Specifically, the ‘78 Trans Am Special, immortalized in ‘Smokey and the Bandit’.
This was the best looking American muscle car of its day, and the black colour, gold trim and big bird set it apart. It definitely didn’t look so good in white or gold.
The car was a GM F-body which it shared with the Camaro of the same period, but the four rectangular lights up front suited the styling more than the two ‘rounds’ on the Camaro.
It missed out on the 455 by a couple of years, was never the fastest GM car ever, and was fitted with a Chevy engine for ‘jumping the bridge’ in the movie, but who cared. Needless to say, it was a popular car, and I don’t know anybody who doesn’t like it.
It was a cool car, made even cooler when driven by the ‘Bandit’, and I wanted to drive one too.
This was a second generation car. The generations which followed totally lost the plot, and there hasn’t been a Pontiac to beat the ‘Bandit’ edition since. In fact, ALL GM cars lost the plot in the 80’s and on.
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