 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am coupe |
Equipped with power everything, it also featured a distinctive silver and charcoal paint treatment, T-bar roof with silver-tint glass hatches, silver interior with leather upholstery, the heavy-duty WS-6 handling package, and "Turbo Alloy" wheels designed by John Schinella and made by Appliance.
The Tenth Anniversary Trans Am (TATA) came with the Oldsmobile built 403 V-8 that was standard in the normal versions, but Pontiac had saved some of its own 400-cid V-8s with higher horsepower just for this special birthday model, even though the engine had been dropped for 1979.
Very few 400s were teamed with a four-speed manual gearbox, making this the most desirable drivetrain of the lot. The TATA is too new to be in wide circulation on the collector market, but it’s a car that's sure to go up in value as the years pass and the brilliant second-generation Firebird becomes a more distant memory.
Pluses of the 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am:
- Fine performance
- Looks still turn heads
- Low production appeal
- Super handling
Minuses of the 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am:
- Collector prices not firmly established at present
- Difficult and expensive to insure
- Sure-fire thief and cop bait
- Very thirsty
Production of the 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am:
7,500
Specifications of the 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am:
Wheelbase, inches: 108.2
Length, inches: 196.8
Weight, pounds: approximately 3,600
Price, new: $10,619 base (U.S.)
Engines for the 1979 Pontiac 10th Anniversary Trans Am:
| Type | Size | Horsepower | Years |
| ohv V-8 | 400 cid | 220* | 1979 |
| ohv V-8 | 403 cid | 185* | 1979 |
* SAE net
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