The backstory, in short, is this: The spark that ignited the wick on the gunpowder barrel and erupted into an all-out horsepower war in Detroit in the ea.
Remember that moment when an option of an option of a trim level of a compact sedan became the quintessential muscle car of the sixties? That precise mom.
Some legendary names from Detroit started out small as trims or option packages for other models before becoming self-made, full-blown cars in their own .
autoevolution 28 Jan 2021, 18:26 UTC ·
by
Even if sales aren t what they used to be, muscle cars remain popular. They re icons of the American lifestyle, recently pushed further with the performance upgrades of the Hellcat or the Shelby GT500. But there s one model that went extinct and deserves to be in this company, the Pontiac Trans Am. 2 photos
The Pontiac brand died in 2010. When the government was bailing out GM, it demanded a slim-down. Hummer is making a comeback right now with that electric pickup everybody is talking about. So why not Pontiac as well?
We think a revival like that doesn t need marketing teams, unions, and government loans. It just needs people who are passionate and want to make the right kind of car, like the one in this rendering by