1978 Pontiac Trans Am: WHY ARE THESE PRICED SO CHEAP?

[PasiemuKasMano]

Personally for me, these 1977 and 78 Trans AMs are one of the most beautiful and badass looking cars ever made. A dream car.

[bricebabcock]

“It also has the aerodynamics of a brick.”

A really sexy brick.

[Drive]

here in 2020. and the nice ones are going for 85-100k+

[krocialblack]

Hats off for Burt Reynolds. Him and the Trans Am both are now gone, but not forgotten.

[SouthTexasCollectibles]

It's funny hearing rich people's definition of inexpensive

[dofuccatz]

listen to me boys

when you got a V8 you don't need a beautiful interior
or a good paint job
or fuel economy
or a good grip
or a cat

when you drive a muscle car your are just a road warrior

[richardmic]

Should be arrested for taking it through a car wash to begin with.

[poolboyinla]

One of the coolest looking cars ever...and my T-tops never leaked.

[edwoll]

Not cheap anymore. The values of low mileage, clean survivors, and fully restored have skyrocketed in the last couple years. Now, the Gen 3 values are taking off as well.

[rightwingsafetysquad]

As of 1977, the Firebird was the most aerodynamic production car GM had ever built.

[stevejones]

As an 8 year old in 1977, I clearly remember how popular the Trans Am really was, especially after the movie came out. I had a neighbor who owned the local pontiac dealership, and he drove a dealership Trans Am most of the time. My sister's boyfriend drove a '78 model, and the hellraiser down the street drove a Trans Am Formula. The cars seemed to be everywhere, along with the Camaro.

[kingtorra]

Im pretty young, and my uncle has had one of these in his garage as long as I can remember. I’ve recently gotten into cars and I’ll be adopting it as my first project car to try and renovate it. So I’m excited!

[dougl]

I had a 78 gold special edition 400, 4 speed, the roofs. It was beautiful. I don't care what anybody says.

[rickleuce]

Totally agree this is one of the most affordable ways of owning a car like in the movies. I may be a Ford guy, but I'd take a late 70s Firebird over a late 70s Mustang.

[poolboyinla]

I drive a 1986 Trans Am and it's glorious.

[zzzzzz]

what the hell kind of carwash was that? everyone knows that tanned blondes in jean cut-offs and a bikini top with a foamy sponge are required for washing this car.

[digitalmagicAR]

220HP was no slouch in the smog control ridden, low tech, energy crisis plagued late 70s. New these things could run 15s in the 1/4 (14s if you powershifted and ran leaded gas). And the WS6 cars were some of the best handling cars around.
Rather than kill the car or turn it into an econo car like what happened with almost all the other performance cars, Pontiac instead did they best they could to up the performance and keep making a respectable, cool car.

[IAmWolves]

Wow can’t even appreciate old cars because he is so pampered with auto start

[johnmohanmusic]

Even after Pontiac stopped offering functional Shaker Hoods, few new Shaker Hoods remained non-functional for long. A few minutes of careful use of a saber saw rendered mine fully functional - I even fitted painted-black metal screening into the opening to keep leaves and debris out. The sound of the air getting sucked into that thing under full throttle was to die for.

[MaxiviczGames]

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'