Visualize it’s 1976. Armageddon has actually come and gone. Earth is now a desolate location, full of recreation matches, disco songs, the Krofft Supershow, and also autos that have been struck with the ugly stick. Regardless of the bleak setting, Pontiac remains to produce a performance car with 455 cubic-inches.
Looking at the performance environment in Detroit, we have a Camaro that was missing its Z/28, leaving just a 350 Corvette with 180 or 210 horse power. Chrysler can do that one much better with a 360-powered Dodge Dart Sport and also Plymouth Duster that used 220 equines; mid-size Mopars provided a 240-horse 400 big-block– now, points started to get fascinating. Ford had a lot of stickers however no performance offerings comparable to the above. Additional pity goes to the folks from California who were limited from getting these.
And Pontiac? The 455 was reintroduced for the Firebird after taking a year-long sabbatical. It produced a pitiful 200 horse power, yet its torque numbers made up for it. And also, it was only available with a four-speed. In the middle of the desolation on Earth, there was an introduction of life.
This 1976 Pontiac Trans Am, one of 7,528 built, was the last of the performance cars that harkened back to another period. Join Muscle Car Campy as he asks the concern that Freud as well as others have always asked yourself: Is the 1976 Trans Am a legit muscle mass automobile?
