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The Best of Knight Rider

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:39:12 +0000

A 9-episode “Best of Knight Rider” DVD pack will be available this summer, featuring the adventures of our favorite talking Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, KITT. From Knight Rider Online: Universal Studios Home Entertainment this week announced the availability of a new collection on DVD called “The Best of the 80s”. These two disc packs will feature the best episodes from Magnum P.I., The A-Team, Miami Vice and Knight Rider.

They have not publicly announced which episodes have been included, only letting us know that the first disc will have a running time of 3 Hours 5 Minutes, and the second of 4 Hours and 52 Minutes. It will be available on June 14, 2011. Which episodes do you think they’ll include?

Pre-orders are now available on Amazon for $13.49.

Behold The Firebreather

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:58:31 +0000

It may look like a next generation Firebird, or a concept KITT for a Knight Rider movie that will never be made. In fact, it is none of those things. Pontiac is gone, my lovelies, and we must all welcome that fact, or live in sad denial forever. But the boys and girls at Classic Design Concepts are selling a modern-day Trans Am, build over an all new Chevrolet Camaro.

Dubbed the Firebreather, the car is based on the Chevrolet Camaro and features a unique front fascia, new headlights (with LED halos), a revised hood, side sill extensions, and a modified rear bumper with an integrated diffuser. Other styling tweaks include new taillights, a rear spoiler, and 20-inch wheels outfitted with Pirelli P-Zero tires.

Inside, the cabin boasts leather upholstery, piano black trim, red ambient lighting, special floor mats, and an individually numbered plaque.

Power is provided by a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine, which produces 599 horsepower instead of the standard 426 hp in your run-of-the-mill Camaro.

Firebreather production will be limited to 50 units and pricing starts at $60,000.

Source: WCF

Worst. Batmobile. Ever.

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:19:04 +0000

We’ve seen some poor excuses for movie car mock-ups before. A Ghostbuster’s Ecto-1 made from a Subaru Outback, KITT made out of a 1992 Firebird. But a ’94 Grand Am Batmobile? Yeeeeeeesh.

Gabe, the hero of our story, purchased this wrecked 1994 Pontiac Grand Am last summer from Dave’s Towing in Ann Arbor, Michigan for $100. The vehicle was running but sported a crushed roof, a damaged front end, and an otherwise crunch-and-munched body. Like any reasonable person, Gabe’s first thought was to “go all in” and convert the cursed car into a Batmobile.

After a few necessary repairs, work proceeded: Gabe sawed off the crushed roof and built a custom frame for the new roof and windows. Inspired by the Batmanesque charm of his creation, Gabe then rigged up and riveted on fins, reworked the nose, and spray-painted the car matte black. He capped it off with a Batman logo on the roof. The end result is something completely ghettorigged in appearance but also more attractive than a stock ’94 Grand Am. It’s also street legal.

Source: Jalopnik

A Look Back At Pontiac’s Firebird Logo

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:44:34 +0000

Logos come and go, and tend to evolve with a company. Now that Pontiac is dead we will see an end to one classic automotive badge – The Pontiac Firebird. Originated with the first 1967 Trans Am from GM’s Pontiac, the Phoenix aflame quickly became infamous as a logo of American Horse Power. With a black body and hot orange flames Firebird rises from the hood like a supercharged beast.

Trans Am changed it up a bit in the 70′s, when Smokey and the Bandit needed a more outlandish hillbilly rocket. Their golden bird was blazed across the front of late 70′s and early-to-mid 80′s

Unfortunately, the 82 Trans Am Firedbird known only as KITT was excluded from having a large hood logo – make being stealth kinda hard.

Since those Firedbirds of past there’s been many updates and variants, including personalized versions: tattoos, patches for hats and shirts, American flag Firebirds and…well just about anything you can imagine. But the underline theme and design have remained the same no matter what. Unfortunately, this Firedbird will no longer be able to rise up from the flames.

Pontiac Aztek – Rally Edition?

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:10 +0000

I don’t know who is crazier – our friends and fellow car nuts at Jalopnik, who found this lifted Pontiac Aztek, or Canadian car lovers. If you really want to own a piece of auto history, this may be the ride. Not a cool and positive piece of history, mind you – it’s more like purchasing Nazi memorabilia. Ok, that may be a little harsh, but the Pontiac Aztek has been known as the worse stylized car ever to be produced in America.

Shahin Auto out in Ontario has this Rally Aztek up for grabs, and with it comes full leather interior, colored caution orange, unfortunately. This Aztek’s power plant holds a 3400 V-6, which probably way underpowers any vehicle that you’d want to take off roading. But do you really want to be seen out in public in an Aztek like this…let alone any regular one?

$15,999 will get you this under 20,000km driven Pontiac SUV. What are the odds anyone will pay that much for it? Well…it is pre-owned certified!

Smokey & The 2010 Camaro Pontiac Trans Am Conversion

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:31:57 +0000

Man, I miss Smokey & the Bandit – more so because of Pontiac’s Trans Am featured in the series, and less for Bury Reynolds’ acting. Well, now that Pontiac is dead you won’t see a new “Bandit Edition” Tranny – or will you? All one needs is a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS and an $85,000 Phoenix T/A Conversion kit. Well, actually the price tag includes one new Camaro SS, along with enhancements in both decal and engine form.

