New Pontiac Trans Am's @ SEMA 2009

Danny Tse
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edited November 2009 in The Clubhouse
From SEMA 2009....

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Take your pick.

Btw, the SEMA 2009 (Specialty Equipment Manufactuers Association) car show is happening right now. All the major carmakers have the modified wares at the show.
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    Holy crap I scrolled down and saw my dad's old trans am.....same paint scheme and everything (except years older lol). I don't see glass T-tops though, wonder if that's an option.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    Sorry but that thing is ugly. The gold wheels remind me of wheels of a ford escort, and the other wheels remind me of the ones on my dads element. Also from the side reminds me of a ford mustang. Very ugly not feeling it at all.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,983
    edited November 2009
    Looks more like the new camaro to me. Hate those honeycone wheels too.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited November 2009
    Not to sure what I think. There have been alot of cars that I thought were ugly at first but grew on me. I loved the original TransAm
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited November 2009
    I will take two please!
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    Sorry but that thing is ugly. The gold wheels remind me of wheels of a ford escort, and the other wheels remind me of the ones on my dads element. Also from the side reminds me of a ford mustang. Very ugly not feeling it at all.

    The original '79 Trans Am with a Pontiac 400 and four-wheel disc brakes, manual four speed was a killer machine.....

    When I saw this pic I too was reminded of the original. My cousin showed up in the above mentioned '79 in black but he put on Centerline wheels, BF Goodrich wide meats all around with the Firebird decal removed. What an F-in car that was......

    You youngsters simply can't understand what they were back then. Imagine your most bad ****, killer machine today (production model) and this was it.....

    Cops used to pull us over just to check it out and tell us they wanted one just like it. Not to mention the chick magnetism factor...

    Good times for a couple of 17 year old kids....

    The new one looks pretty cool to me. ****..... I'm getting old...

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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited November 2009
    I could've scored one of these in all silver back when I lived in CA but I was too much into the sportbike scene.

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    My favorite paint scheme though, dad owned one of these before he got his firebird.
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  • tonyb
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    edited November 2009
    1979 was not the original,but the 76 with the super duty 455 was bad **** too. Man,I could retire if I still had half the cars I had back then.
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  • Monster Jam
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    edited November 2009
    tonyb wrote: »
    Looks more like the new camaro to me. Hate those honeycone wheels too.

    That's because those new T/As ARE Cameros. I think the articles I read on them were at Car and Driver.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    The original '79 Trans Am with a Pontiac 400 and four-wheel disc brakes, manual four speed was a killer machine.....

    When I saw this pic I too was reminded of the original. My cousin showed up in the above mentioned '79 in black but he put on Centerline wheels, BF Goodrich wide meats all around with the Firebird decal removed. What an F-in car that was......

    You youngsters simply can't understand what they were back then. Imagine your most bad ****, killer machine today (production model) and this was it.....

    Cops used to pull us over just to check it out and tell us they wanted one just like it. Not to mention the chick magnetism factor...

    Good times for a couple of 17 year old kids....

    The new one looks pretty cool to me. ****..... I'm getting old...

    :cool:

    I love muscle cars, one of my dream cars is a GTO the old goat. But this one is just but ugly. Sorry just how I see it.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited November 2009
    Back in late 78 I bought an almost new red 78 Firebird. That was a fun car, and I'd love to have another for the nostalgia value.

    One of those might be ok though. And as far as it looking like a Camaro, they've always looked like Camaro's.
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  • BrettT1
    BrettT1 Posts: 560
    edited November 2009
    thanks for the pics..
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2009
    I 'll take the little blue number behind the T/A in the first pic.
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  • bobman1235
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    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    Sorry but that thing is ugly. The gold wheels remind me of wheels of a ford escort, and the other wheels remind me of the ones on my dads element. Also from the side reminds me of a ford mustang. Very ugly not feeling it at all.

