Trans-Amaro.

[87GTA]

Well i am glad somebody is going to do it!!!
http://jalopnik.com/5244556/asc-to-turn-new-camaro-into-trans+amaro?skyline=true&s=i

[sweetbmxrider]

http://westrum.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/holy-facepalm.jpg

though it looks kinda neat, facepalm.

[band77one]

i would buy one if i had the cash

[ar0ck]

Absolutely hideous front end. I'll take that rear spoiler though.

[miketa95]

that thing looks sick as hell

[Masonite]

if that's what it's actually going to look like, all i can say is:

:barf:

[BurninrubberGT]

o god no...

either let gm bring it back or let is rip.....

[SupermanX24]

I think it looks awesome

[KirkEvil]

First thing I thought of when I saw it...
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1836/number5ao7.jpg

[69BirdX]

Might look good with a diffrent front end

[Formulalt1]

Really not digging it. I hope that GM makes it (not that I am holding my breath, don't really feel we need a Firebird with the camaro back anyway) and everyone else leaves it alone.

[madness410]

i personally think it looks like turd but if i saw it in a different color, and a new front end i think id dig it.

here are more pictars of it
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/news/2009/0508/asctransam2.500.jpg
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/news/2009/0508/asctransam3.500.jpg

[enRo]

Maybe black and gold, or white w/blue striping... it looks quite nice tho.

[BigRed]

i think the front bumper is too too low, the bottom half of the bumper does not fit with the style of the rest of the body

[deadtrend1]

needs moar hood bird :nod:

[Frosty]

[QUOTE=madness410;586719]i personally think it looks like turd but if i saw it in a different color, and a new front end i think id dig it.

here are more pictars of it
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/news/2009/0508/asctransam2.500.jpg

That side angle shot makes the front end look like a freakin' 300C

[madness410]

That side angle shot makes the front end look like a freakin' 300C

exacatmente. one word for ya...DONOTWANT

[mc73nova]

Good idea, bad execution. That is the wrong year front end for that car. Its too round to try and make it boxy to fit the new Camaro.

[String]

:-x...garbage

[nj85z28]

i think its pretty cool

[Saitin]

It's just a camao with a body kit

[Mike]

if that's what it's actually going to look like, all i can say is:

:barf:

Really not digging it. I hope that GM makes it (not that I am holding my breath, don't really feel we need a Firebird with the camaro back anyway) and everyone else leaves it alone.

its an asc kit.

repeat after me

THE FIREBIRD IS DEAD

PONTIAC IS DEAD

[procamaroz28]

why in the world....

[Formulalt1]

its an asc kit.

repeat after me

THE FIREBIRD IS DEAD

PONTIAC IS DEAD
I can hope for alot of things, doesn't mean any of them will happen but while I agree Pontiac is on its way out and the firebird most likely is not coming back. The Trans Am and Firebird are trademarks of GM and GM can bring back any car at anytime they would like (if they are still around). Don't see it happening but I am not a diehard Firebird guy anyway, most of the muscle cars I grew up around where Pontiac and my first car was a Pontiac but other than my first car and my current Firebird, I have owned more Chevy sports cars than any other brand. So I am fine with Chevy representing the performance aspect of GM.

[Masonite]

its an asc kit.

repeat after me

THE FIREBIRD IS DEAD

PONTIAC IS DEAD

yes, i understand and accept that fact, and i did read that this was a body kit, and i think it looks like crap.

oh, and pontiac is still alive for the rest of this year.

[Knipps]

looks like pewp. The rear looks decent but that front is hideous

[CamaroJoe1987]

if they kept the front end looking like the first gen instead of the second, it would fit better with the new camaro to the true retro design

[CamaroJoe1987]

like this...
http://www.dotphoto.com/SAN1/44/93/E1/i4493E1EC-6882-48F5-9BA9-FA76E7066236.jpg

[69BirdX]

its a retro car made to look like a first gen but the trans am they used is second gen..........

[SupermanX24]

its a retro car made to look like a first gen but the trans am they used is second gen..........

http://blog.firebirdclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/2007-firebird-lawn-show-69ta-07-800pix.jpg

ummmm, no?

[NastyEllEssWon]

http://hotroddreams.com/70_Trans_AM/70%20TA%20front%2034-CIMG0309FXD900.jpg





1970 trans am

[sweetbmxrider]

the ass end is ok, the rest, terrible

[NJ Torque]

no.

