with all this talk of the new camaro...

[CD]

sorry if this is a dupe. ...but will there be a next gen firebird as well? i haven't heard of anything but it would sadden me greatly if the firebird/trans-am didn't get reborn also. if there is one, anybody have pics.

[Dans 98 corvette]

leftlanenews.com says something about bringing it back. No pictures yet. So we can only hope

[02MillenniumVette]

This is what it will look like.


If they got rid of the bird on the hood, then it would really look bad a$$. Thats just a concept though, dont know if thats what it will look like.

[Dans 98 corvette]

Damn that looks pretty sweet. ..I kinda like the phoenix on the hood. That is what makes a Firebird!!

[jay'szo6]

Here's a similar concept of the hopefully new Firebird

[70blueshark]

Originally Posted by Dans 98 corvette

leftlanenews.com says something about bringing it back. No pictures yet. So we can only hope

This the article you mean? If so it doesn't look like it will happen.

Pontiac will get Zeta RWD car, but it won't be a Firebird

General Motors is definitely considering building a Pontiac on its new Zeta rear-wheel-drive architecture, but it won't use the Firebird nameplate. In an interview of Edmunds, Jim R. Hopson, Communications Manager for Pontiac, said, "we're looking at developing a vehicle on the architecture that's under the Camaro, it just won't be called a Firebird.

Using the GTO moniker remains a possibility, though some enthusiasts likely feel the name has been damaged in recent years due to the lackluster design of the previous GTO. (Firebird illustration by Germany's Chrom und Flammen.)

http://www.leftlanenews.com/index.ph...ntiac+firebird

[Dans 98 corvette]

try this one.....http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-bu...de-camaro.html

[70blueshark]

The article you posted was definitely newer than the one I found from leftlane, but then I found this one published 2 weeks ago at eGM Car Tech. Personally I hope that your article is right.

Pontiac: No Trans Am, no rear-wheel-drive
Post a commentPosted on: February 12th, 2008
Filed under: GM, Pontiac

Buick, Pontiac, and GMC will be getting 12 new or special-edition vehicles over the next 20 months. However the new Trans Am that Pontiac had lobbied for as a sibling vehicle to the Chevrolet Camaro has been rejected. GM also told Pontiac dealers that any plans to make the brand a rear-wheel-drive performance division are likely to be scaled back because of fuel-economy regulations.
“It was an economic situation,” said Lynn Thompson, owner of Thompson Motor Sales in Springfield, Mo. “It would cost $200 million to bring out the vehicle,” speaking about the Trans Am.
Dealers were told that Pontiac will remain a car-only brand for the foreseeable future and that any plans to offer high-performance models have been put on hold.
GM told dealers that it will offer more special editions of GMC trucks and will build about 55,000 Buick Enclave crossovers in 2007, offering more special edition models like last year.

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