1979 Pontiac Firebird

1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am â?" W72 400 V8, WS6 Package, 4-Speed Manual, Black on Black Why This Car Is Special The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am sits at a genuinely interesting crossroads in American automotive history. It arrived at the tail end of the muscle car era, after emissions regulations and the fuel crisis had gutted most performance cars, yet Pontiac managed to keep real performance on the table for buyers who knew what to ask for. The Trans Am was the best-selling Firebird variant that year, and the 1979 model year was actually the highest-production year in Trans Am history, with total Firebird production topping 211,000 units. Despite those numbers, the specific combination of options on this car â?" the W72 engine, WS6 suspension package, and 4-speed manual transmission â?" represents a much smaller slice of that production.