You don’t fairly often encounter an opportunity to purchase a “new” automotive that’s over 20 years outdated, however the Barrett-Jackson Assortment Showroom at the moment incorporates a millennium-era muscle automotive with solely 2,119 whole miles on the clock, so that is about as shut as you might ever get.

Restricted-production, low-mileage, unmodified, performance-tuned, and collector-grade are all descriptors that could possibly be used to debate this particular F-body coupe. The Firebird mannequin initially began life in 1967 alongside its Chevrolet Camaro sibling; each rode on the F-body platform, and so they shared comparable powerplants and engineering all through life. By the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, Pontiac had established a status as Basic Motors’ performance-oriented model with a “We Are Driving Pleasure” tagline. (And for good purpose)

This showroom-kept Firebird is from the ultimate 12 months of the fourth technology which got here out in 1993 as a two-door liftback or convertible. Over the next decade, engineers raised the bar frequently from a efficiency and gear perspective. Most significantly (a minimum of because it pertains to in the present day’s characteristic automotive), the final mannequin 12 months of the Firebird was 2002, and your complete Pontiac model was killed off in 2010. That makes this automotive a particular discover for various causes; it caters to muscle automotive followers, Firebird lovers, and Pontiac collectors all on the similar time.

The nuts and bolts of the construct are what set it other than a up to date Firebird. This one is a souped-up model known as the Firehawk that was custom-made by SLP Engineering. SLP was established within the late Nineteen Eighties in Michigan and was the primary firm within the efficiency aftermarket to develop and manufacture an emission-legal efficiency package deal. That’s the reason the SLP (or “Avenue Authorized Efficiency”) title was coined to start with.

There have been simply 1,503 models like this Firehawk produced, and the upgraded gear listing spanned each mechanical and beauty upgrades: Included have been a Ram Air cold-air induction hood, a cat-back exhaust system, a Bilstein suspension, entrance and rear stabilizers, a rear spoiler, model-specific 17-inch wheels, and naturally, graphics. The outside and inside are a sinister black coloration, and the automotive comes with detachable T-tops if you wish to really feel the wind in your hair.

This might very effectively fall right into a class of “too good to drive.” Nonetheless, should you fall into temptation and elect to get pleasure from this automotive on the highway moderately than retailer it away for safekeeping, you’ll be harnessing energy from an LS1 5.7-liter V8 that was rated at 345 horsepower and 345 lb-ft of torque. Output is fed rearward by a six-speed handbook transmission and a limited-slip differential.

For $58,500, this 2002 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Firehawk from the Barrett-Jackson Assortment Showroom is a performance-packed muscle automotive with robust future collectability. The automotive will include manuals, a brochure, and embroidered flooring mats – all of which make this package deal deal much more interesting for the discerning Pontiac fanatic.