Richard “The King” Petty’s name echoes through NASCAR like thunder rolling over the plains. Over 35 seasons, he entered 1,184 races, conquered 200 of them, and claimed seven Cup Series championships.

The Pontiac Trans Am powered by the 6.6-liter V8 saw its final year of production in 1979. Killed off by Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard, the rowdy Big Block T/A was to be no more.

While turbochargers are now a fairly common way to squeeze more power from a small engine, this approach was still in its early days in the late ‘70s. Due to the crisis that wreaked havoc in the ...

An extensively modified 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am with the type of performance to rival even the fastest modern-day supercars is heading to auction this weekend. This classic muscle car is known as ...

Tom Sherer was only 19 years old when he first laid eyes on this black-on-red 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Turbo. It was parked in the Philadelphia apartment complex where his brother, Chris, lived ...

The original 1970 Datsun 240Z proved Japan was capable of building more than economy cars, kicked off a 52-year sports car story that gave us the legendary 1990s Z31 300ZX, and continues this year ...

If you haven't guessed already, this is a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Turbo, and it is fantastic! However, under the hood ...

As you would expect, by the '81 model year, Pontiac had the Second-Gen styling, suspension, and brakes dialed in. The WS6 was the cream of the auto-industry's handling crop, and with a 1.25-inch sway ...

In 1980, General Motors introduced a new turbocharged V8 engine option for the Pontiac Trans Am that sought to give buyers the best of both worlds: the power of a big V8 along with the efficiency of a ...