For the trouble to your wallet a Phoenix Conversion will get you a supercharged LS engine with a newly designed hood, and of course that iconic Firebird in gold & black. The vehicle will be lowered 1″-4″ w/sway bar and some Pirelli Pzero’s, Gold /Silver machined face snowflake wheels too! There’s also fender extractors, exhaust conversion (to handle the more powerful engine) a rear fascia clip with tail lamp lenses and rear spoiler.

As for your interior, embroidered head rests and console lid, turned aluminum door panels matching instrument cluster bring it back old school to the days of chrome-overkill and terrible gas mileage. The Chevy-stock shifters and steering wheel are replaced with a Hurst shift & Pontiac logo-wheel. 10-10 Bandit, Smokey’s on your tail.

Thanks for the great pics Jalopnik!

DMC Wants to Buy Pontiac Solstice?!!

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:05:17 +0000

The automotive rumor mill has been throbbing with excitement that DeLorean Motor Company (you know, DMC, the DeLorean?!) wants to purchase the Solstice from Pontiac! It’s unconfirmed as of yet, but General Motors is getting rid of the auto maker by year’s end – so why not try to sell off models and design? The Pontiac Solstice convertible was one of the more original vehicles to come out of GM’s Pontiac brand in the past 5 years. But how do you get gullwing doors on a convertible?!

DMC’s higher-ups are curious about keeping the Wilmington Assembly plant that makes Solstice going. There’s no telling how realistic this all is, as today’s DMC only services the old DeLoreans. The company has reportedly acquired a Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe for closer consideration. All we need is the flux-capacitor and hover conversion – Back to the Future style.

Little GTO, You’re Lookin’ Fine

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:31:49 +0000

I stumbled upon this great little GTO fan site and began to dream of a time I was born to late to witness – when men were men, muscle cars had true horse power, and everyone dressed like the cast of Happy Days (at least that’s how I picture it). This little Pontiac GTO fan club features hundreds of submitted photos; from restored cars to post-accident footage. And from the classic ’64 GTO to that sad “rebirth” GM tied a few years back…you know, the one that resembles a Grand Am? No one is looked down upon at Ultimate GTO – as long as they OWN a GTO.

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Two posts on the home page really caught our attention here at Pontiacpedia.org – the first being an excellent summer Drive In movie shoot with a ’68 GTO out in Ohio’s beautiful farmland. The second post, much sadder, shows off a totaled 1969 GTO Judge. What a waste. Enjoy cruising these photos and their website, we are sure you will!

via ultimategto.com

The El Camino G8 Lives on Down Under

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:37:33 +0000

From the dawn of time they came – moving not-so-silently around you… El Camino. Last year, Pontiac disappointed fans by naming their 2010 “El Camino” the G8 Sports Truck… But in America we no longer have to worry, because as of 2010 Pontiac will no longer exist thanks to GM. But the “El Camino” will live on (sort of).

According to Jalopnik: Holden’s readying a limited edition version of its Commodore SSV (G8 Sports Truck) with Pontiac’s twin-nostril grille and hood scoops. According to Australian sources, the special edition will be called the Commodore G8 SSV.

A Legacy of El Camino
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The move to stop the export program in the wake of GM’s bankruptcy and the killing off of the Pontiac brand has left a warehouse of parts once destined for cars to be exported to the US. Holden’s marketing department — sensing an opportunity — has decided to use the stockpile on VE Commodores, which will be sold as a premium priced, limited edition Holden. There’s even a special edition wagon in the works! Sticker listing will range from around $47,000 to over $55,000. A small price to pay for automotive immortality – because in the end, there can be only El!

How to Turn a Chevy Camaro into a Pontiac Trans Am

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:46 +0000

Like its mythical namesake that rose from the ashes to a new life, the Trans Am of yesteryear has been born again – the Phoenix Trans Am. If it is true that good things come to those who wait, then we have surely been rewarded for our patience. Trans Am Depot is pleased to announce our partnership with designer Kevin Morgan in turning a three-year dream into reality. We, like many of you, have lusted over Kevin’s retro interpretation of the ’77 – ’78 Trans Am based on the 2010 Camaro platform. We began early last year discussing the idea of how we might work together to bring this vision to life.

Phoenix T/A Currently, we are completing a one-off Kevin Morgan “Trans Am” Concept, which we intend to unveil at the 2009 Trans Am Nationals. The concept will be followed by the first production conversion later this year. It will vary from the concept car but will be an exact version of the conversion kits we will hope to be offering this fall. We are working closely with a Detroit auto design firm to bring this kit to market. We will be offering everything from the body conversion only to the limited Phoenix Edition. The kits will be available as an installed conversion only.

Via: Jalopnik

2010 Pontiac “Trans Am” Specs:

Exterior

* 1′ – 1.5′ Lowering Kit w/sway bar handling upgrade
* Wheels & Tires
* Front: 20×9.5×120 CB-66.9 Gold or Silver Machined Face Snowflake Wheels. PIRELLI PZERO 275/45ZR20
* Rear: 20×11.5×120 CB-66.9 Gold or Silver Machined Face Snowflake Wheels. PIRELLI PZERO 305/35ZR20
* Hood
* Shaker Scoop
* Fender Extractors
* Exhaust Conversion w/ splitter tips
* Rear Fascia Clip w/tail lamp lenses and bulbs
* Rear Spoiler
TA Graphic Package

Interior

* Embroded Head Rest and Console Lid – KM Graphic Punch
* Turned Aluminum Door Panel
* Turned Aluminum Dash Inserts
* Turned Aluminum Instrument Cluster
* Door Panel Badges
* T/A SN Badge and Designation