The Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 sits in a sweet spot between bare‑bones pony car and full Trans Am theater, and that balance ...

Gordon Rojewski is a General Motors engineer. With that type of brain to contend with, it was no wonder that we had to ask for an explanation about the personalized plate on his turbocharged '88 ...

The Pontiac Firebird Formula is a trim level available on the Firebird from 1970 (initially called the Formula 400 at the second-generation Firebird's debut) through 1981 and 1987 through 2002, the ...

The Formula 400 arrived for 1970 as part of the second-generation Firebird lineup and served as the performance step just ...

With the average new car costing around $45,000, and the average 1- to 5-year-old used car priced over $30,000, finding affordable transportation — new or used — remains a challenge. The good news is ...

During the third-gen Firebird's last year on the market, Pontiac partnered with tuners Street Legal Performance (SLP) Engineering and created a Corvette ZR-1-rivaling muscle car of epic proportions.

The aerodynamic shape of the Third Generation Firebirds made it one of the best-looking models to come out of the '80s. For its time, it was one of the best-performing cars, too. It handled extremely ...

Despite all this, some may argue that the Third Generation F-bodies have been lost in the Firebird performance history mix. The First- and early Second-Gen cars were quicker, as were the LT1 and LS1 ...