The newsworthy change about the 1981 Trans Am was the debut of the Daytona Pace Car, which came with a blacked-out roof, black graphics and stripping, and Recaro seats with red inserts. Powered by a ...
Tom Sherer was only 19 years old when he first laid eyes on this black-on-red 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Turbo. It was parked in the Philadelphia apartment complex where his brother, Chris, lived ...
The Firebird production dropped to 70,899 units in 1981, with the decline becoming almost inevitable after the fantastic performance recorded in 1979 and the car approaching the end of the generation.