[baddest434]

1/2 the car looks good the other 1/2 not

[WildBillyT]

Car looks like ****. It's a Camaro with a body kit. Bad decision for the company to make it. Yes, people like seeing a "Trans Am" but nobody will buy it and it will end up like the Tojan.

[cdacda13]

It's just a camao with a body kit
Can't you say that about every firebird/trans am since the beginning

[madness410]

nah. although they shared the same parts they were two different cars ...and was manufactured by pontiac.

this is a camaro with a body kit made to look like another car

[FIcamaroRE92]

looks cool....

[BigAls87Z28]

I love it. I think it looks great, but only because it shared 90% of its body design from Camaro.
The front and rear of the car look great. GM couldnt have done better if things were different.

[Knipps]

Yes. Yes they could.

[Jersyboyy]

Al your smoking crack that cars ugly as sin in the front! If ASc makes it it WILL become the modern day tojan!
They need to rework the front end alot maybe even include different wheels with it instead of just slapping a wack body kit on a maro.

[band77one]

i still like it. im going to buy one and bring it to all meets to make everyone vomit.

[BurninrubberGT]

its an asc kit.

repeat after me

THE FIREBIRD IS DEAD

PONTIAC IS DEAD

lies

[BigAls87Z28]

Al your smoking crack that cars ugly as sin in the front! If ASc makes it it WILL become the modern day tojan!
They need to rework the front end alot maybe even include different wheels with it instead of just slapping a wack body kit on a maro.

Tojan isnt a bad looking car either. Its very 80's, and thats whats great about it.
I think the car looks very good. I dont agree with the 2nd gen front with first gen body, but overall its a good looking car.

[Tru2Chevy]

I think later 2nd gen 'bird styling fits the new camaro body lines better than the early styling they used:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1602/4501/29004750018_large.jpg

Something like this...

- Justin

[NastyEllEssWon]

either way the 5th gen has elements of all the generations mixed into one. i can say the same for the new kit. if gm teams up with them and actually offers this as a dealer installed item i might really be willing to think about trading in the saturn :nod:

[ar0ck]

http://www.cardealers.ltd.uk/img/chrystler%20300c.jpg
http://www.passionperformance.ca/autoguide/img/photos/2008_Bentley_ContinentalGT_image_0_278.jpg

[Tru2Chevy]

*snip*chrystler300c*snip*
*snip*Bentley ContinentalGT*snip*

What do a 300c and a Bentley have to do with a Firebird body kit for the new Camaro?

- Justin

[Knipps]

What do a 300c and a Bentley have to do with a Firebird body kit for the new Camaro?

- Justin
:lol: He thinks they look similar

[Teds89IROC]

eh, I kinda like it kind of don't...what justin posted looks better IMO

[BigAls87Z28]

I dislike the look of all late 2nd gens, mostly "Bandit" style TA's...ugh.

[NastyEllEssWon]

I dislike the look of all late 2nd gens, mostly "Bandit" style TA's...ugh.




the funny thing is that the late second gens are my fav :nod:

[jims69camaro]

that looks like ass.

[Jersyboyy]

What justin posted looks 100 times better, something that could be seen driven on the street next to the camaro for sure, and with pride.

[wrong generation]

I think later 2nd gen 'bird styling fits the new camaro body lines better than the early styling they used:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1602/4501/29004750018_large.jpg

Something like this...

- Justin

iv liked that design sense the first time i seen it. i actualy like that better then the 5th gen camaro they really should have made this instead :)

[jims69camaro]

they really should have made this instead :)

yeah, instead of killing pontiac let's kill chevrolet instead. GM is trying to get away from shooting themselves in the foot. this is why the camaro made it and the firebird didn't.

repeat after me: pontiac is dead. the firebird and all of its iterations are dead.

[WildBillyT]

iv liked that design sense the first time i seen it. i actualy like that better then the 5th gen camaro they really should have made this instead :)

Yeah, so all of us can gawk at it and talk about how awesome it is and yet never pony up the $ to buy one.

[Frosty]

Yeah, so all of us can gawk at it and talk about how awesome it is and yet never pony up the $ to buy one.

:rofl: So true...

