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Yup. I've owned my 1995 Trans Am since 2004.

These will always be cool!

You got that right, especially if you own one and upgrading everything on it from the lights to the radio and such.

Agreed; I still regret selling my 02 WS6 T/A. The thing was just plain sexy and looked fast even standing still plus it ran VERY well for what it was and hurt a lot of feelings. My brother in-law had a 04 Cobra at the same time I had my T/A and I always beat him in the 1/8th and stayed even in the 1/4 despite being NA to his blower car. T/A had SLP lid, Longtubes, Comp cam, springs, FAST intake, ported 243’s and a clutch, tuned with HP software, 3:73 rear and ET Streets. His Terminator had stock blower with a smaller pulley, JLT intake, stock gears and clutch, SCT canned tune and 315 street tires.

I prefer this over its cousin.

Still ugly with crap interior

@Self Made Auto uh no they were junks. Only car I know was ahead of its time was my old datsun 300zx. Car would talk to you with woman's voice. Had a mpg gauge and a g force meter. Radio controls on the steering wheel. Speakers inside the seats for bass.

No cap! It’s because these cars had personality not a safety vessel

too bad their build quality was shit. They're all garbage by now.

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All the Mexicans

I didn't have them or know anyone who had them. 🥴

@@Smegma_pirate Mehicans or Mohicans?

The s10 I bought has the stupid things on them. Lol

The dreaded Firehawk 0:43 2:31 !!

It be alot like the Camaro. Lol

Look up trams am bandit special or new 455SD if you want to see a new Trans am . Be prepared to drool 🤤

I wish they had revived the TA over the Camaro.. The Trans AM just looked ( and still does ..imo ) outright badass!! The Camaro was always too vanilla..

It prolly be a crossover

I've never seen the fixed headlights either. I don't think those went into production

First time i have ever seen that either, and Ive seen plenty of firehawks

Reminds too much of the sunfire with those lights.

Only came with the FIrehawk package not many of these cars where built

@@Highgear145 no. None of the fire hawks had these lights. That’s what everyone is talking about.

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I remember saving up every penny to buy my first car.. A 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTX ( GTP w/SLP package! Hood, rims, exhaust and intake ...) what a rush!!

@@M5_Sonu Mine is making 400whp 😎only modification im still searching for is a SLP trunk spoiler🙄which is impossible to find🤦‍♂️

@@PhillyDee215 haha, both Grand Prix's I owned (97 2dr gtp & 00 4dr gt)I had the SLP gen 1 whale tail on em. Was all about Pontiac back in the day.

Looked better with the pop up lights

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Thanks for clearing that up. I did not recall that horrific front headlight design making it to the street.

I had a 2001 Firehawk that was mostly similar to this one, but without the headlights of course. I think SLP had too many issues with the carbon fiber housings and those early projectors put out a lot of heat.

I was in love with that oddball spoiler kn the back. The hood made it to production eventually, but the headlights and spoiler never did.

Headlights would've required new crash tests etc and GM just didn't have the money to inject into a dying platform

There were headlamp kits available on the aftermarket for this and the C5 Vette back then.

I'm right with you with my 2002 T/A convertible! I get looks every time I take it out of the garage and with my Borla exhaust, nothing around sounds like it!

@@oceancon same here. I have a Red 99 WS6. Garage kept with only 80k miles. I have a 9 year old boy and he’s already claiming it. I remember when I bought back in 2000 and I thought I paid a lot 35k with 700 miles. But compared to today’s shitty cars, im glad I bought mine.

I'll see ya my 35th anniversary camaro lol

Friend of mine was killed in one of these although it wasn't the Firehawk package it was very fast, he missed a curve at over 160mph

@@Highgear145 Damn...160 mph is crazy fast. Sorry for your loss.

@@Highgear145 bro how you miss a curve at 160. I got mine up to 160 and I wasn't trying to turn at all

@@sschevmale24 He was a young guy with a fast car he just went beyond the handling of the car he wasn't nascar driver

Rear wheel drive cars are not forgiving going around corners, specifically when applying too much throttle. That was on dry pavement! What do you think it is like in the rain or snow?

