Pontiac Firebird - 50 Years

Author: David Newhardt, Hardbound, 208 Pages, ISBN: 9780760350423, First Edition, January, 2017

SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC AMERICAN performance cars ever made have one thing - in common: they're all Firebirds.

Pontiac entered the pony-car market in 1967 with its new Firebird, a model that became one of the most famous muscle cars of all time.

Firebirds even played starring roles in movies like Smokey and the Bandit and television shows like Knight Rider.

In the dark performance ages of the 1970s, the Trans Am became the standard bearer for automotive performance, keeping the flame alive - and when performance reemerged in the 1980s, the Firebird led the charge.

Pontiac Firebird:-50:Years chronicles the Firebird's rich history, from early attempts to reach the youth market in the early 1960s through the potent and turbulent years of the classic muscle-car era, the resurgence of muscle in the 1980s, and the car's continued popularity as a collectible classic today.