-bred ...

It was the middle of the 1960s, and American car manufacturing was on the cusp of what would be one of its greatest eras. Gasoline was cheap, meaningful emission regulation was years away, and the ...

Introduced for the 1969 model year as a performance version of the Firebird, the Pontiac Trans Am took its time to build momentum and really get under the public’s skin. In the first five years of ...

The Muscle Car Wars hit their peak in 1970 with the final year of full-power madness from GM and Ford. MOPAR gave it one more year, then caved to the federal emissions and economy standards. In 1971, ...