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thejoker1232 11-04-2009 06:52 PM

if and when should we expect the new trans am
 
my mom wanted to know if and when we should expect the new trans am i showed her the pics and she fell in love like we did when we first saw the camaro (she loved the movie smokey and the bandit and had a new trans am, but ended up having problems with it) so any answers i could give her guys thanks...

Chocolate Apocalypse 11-04-2009 06:54 PM

Yep, never.

thejoker1232 11-04-2009 06:54 PM

:(

BackinBlackSS/RS 11-04-2009 06:54 PM

The best your gonna do is an aftermarket kit. Pontiac is no more. There will NOT be
a Trans Am offered by GM.

Milk 1027 11-04-2009 06:55 PM

Pontiac doesn't exist anymore.

No Firebird.

FxsX24 11-04-2009 06:57 PM

they could just sell a "Trans Am By General Motors" and not be a pontiac. not likely to happen but is possible. Maybe twenty or thirty years down the road Pontiac will be revived

Mr_Draco 11-04-2009 09:54 PM

Yea Pontiac is dead not to mention another company owns the name "Trans Am" and won't allow GM to use the name.

coolman 11-04-2009 09:57 PM

trans am is not trans am without pontiac so NEVER.

One Mean Chevy 11-04-2009 10:09 PM

The Only way you can get a 2010 or 201? Trans AM is to buy a 2010 Camaro and send it to ASC which will Transform your 2010 Camaro into a 2010 Trans AM.

From GM, NO TIME SOON.

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...ntiac-trans-am

http://images.thecarconnection.com/m...00200404_m.jpg

1320junkie 11-04-2009 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by One Mean Chevy (Post 1135085)
The Only way you can get a 2010 or 201? Trans AM is to buy a 2010 Camaro and send it to ASC which will Transform your 2010 Camaro into a 2010 Trans AM.

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...ntiac-trans-am

http://images.thecarconnection.com/m...00200404_m.jpg

or LPE or that other builder of which they both have them showing at SEMA

The_Blur 11-04-2009 10:11 PM

There are 2 reasons why the Trans Am will never be built again. Firstly, Pontiac is done. GM is currently winding down production of Pontiac and Saturn products as part of its restructuring. As a result, all Pontiac products will disappear from the US market with the potential for reintegration as future surviving brands. Secondly, the Trans Am was licensed. That's right. GM did not own the rights to the Trans Am name. The SCCA received $5 per Trans Am built, and GM gladly paid as profits soared on this model. If GM were to revive this brand, a new contract would have to be forged, and no current company would receive $5 for using its name, especially on a potential classic. The SCCA would demand a high premium in order to revive the classic Trans Am badge, and GM simply doesn't have any need to sell an alternative to the greatest production success the brand—perhaps the international market—has seen in ages.

Basically, GM won't sell the Pontiac Trans Am because there isn't going to be a Pontiac brand anymore, and GM can't sell the Pontiac Trans Am because the rights to the Trans Am name belong to the SCCA.

RS/SS 11-04-2009 10:15 PM

The Trans Am will return when the 'Cuda returns.;)

coolman 11-04-2009 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1320junkie (Post 1135093)
or LPE or that other builder of which they both have them showing at SEMA

Yea, and what do they cost?

FenwickHockey65 11-04-2009 10:18 PM

Never.


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