Due to stricter government regulations, the era of unrestrained factory-built performance was coming to an end in 1971. However, GM's excitement division answered with the largest displacement engine ...

1971 brought little changes in terms of styling to the Trans Am series, but on the other hand, the bigger novelties happened inside and under the hood. New for model year 1971, for example, were the ...

When Paul Rimsky-an IBM engineer from Mims, Florida, who was contracted to the NASA Saturn V project-bought his '71 455 H.O. Trans Am new on April 17, 1971, the words "classic," "rarity," and ...

Pontiac is iconic in the world of muscle cars, and some of the brand's rarest vehicles can fetch very high prices. In fact, ...

The Pontiac 455 H.O. sits at the crossroads of cubic-inch excess and the first real wave of emissions-era compromise, which is exactly why collectors obsess over when it was built and what those cars ...

The muscle-car era was a wild time for Detroit car makers. There was a lot of variation in performance levels, as not all muscle cars were created equal. Some were very well thought out, and others ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...