The performance-oriented Pontiac model could also be gone, nevertheless it’s removed from forgotten within the muscle automotive neighborhood. Following up on the latest function that highlighted a pal’s 2000 Trans Am, I got here throughout an identical automotive within the market that checks lots of bins for a Pontiac fanatic.

The Choose of the Day is a low-mileage 1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am WS6 listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Portage, Michigan. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Very clear, low-mileage WS6 Pontiac Trans Am. All upkeep carried out and able to drive,” the itemizing states.

The fourth-generation Firebird first got here to life in mannequin 12 months 1993, sharing F-body chassis underpinnings with its sibling, the Chevrolet Camaro. A mid-cycle refresh was carried out in 1998 which introduced a brand new hood, a revised entrance fascia with twin intakes, modified taillights, and up to date trim. The obtainable WS6 Ram Air efficiency bundle ramped issues up one other notch courtesy of a dual-inlet hood, distinct 17-inch wheels, a tuned suspension, and naturally – trim-specific badging to indicate all of it off.

This 25-year-old Firebird reveals simply 64,686 miles on the odometer. Whereas principally inventory in configuration, just a few upgrades have been added by the vendor together with headers, a Okay&N air filter, and an aftermarket Kenwood touch-screen audio system together with subwoofers in a customized (detachable) enclosure. The vendor states that the situation of the automotive total is great, though the visors present some growing older, and the underside has some slight floor rust as anticipated with age (see images within the gallery).

One space wherein this Trans Am differs from the beforehand featured crimson one is its drivetrain: energy right here comes from a 5.7-liter LS1 V8 mated to a four-speed automated transmission versus a handbook. Some drivers favor an automated for cruising functions, and that’s fairly alright. This powertrain was nonetheless good for 320 horsepower and 345 lb-ft of torque. The vendor states that the automotive is mechanically sound: “Transmission shifts agency. Lately made a four-hour journey. Nice driving, clean automotive.”

The detachable T-tops are the icing on the cake for this already candy efficiency automotive, and the itemizing says that the tires have 80 p.c tread remaining. A pleasant smoky burnout ought to deliver that quantity down properly!

The vendor is asking $21,900 or greatest provide for this Trans Am WS6.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.