There may not be any other Pontiac engine that harbors as much mystique as the Super-Duty 455. Introduced in '73 as a maximum-performance effort capable of sustained 6,000-rpm operation, it was ...

It's difficult to grasp how an engine can generate enthusiastic buzz more than 40 years after its inception, but mention Pontiac's Super-Duty 455 and some Firebird fanatics get wide-eyed while others ...

Buying a Pontiac Trans AM in the ’70s meant you were automatically cooler than you started off. It was the pre-Disco years equivalent of buying street cred. The Mecum Auction in Los Angeles this ...

Discontinued in 2002, the Firebird is considered old news by some people and a sought-after classic car by individuals in the know. The Trans Am SD-455 we’ll talk about today is the very definition of ...

Produced between 1967 and 2002, the Pontiac Firebird is one of those American automobiles that may be instantly recognizable anywhere around the world. That is mostly Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham’s ...

With the demise of the Pontiac brand came the end of a long lineage of muscle cars. No, Pontiac wasn't offering the most exciting lineup at its death, save for the Holden-sourced G8, but history means ...

Introduced to the press during Pontiac's annual model line preview in the summer of 1972, the Super Duty 455 was enthusiastically received. It had a block, heads, rotating assembly, intake manifold, ...

The Muscle Car Wars hit their peak in 1970 with the final year of full-power madness from GM and Ford. MOPAR gave it one more year, then caved to the federal emissions and economy standards. In 1971, ...

It’s a strange but true thing that one of the last real muscle cars was — here it comes — a Buick. The 1973-1974 Century GS Stage 1 455. You have probably never heard of it — even if you are a car guy ...