This is another case of trying to cover up what Chevy did to the new Camaro. Did they hit the mark and possibly came-up with a tribute to the original “Screaming Chicken”, or did they hit the wrong bird? You decide… that is if you even care….I personally would like to see it come back so that we could see a complete field of retro Trans Am racing…but the chances of that happening are about as great as my winning the lottery….In other words, don’t hold your breath. Besides, I am already sick of seeing new Camaros, they seem to be all over the place!
This is what one person said about the “new” Trans Am:
The rear end is not too bad, but the high grille and headlights spoil what otherwise would have been a nice looking car. You could rappel down that white cliff below the grille. Compare it to a picture of a '70 to see where Lingenfelter went wrong. The original Trans Am was low and sleek for its day. The high hood and sills on the new car spoil the effect.

 

Camaro does make a nice Trans-Am. But alas Pontiac is no more... too bad. I always liked the spirit of Pontiac and the performance leaning one upsmanship they always put on Chevy. Anything Chevy did, Pontiac seemed to do it better. They were always over the top. I will miss them. Long live the Trans-Am, GTO and a host of other performance cars that Pontiac gave us.

 

I think the nose is too retro for the rest of the body. It looks blatantly grafted on. I would rather see a version of the bodystyle after that, like an 81.

http://www.motortopia.com/cars/4365

 

it looks like a mustang.... does any else see that?? aside from the grille which looks so out of place, it looks like they slapped on a new grille on the mustang.

 

What is that,a concept or a 1 off custom job?

 

I'm not crazy about the styling, but I'd rather see that than the Cadimarvette which can't seem to make up it's mind what it is supposed to look like. GM should have discontinued the car division of Chevrolet in my opinion after transfering the Corvette and Malibu to Pontiac. Miscellious brands like Chevrolet trying to be everything but end up being nothing in the end and realistically since the volume market has gone the way of the Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Saturn, Eagle/AMC: keeping a volume division seems like a short sighted approach while killing the only defining devision. Yes, I know sales had not been as good as they had been the years before; however, the Firebird being back would have given the brand the needed image to regain their desirability that the Slowstice was never able to deliver.