PONTIAC FIREBIRD GTA 5.7
By the 1980s, any vestige of the character that defined 1960s US performance cars had been legislated out of existence, Well, almost. Hiding deep in the nooks of car company engineering and marketing departments were rebellious people who could transform quite innocuous mainstream models into something approaching enjoyable.
The Firebird GTA was more than just an option pack for the boring base-model. In addition to a tuned-port 5.7-litre engine the ‘Gran Turismo Americano’ option pack included WS6 suspension with a thicker front sway bar, a 24mm rear bar, gas suspension struts and faster-ratio steering. Some had ZR-rated rubber on Corvette-spec wheels, however most GTAs rode
