Rear legroom, at 28.9 inches, is not generous, as would be expected for a this type of car. Wednesday, November 14, 2012.Ī 3.8 liter V6 with 200 horsepower provides the power in the 3,400-pound, burgundy base car, which is a 2+2 for all intents and purposes. Thinking back to when more fourth-generation Firebirds were on the road, I remember most of them to be red, followed closely by silver and white.Īnother latter-day example, appealing in silver.
The Maple Red Metallic color of this specimen was one of eight colors available for ’01, with some of the other, more interesting choices including Sunset Orange Metallic and a teal color called “Blue Green Chameleon”. For final year ’02, sales would rebound by 43% to about 30,700 units. This was the sporty Pontiac’s second-to-lowest annual sales figure over its thirty-six model year lifespan, with the redesigned ’93s finding just 14,100 buyers. Even if its name recognition was eclipsed by that of its high-performance Trans Am variant for much of its life, it seemed like most people knew what a Firebird was, or at least had heard of one.īy 2001, only about 21,400 Firebirds were sold, of which this base model hatchback was one of about 7,200. This penultimate-year example was built over two decades after the Firebird had reached its pinnacle of popularity with an astonishing 211,500 units sold for peak ’79, but I’ll forever think of the Firebird as belonging to the pantheon of memorable American cars.
As I traced this one with my camera as it passed the bus stop where I was waiting, it occurred to me that I will always think of the Firebird as iconic. The newest Pontiac Firebird to roll off the assembly line is now twenty years old.
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