Only a dozen or so exist. SLP didn't release the '98 'hawk, and the '99-'02 never got the headlights.

@@redslate yep this one a fake but biggest give away was the missing nose emblem that firehawks come with

@@sparkalanio It's not fake; It just wasn't officially released. I don't doubt that Motorweek got their hands in one of the prototypes back in the '90s.

Trust me I almost wrecked my brothers WS6 that had a tune on it

33 grand in 1998 is about 56K today. Given the number of performance vehicles and the level of performance they offer, that's even more true today.

Yeah Considering for that money your in A Hellcat(700+) or a Covette C8!! Working mans Super Cars!! But I Loved those Cars!!(90-2000) TA!! Owned a 2001 TA! Same Color as this Car!! Had the Engine Swapped from Dealer in 05. And Man that improved LS1 out of GTO at the time Cut 13.2 Stock to 12.7. Just changing Engines!( OG engine had the Over-bored Cylinders on All the Odds)! Was an Expensive Mistake in GMs Part!!! Man I miss that car!! But my Challenger T/A 392 Carries on the Tradition!!

@@channell11 also have to remember expenses were WAY lower. People could save that money way faster than today.

I just picked up a Firehawk for $9k. '01 Arctic White with the Bilstein suspension package, 6 speed. Some Firehawk owners really know what they have, you should avoid the ones asking $30k. It's a Firebird with a different hood and wheels at the end of it all

Ditto, Back in highschool I wanted a new 79 Trans am but my Jack in the box paycheck could only afford a 1967 AMC Rambler 770. 😞

Actually you can a trans am pretty cheap still if you look around.

@@turbojetpowered8299 the thing is the cars have finally gotten to the age where their performance really isn't ground breaking anymore. The thing that made him awesome was the LS1 powertrain and there's so many ls1's and ls2s and ls3s floating around you can get one in a better package for less. Why pay $20,000 for a late 90s trans am when you can have a mid-2000s GTO with an LS2 and 400 horsepower or a 5-year-old v6 Camaro with the same power but with all the modern amenities.

@@robertstone9988 I was shopping 04-06 gto’s and 4th gens back in 2015 and talking to owners of both, the gto platform isn’t really that great compared to the Fbody. It’s heavy, the suspension sucks, and you can’t fit big tires. They fixed a lot of those issues with the 5th and especially 6th gen Camaros. You are right though, LS foodies never really appreciated in value and the issue is 5 years ago I used to see 3 guys in my area parting multiple perfectly good LS fbodies because they were cheap and could make a quick buck chopping them up. Now, you be hard pressed in my area to find anyone parting or selling whole a LS car. They’ve actually gotten a lot harder to find in the last year or so and it’s a shame because the platform really has a lot of potential, especially if your budget conscious.

They never released it. Couldn't pass DOT or something. They ended up skipping 1998 and returning in 1999 with the factory popups.

@@pdennis93 Is that true? Because it would make sense if so. I know in 2002 I was looking at either getting a Firebird WS6 or a couple year old C5 Corvette, and I'm sure I would have stumbled across one of these at some point in that process. Anywho, I got the Corvette, which was the right call, but I've still always liked the top of the line Firebirds from that era and just figured I'd get one later as a 2nd car when the prices plummeted. But they never did, not for the WS6. The lesser models got cheaper, but years later a WS6 would still cost more than $30k. I have no idea what they sell for today, but probably more than that. As for the Firehawk, I heard of them, but never saw one for sale in my area.

@@rodmunch69 yes it's true. The 98 Firehawks were never officially sold. The headlights had some sort of safety issue and wouldn't pass DOT requirements. They reintroduced the 99 firehawk with the standard popup lights.

@@pdennis93 good to know, and makes sense why I never saw one.

When I was in highschool the WS6 was my favorite car. 20 years later and I find it over styled and I prefer the looks of the base model.

