Still Smok(ey)in’ – Year One Readying 30th Anniversary Bandit TransAms
In our April issue, we commissioned our automotive computer rendering guru Poblete to work up some tasty "What If" Pontiac Firebird impressions based upon General Motors’ forthcoming Zeta-platform 2009 Camaro. The capable artist even went so far as to include a subtle homage to Burt Reynolds, he of Smokey and the Bandit fame.
Well, it would seem that ol’ Burt is more than a little interested in furthering the Trans Am’s legend, as an item in the June issue Hot Rod Magazine indicates that he’s linked arms with retro rod experts Year One to celebrate SatB’s 30th anniversary with a series of updated late-Seventies Pontiacs.
The tastefully updated Screaming Chickens will look period, but include such modern nods as flush-mounted glass, smoothed-in fender-flares, projector headlamps, and LED taillamps. Available in three different version ranging in specification from the “base
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silex
That's cool : a brand new redneck Trans-Am ! A good old 455 would be cool under that hood though. Thank God they didn't transformed it in a pro-touring or put-the-latest-engine-you-can thing
silex
That's cool : a brand new redneck Trans-Am ! A good old 455 would be cool under that hood though. Thank God they didn't transformed it in a pro-touring or put-the-latest-engine-you-can thing.
Johnny Rocket
That's cool! A double post!
Sharky
Where's the 25th Anniversary KITT from Knight Rider?
marco
this is the ONLY kind of car would fill american freeways and cities!
pure real american muscle,not the crap wimpy average asian garbage
Alexander Lopez
It would also be cool to put out some of the other cars who shared the screen with Burt Reynolds -what about the high-tech Mitsubishi from Cannonball Run?
Still, no one seems to be working on an updated Mach 5 (the one from the Speed Racer cartoon)
soppy
i like how GM is making all these classics look similar. for example, the camaro looks similar to this firebird. i like how it gives the brand consistency. (other than the fact that they have consistently sucked over the past few years)
Jimmy S.
Now this will be a BADASS car. Burt Reynolds is my hero and Smokey and the Bandit is my favorite movie.
Dude the Car was the real star of the show.
LOVE T/A's. I WANT ONE.
Dude these things are supposed to lay down 700+ hp.
KICK ASS!!!!!!
(Every Import tuner in the world just craped their pants.)
Jimmy S.
HELL YEAH THEY'RE BEING SHOWCASED TOMORROW IN GEORGIA!!!!! GOTTA LOVEM THEY KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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rainman
definitely an object of sheer beauty. i want it.
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