Best equipped variant of a Pontiac firebird, sharing the same chassis as the Chevy Camaro, both collectively called "F-Body cars." A Trans Am is a Firebird, but not all Firebirds are
Trans Am's, make sense? A tasteful stand-out-in-the crowd true American muscle car, for those who find Fords distasteful and Chevy's too conservative. The Pontiac Trans Am is often depicted as the ultimate badass mobile.
Trans Am's are always
V-8's (except for a few 80's 3rd gen models offered with the spectacular Turbo V-6 Grand National engine.
The best examples are the 4th gen 93-97 LT1 and 98-02 LS1 powered Trans Ams. The
WS6 Ram Air Trans Am is the most aggressively styled
road rocket to ever hit the street. For a time was the official car of the
NHRA. Often sited by car magazines as the best 'bang for the buck' musclecar money can buy.
On the road, they are imposing, rumbling, and a little indimidating to other commuters. A renegade-looking car.
Outlawish. Disobedient. Muscular styling with the power to back it up and then some.