![]() This is our short car review of the Pontiac Firebird in its classic years.Ĭreated in 1926 by General Motors (GM), Pontiac was named after a Native American Chief who led the Ottawa tribe in a failed uprising against the British.Īkin to the first Mustangs, mid 1930s Pontiacs were high-style yet inexpensive, positioned between the Oldsmobile and Chevy.Īutomotive design and engineering were synonymous with jet themes in the 1950s and ‘60s. The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am’s decal is arguably an interpretation of a Native American symbol.Īccording to Car and Driver, the Trans Am was “a hard muscled, lightning-reflexed commando of a car.” Immortalised in popular culture and with prices rising, the Pontiac Firebird can still be found for sale in the UK, remaining one of the most desired automobiles of all time. Meanwhile, Ancient Greek mythology records a Phoenix, an immortal bird that regenerates from fiery ashes and has come to symbolise renewal. Slavic folklore tells of a prophetic glowing bird from a distant land beautiful and dangerous, it is simultaneously a blessing and harbinger of doom to its captor. Here's hoping it comes in a classic coupe form.The mythical Firebird appears in cultures around the world. A set of BBS wire wheels completes the setup, with these wrapped in performance rubber.Īs more and more gearheads are prepared to accept the return of retro badges in battery-electric form, we might see such a revival. The list of nostalgic styling cues present on the machine includes the opera windows, the side-to-side rear lights, and the pointed market lights up front, with LED obviously being the name of the game. " The base shape was inspired by the modern Challenger, and then was further stretched to fit the proportions of the Mustang Mach E wheelbase," the gearhead, who shows little love for the electric crossover and for high-riders in general, explains. He came up with a pixel exercise that envisions a revival using the platform of the Mustang Mach-E. And with the squarer styling proving to be a hit, the Mk VII marked an all-time sales record.īrandon, the enthusiast behind this work, who describes himself as a friendly neighborhood Malaise era vehicle historian and designer on Instagram, used to own such a T-Bird. Still, the newcomer went from a full-size offering to a large intermediate one, which, among others, resulted in a pricing drop. By the time that generation was introduced, the Thunderbird had grown into a personal luxury car. Returning to this pixel portrait, the exercise brings back the seventh-generation model built between 19. The said iteration landed after a five-year hiatus, the only absence in the five-decade history of the model. And it stayed that way until 2002 when the eleventh generation brought back the original two-seater formula, albeit with limited success. Introduced as a Corvette competitor in the mid 1950s, the model evolved into a four-seater for its second generation. The Thunderbird badge has been confined to the history books since the summer of 2005, so it might be easy to forget that we're talking about a model with a tremendous history. In January this year, Ford applied for a trademark on the iconic Thunderbird name, and the independent rendering we have here builds on the hopes that were born from the said move. ![]()
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