In the mid 1980s Pontiac partnered with Knudsen Automotive to create a third-gen ... J-car platform and weighed 2,674 pounds.

The third-generation Pontiac Trans Am represented a revival of the pony car in the 1980s after a decade of underpowered and emissions-choked disappointments, becoming a widely recognized model ...

The most famous third-gen is the 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am ... The high-performance Firehawks and the Trans Am WS6 Collector Edition were notable cars during this generation.

Pontiac made four generations of the cars before nixing the model in ... Pontiac tried a weaker 4.9-liter V8. The third-gen Firebirds and Trans Ams were introduced in 1982 and were much smaller.