    Pontiac's styling for the past decade seems to be aimed at 13-year olds. Just ridiculously molded plastic looking junk.


    My big question is why are they even releasing a car - I thought Pontiac was kaput?
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    Saturn is done, hummer is sold, and gm's big trucks are done, I guess Pontiac is still kicking................for now.
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  • Systems
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    edited November 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Pontiac's styling for the past decade seems to be aimed at 13-year olds.
    I like the look of the Aussie built GTO.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited November 2009
    Great... yet ANOTHER American made hot rod that looks exactly like the others. Look at the badge to know which car it is... weaksauce designers!
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,780
    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    Saturn is done, hummer is sold, and gm's big trucks are done, I guess Pontiac is still kicking................for now.

    Not quite, the only model available for 2010 is the Vibe. Then it's all over in 2011.

    Never figure GM out, my Uncle's have a Pontiac dealership, they tell me that the G6 was the best selling Pontiac they had, far outselling the Vibe. Apparaently GM doesn't want to make money.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2009
    No thanks.
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  • bsoko2
    bsoko2 Posts: 1,449
    edited November 2009
    The GTO is not built by Pontiac. It's a custom job by John Linkfinger. He builds custom engines, drive trains, whaterver for GM cars and is privately owned. The GTO is a custom build to get some interest going.

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  • sTiLlLeArNiNg
    sTiLlLeArNiNg Posts: 805
    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    Sorry but that thing is ugly. Very ugly not feeling it at all.

    Agreed :(
    Toxis wrote: »
    Great... yet ANOTHER American made hot rod that looks exactly like the others. Look at the badge to know which car it is... weaksauce designers!

    That's how you get ahead these day's, don't ya know? :rolleyes:
    bigaudiofanatic wrote:
    Pontiac's styling for the past decade seems to be aimed at 13-year olds. Just ridiculously molded plastic looking junk.

    Must be the funky water in Michigan? Surprised not that many people like it's look here :confused:
    bsoko2 wrote: »
    It's a custom job by John Linkfinger.

    John Lingenfelter, he does some awesome work :D
    kawizx9r wrote: »
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    Beautifull car! :D When i see the original and then these "new" re-creation's it pisses me right off! They literally kill the nostalgia and give the original's a bad rep.

    Just my $0.02 of course :o
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited November 2009
    I thought Pontiac was no more - is GM still making any Pontiac cars?
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited November 2009
    I thought it looked ok, those fugly wheels got to go. BAF....Im not sure what Mustang youve looked at, but that looks nothing like a Mustang from the side.
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  • Face
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    edited November 2009
    GV#27 wrote: »
    I like the look of the Aussie built GTO.
    The G8 was really nice too.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    So Thins

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    Looks Nothing Like This?



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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    I think it has SOME similarities.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,780
    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    I think it has SOME similarities.

    No more than the original Mustang and Firebird.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2009
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    Sorry but that thing is ugly. The gold wheels remind me of wheels of a ford escort, and the other wheels remind me of the ones on my dads element. Also from the side reminds me of a ford mustang. Very ugly not feeling it at all.

    I don't recall an Escort ever coming with gold meshies...
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • everpress
    everpress Posts: 862
    edited November 2009
    I think that a new TransAm concept could've done a lot more than what they did.
    That thing looks swollen and unoriginal. There is no reason that it couldn't have been streamlined and cleaned up. It is an uninspired design with overworked details.

    As far as all these hotrods looking the same, at least the Challenger, Camaro, and Mustang all keep similar styling profiles to their yesteryear counterparts; but this damn thing is flatter, fatter and uglier than any TransAm out there, nothing modern or amazing about it.

    If they wanted to make this work, they should've stepped back and said, "With current technology available, what would the original designers of the TransAm do now that they couldn't do then?"

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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited November 2009
    concealer404 wrote: »
    I don't recall an Escort ever coming with gold meshies...

    They did, they were pretty heavy and looks just like those.
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