1989 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am
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This vintage Pontiac features a V-6 that managed to out-power all its contemporaries. The TTA's turbo-charged and intercooled OHV V-6 3. 8-liter engine, which had earlier found fame in the Buick GNX, was very conservatively listed at 250 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque. By comparison, the Firebird Trans Am GTA from the same year only managed 235 horses from its larger and heavier 5. 7-liter V-8.
Only 1,555 20th Anniversary Trans Ams were built, all were white and featured four-speed transmissions. They were the official pace car of that year's Indianapolis 500. Car and Driver praised the TTA for its collectability, citing the coupe's limited production and speed. In the magazine's test, the Pontiac hit the quarter mile in 13. 4 seconds and topped out at 153 miles per hour. Even more impressive, they were the fastest accelerating production car sold in the U. S. at the time with a 0-to-60 of only 4. 6 seconds. It drives like a normal '90s Firebird until you let into...