[wrong generation]

repeat after me: pontiac is dead. the firebird and all of its iterations are dead.

iv been one of the few people who has been saying that pontiac has been dead sense the 70s. i just happen to like that idea for a 5th gen firebird better then the 5th gen camaro

[jims69camaro]

iv been one of the few people who has been saying that pontiac has been dead sense the 70s. i just happen to like that idea for a 5th gen firebird better then the 5th gen camaro

to each his own. it just doesn't make any sense, financially or otherwise, to bring the firebird back. they've been saying for a while now that they were going to stop rebadging cars from one line to fill a hole in another line.

[87GTA]

I dislike the look of all late 2nd gens, mostly "Bandit" style TA's...ugh.

what about this front end and flip up head lights(i mean not like the whole Knight Rider stuff) just the bummper and head lights???

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/newknight-1.jpg

[Untamed]

That would have been a lot better than the Mustang they used in the revised TV show.

[Knipps]

what about this front end and flip up head lights(i mean not like the whole Knight Rider stuff) just the bummper and head lights???

That would be 3rd/4th gens, not 2nd.

[87GTA]

That would be 3rd/4th gens, not 2nd.

i know that! al said he didn;t like the look of the late 2nd gen front so i asked him what about that front end!

[edpontiac91]

I think later 2nd gen 'bird styling fits the new camaro body lines better than the early styling they used:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/1602/4501/29004750018_large.jpg

Something like this...

- Justin

Now THAT I could buy. It really looks like a 'Bird and not some cobbled up body kit.

[WildBillyT]

what about this front end and flip up head lights(i mean not like the whole Knight Rider stuff) just the bummper and head lights???

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/knight2000_2008/newknight-1.jpg

Left the '69 Camaro gills on it...

[LuvMyF8LWS6]

It's just a camao with a body kit

That's exactly what came to my mind!

[T96-Iroc-z]

Looks cool but that just stupid ...keep camaro with the camaro stuff...and keep the trans am with the trans am stuff..i love both trans ams and camaros...maybe they will come out with the trans am again no need to do that....Just my opinion

[firebirdcrazy]

I am not digging it. I like the other style that another guy has drawn way better.

[karr95]

I wonder what this body kit package will end up being called. I don't think they would use the name Firebird (unless GM wants to sell the the rights, not out of the question given their current cash problem). I also don't think they would call it Trans Am since the name is owned by Trans Am Racing and GM. In any case, give it time, I bet there will be several after-market companies offering body kits similar to all the pictures in this posting.

[WildBillyT]

I also don't think they would call it Trans Am since the name is owned by the SCCA.

Fixed. GM paid the SCCA a $5 royalty for every T/A sold. ASC could use the name if the royalty price is not high.

[NastyEllEssWon]

id name it the Chicken kit :nod:

[karr95]

Fixed. GM paid the SCCA a $5 royalty for every T/A sold. ASC could use the name if the royalty price is not high.

Thanks. I wonder if Mopar had to pay royalty fee for every Trans Am Challenger / Cuda they sold.

In any case, I think I am getting a bit ahead of myself. All this crap is assuming GM survives past June 1st and will still be making cars.

[karr95]

id name it the Chicken kit :nod:

LMAO, you just wait, I see another SLP Firehawk something or other coming down the pipe....

[NastyEllEssWon]

LMAO, you just wait, I see another SLP Firehawk something or other coming down the pipe....



it would actually make sense :nod:

[WildBillyT]

Thanks. I wonder if Mopar had to pay royalty fee for every Trans Am Challenger / Cuda they sold.

In any case, I think I am getting a bit ahead of myself. All this crap is assuming GM survives past June 1st and will still be making cars.

Not sure on that one.

Maybe using "T/A" was their way of getting around it. And I also dunno if Gurney or whoever got paid for them using "AAR".

[BigAls87Z28]

Hrm..that one is better, but I hate pop up lights. Great for the oo wow cool factor from 70's to the 80's, but lost it when automakers mastered the art of making a propper fixed headlight.

[jims69camaro]

it would actually make more sense :nod:

fixed. it would make more sense that ASC and SLP get together to bring a true Firehawk back to the market. SLP might have stepped on their johnson, though, with the g8 firehawk. only time will tell.

[NastyEllEssWon]

fixed. it would make more sense that ASC and SLP get together to bring a true Firehawk back to the market. SLP might have stepped on their johnson, though, with the g8 firehawk. only time will tell.




that actually makes a lot of sense logically, aesthetically and business-ally :wink: i think that would be very interesting to see. If they offered it directly from the GM factory it would be able to carry the firebird badge too :twisted:

[Jersey_TA]

Might look good with a diffrent front end

x2 love the shaker and spoiler though