Every carmaker has that one last, defiant howl before the corporate world tightens the leash. For Pontiac, 1979 was that bittersweet crescendo—the final stand of the true Pontiac-built 400-cubic-inch ...

Frank Rupert credits the slick, shiny, wet look of his 1979 Trans Am to a simple cleaning routine he follows. It’s one, he said, anybody could do. LIMA – Frank Rupert knows a thing or two when it ...

14 Feb 2026, 17:54 UTC · By: Razvan Calin // The last great Trans Am came out in 1979 with the W72 V8 – the last high-performance motor Pontiac ever made; it was the model’s all-time best sales year ...

A local Reddit user recently reached out to the car community with a heartfelt plea: Help locate a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, a vehicle steeped in family history and late-’70s muscle car nostalgia. While ...

The Ford Mustang debuted as a 1964 1/2 mid-year model, to great fanfare and robust sales. Chevrolet responded with the Chevy Camaro in late September of 1966. Five months later, Pontiac rolled out an ...