Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

1971 brought little changes in terms of styling to the Trans Am series, but on the other hand, the bigger novelties happened inside and under the hood. New for model year 1971, for example, were the ...

When Paul Rimsky-an IBM engineer from Mims, Florida, who was contracted to the NASA Saturn V project-bought his '71 455 H.O. Trans Am new on April 17, 1971, the words "classic," "rarity," and ...

The 1971 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am arrived at a moment when muscle cars were supposed to be backing down, yet it quietly turned into one of the most serious performance machines of its era.