Think about it’s 1976. Armageddon has come and gone. Earth is now a desolate place, stuffed with leisure fits, disco music, the Krofft Supershow, and vehicles which have been hit with the ugly stick. Regardless of the grim atmosphere, Pontiac continues to supply a efficiency automobile with 455 cubic-inches.

Wanting on the efficiency atmosphere in Detroit, we’ve a Camaro that was lacking its Z/28, leaving solely a 350 Corvette with 180 or 210 horsepower. Chrysler may do this one higher with a 360-powered Dodge Dart Sport and Plymouth Duster that provided 220 horses; mid-size Mopars provided a 240-horse 400 big-block — now, issues started to get fascinating. Ford had loads of decals however no efficiency choices similar to the above. Additional pity goes to the oldsters from California who have been restricted from shopping for these.

And Pontiac? The 455 was reintroduced for the Firebird after taking a year-long sabbatical. It put out a pathetic 200 horsepower, however its torque numbers made up for it. Plus, it was solely out there with a four-speed. Amid the desolation on Earth, there was an emergence of life.  

This 1976 Pontiac Trans Am, one in every of 7,528 constructed, was the final of the efficiency automobiles that harkened again to a different period. Be part of Muscle Automotive Campy as he asks the query that Freud and others have at all times questioned: Is the 1976 Trans Am a legit muscle automobile?