@@corvusala I would honestly love to have a WS6, but they’ve really held their value too well for me to afford

@@fracturedkoi1If you can find a non WS6 Trans Am, you have the same amount of fun, just throw on better shocks, adjustable panhard bar, weld in some subframe connectors and an SLP lid. Sure you won't get the ram air hood but you can get a nice aftermarket one. True WS6 factory hoods are almost twice the price as an aftermarket version.

This is accurate.

You married the wrong person

@@SataniaMcDowel you would think that but she's the one who convinced me to buy my Corvette. Also she also regrets forcing me to sell my Trans Am. I ended up buying her a 1999 silver trans am. But she ended up wreaking it. It was her favorite car.

@@snappers_antique_firearms I would never get married. I love being a bachelor

Why it's always wives making they husband sell they stuff. Even when i was married no such thing would have not happened. Infact the only reason i dont have my z28 camaro is caused i wrecked it. But no way in hell I would have got rid of that firebird even with the z06.

@@snappers_antique_firearms 2x you married the wrong person Makes you sell the car Wrecks the one you get her

Very underrated ! My bone stock '02 dyno'd at 347 rwhp!

Yeah, but this was like a special production package. It’s not like it was designed by the factory and you could just find one at a dealership.

@@NemeanLion- I had no idea of that. So you couldnt even get this car from a dealer?

@@matthewmelton7831 I’m sure you could order one (even though some here say they weren’t available) but my point was that SLP was an aftermarket that is outside the company. I don’t really like aftermarket companies. They usually strap on something that goes beyond the design limits of the original car. To each his own though.

@@NemeanLion- I had no idea of that. I always thought it was from the factory. So very good to know, thanks..

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I love the headlights of the 98 to 02 firebirds. But this is definitely different and unique!

Yes it is i use to work @ Pontiac Buick GMC Hummer Dealership

Well, you can thank obama, his car czars, and the CCP in china for the one. They're the very reason why the brand will never see the light of day again. Because "new GM" will never sell. Because if they do sell the brands, they know for a fact they will get destroyed in sales.

Really had wish GM would bring back Pontiac as a low volume, strictly performance division. But with the EV crazy being push, I'm not sure what is going to happen with the car market?

@@crw3673 that is why if you have a f body car....never get rid of it...

@@Lrules364 lul.

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I knew about the FireHawk, never seen this test mule with these headlights. Kind of cool and definitely unique.

You’ve said it my friend 😎👍🏻

Very beautifull car this Firehawk SLP

I was about to say, I never remembered a TA with these headlights. Now I know why... ☺

@@sdrape4964 I was saying the same thing! I had never seen these headlights before. I knew about the FireHawk, but not with this headlight assembly.

This seemed to happen a LOT with GM cars. Because just when they got it perfect, theyd shit can the whole thing. That tradition has never changed.

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Inflation, read about it. 33k back then is like 60k today.

Can you even get a base model V8 in the 33k range now?

@@S8ER Maybe not "now" because chip shortage, but last September I got 2020 Camaro LT1 6-speed for a little over that with tax/title/reg.

@@ragingbull94mtx wow I had no idea! Nice score man

@@S8ER Thanks much!

Extremely rare!

Congratulations, I hope you enjoy every mile

@@ab-op1jk Keep it clean and well maintained...it's going to be worth its weight in gold in coming years.

Available disposable income may be why he said that. The 90's were a good time for many.

Your ugly 'c8', which its not even a corvette, just an ugly parts bin abomination, starts at $100,000. A top of the line camaro starts at $60k. This is a cheap car for the money compared to "new GMs" TRASH. If you want a modern day trans am, itll cost you $80k. This is still one of the cheapest and best platforms running, period.

@@Lrules364 Corvette MSRP is $60,000 check your facts before talking crap

@@Chicagoguy1984 The 'corvette', which you can't even really call it that cause its just a bunch of parts bin crap thrown on a chassis, starts at $100,000 at ALL of my local dealerships within a 300 mile radius. Thats not including options or special paint. My facts are based on facts, and not some bullshit you read online.