The big news in 1981 for Pontiac Trans Am buyers was the introduction of the Daytona Pace Car edition. This new model sported limited-edition black graphics, a blacked-out roof, Recaro seats, and red ...

The last year of the second-generation Firebird didn't bring good news from a sales perspective, with the Trans Am declining significantly. After the 1979 sales record, when Pontiac shipped over 117K ...

In 1981, if you wanted a fast Trans Am you had to build it yourself or leave it to a select group of tuners, who hadn't given up on the soon-to-be-replaced Second-Gen platform. Among them was Trans Am ...