![]() The Firebird had a standard five-speed manual gearbox. New options this year included diamond spoke wheels. The appearance of the Firebird was similar to the prior year the Trans Am had a new aero-tuned rocker and quarter panel extensions, a new hood with twin louvers near the front, and built-in fog lamps. An optional high-output version of the 305 CID V8 was available on the Trans Am models, offering nearly 200 horsepower. The Trans Am model cam with a 5-liter V8 rated at 165 horsepower. The base engine was a fuel-injected 173 cubic-inch V6 delivering 130 horsepower. ![]() The base model sold for $8,760 while the Trans Am model was listed for $11,110. 46,644 examples of the base, 5,208 of the SE, and 44,028 of the Trans Am were built. The 1985 Pontiac Firebird Coupe was available as a base, SE, and Trans AM model. Wind cheating elements included a functional rear spoiler, the sloped windshield, the wind-cutting front-end, and finned aluminum wheels with smooth hubcaps. Through the use of extensive wind tunnel testing, the F-Body was the most aerodynamic product GM had ever sold. The concealed pop-up headlights were a 'first' on the F-Body cars, and one of the major distinguishable features between the Firebird and the Camaro. The windshield of both the Firebird and Camaro were sloped at a 62-degree angle, and the large glass hatchback required no metal structure to support it. gallon and was complimented by numerous improvements performed to the chassis, aerodynamic, and advanced engine technology. The four-cylinder Firebird delivered 34 miles per U.S. The third generation was introduced in 1982 and its basic style would continue through 1992, with styling revisions along the way.īoth the third-generation Firebird and Camaro F-body development saw a reduction in weight (of about 500 pounds) to aid in fuel economy figures and increases in acceleration performance. Production of the Firebird lasted until the 2002 model year. Along with its February 23rd, 1967 introduction, the Pontiac Firebird was joined by its GM's Chevrolet division platform-sharing Camaro. Graham was the leader at Pontiac responsible for shepherding most of the great placements from Pontiac since the ’60s including the Monkees and “I Dream of Jeannie” to “Smokey and the Bandit, ” “Rockford Files,” and “Knight Rider.”įilm was by GM Photographic, which had a ‘staff’ of extremely talented professionals, several of whom dragged me into the Gridiron Lounge next door to the metal foundry during the lunch break on the Grand Am shoot … perhaps another time.Pontiac introduced the Firebird in 1967 as a pony car built to compete with the Ford Mustang and its sibling, the Mercury Cougar. Our chief client was Marketing and Production Director James H. Doris Biscoe and Larry Adderly would ping pong stories back and forth…cut away to video screens and transition to the next, making the format highly flexible and inexpensive to produce. The ‘newsroom’ of the broadcast was a discarded Channel #2 set, reconstructed in the Argonaut building studios of GM Photographic. PVN was part of the yearly training for dealers and salespeople, distributed in the fall to train staff on the new products. ![]() The “Doris” is Doris Biscoe, the ‘anchor woman’ for the Pontiac Video Network. Naturally, the vinyl hood chicken remained a popular Trans-Am feature. A bit curiously, the L69 was available only with the five-speed manual gearbox, while the LB9 with EFI came only with the four-speed automatic. Three 305 CID V8 engines (all small-block Chevrolets, in fact) were offered: the LG4 with four-barrel carburetor and 155 hp the L69 four-barrel with 190 hp and a new LB9 with multiport injection and 210 hp. 31-fairly impressive for the mid-’80s.īuyers could choose from two available suspension packages, the standard Rally Tuned calibration or the WS6 high-performance setup with trendy 16-inch Aero Tech aluminum wheels. Pontiac’s product team boasted that the drag coefficient of this new package as low as. Now in the fourth year of the third-generation 1982-92 design cycle, the Trans-Am received an exterior refreshening for ’85, with a new front fascia, a revised aero package, and a flat hood with functional air vents. Here’s a look at one of the of the more popular American performance cars of 1985, the Pontiac FIrebird Trans-Am.Įxcept for the corny bit at the end that will have you groaning out loud, this original Pontiac dealer film is a fairly straightforward explanation of the FIrebird Trans-Am lineup for 1985.
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