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1972 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455 H.O., note honeycomb grille. During a 1972 strike, the Firebird (and the similar F-body Camaro) were nearly dropped. [24] The 1972 model year saw minor cosmetic changes. A difference that differentiates a 1972 Firebird from the other 1970-73 Firebirds is the hexagonal honeycomb grille insert on the nose of the ...
1981 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am. 1981 became the final year for the second generation Pontiac Firebird. The three engine options were unchanged for the model line-up, however, the option for a four-speed Borg Warner Super T-10 was re-introduced for the Formula and Trans Am, but was only available with the Chevrolet sourced LG4 305 5.0 ...
Van Nuys Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Van Nuys, California.The plant opened in 1947 producing Chevrolet Advance Design trucks. Later it would produce several different models including Chevrolet full-size (Caprice, Impala, etc.), Chevrolet Corvair, Chevrolet Greenbrier, Chevrolet Chevelle, Chevrolet Nova / Buick Apollo / Oldsmobile Omega / Pontiac Ventura, and Chevrolet ...
1970–1977 Ford Maverick and Mercury Comet; 1970–1975 Mitsubishi Galant GTO; 1970–1981 Pontiac Firebird; 1970–1976 Volkswagen TL (Brazil) 1970–1975 Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia TC (Brazil) 1971–1977 Chevrolet Vega; 1971–1980 Ford Pinto; 1971–1973 Buick Riviera (Bottail Fastback) 1971–1988 Chevrolet Opala ; 1972–1973 Aston Martin ...
This variant of the Camaro was included in Time magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time"; Dan Neil said of it, "As the base engine for the redesigned 1982 Camaro (and Pontiac Firebird), the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder “Iron Duke” was the smallest, least powerful, most un-Camaro-like engine that could be and, like the California ...
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The Firebird would retain hidden headlamps until the end of all production in 2002. Pontiac had also hoped to drop the "Trans Am" moniker from the redesigned cars to save royalties paid to the SCCA for use of the name. Early promotional cars were marked "T/A" as an alternative, however it was decided that doing so might cause more problems than ...
The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.