Ford’s Boss 302 V8 arrived as a purpose-built weapon for road racing, yet it ended up redefining what a small-block could be on both track and street. By blending high-rpm cylinder heads with a ...

Jaguar power returns to Trans-Am racing this summer with a 650-horsepower Jaguar AJ-V8 engine, developed by Michigan-based Rocketsports Racing. A 4.5-liter version of Jaguar's lightweight dual ...

Firebird sales increased in 1974, and the Trans Am more than doubled from the previous year. Pontiac sold over 73,700 units this year, and the base Firebird accounted for over 26,000 cars, remaining ...

The Trans Am became the king of the Firebird castle in 1979 when it turned 10, with over 117K units shipped in just one year. Its yearly performance slightly declined in the next years, dropping to 31 ...

Pontiac-lover John Soliman vividly remembers the fateful day that this 1979 Trans Am becamehispersonal ride: "It was 1987, and I was going to Hicksville High School in Long Island, New York. I was ...

The Trans Am variants of the iconic Pontiac Firebird went from a factory-available performance package into one of the most popular poster boys of the muscle car era. The first and second-generation ...

Shelby’s latest Mustang celebrates the 60th anniversary of Trans Am. The Shelby GT350/TA fuses road racing performance with ...

Rocketsports team owner Paul Gentilozzi and driver Scott Pruett tested Jaguar’s new 32-valve, overhead-cam fuel-injected 4.5-liter AJ-V8 Trans-Am engine. The engine took several laps around Indy’s ...

While it is hard to beat the looks of a classic Firebird, its handling, and performance credentials are a far cry from 2023 standards. North Carolina builder Retro Designs changes that with their ...