This should be put in a time capsule as the epitome of mid-'80's "cool." Awesome commercial.

@V8AmericanMuscleCar

5 жыл бұрын

It's one of the best commercials for me too! Beautiful 80's Trans Am, nice music... just so 80's!! :-)

Quite possibly the greatest commercial ever made.

IF U HAD A TRANS AM IN THE 80'S U ROCKED LIKE HELL AND MOST LIKLEY GOT LAID OFTEN

80's even car commercials ruled

Well if that isnt a snapshot of the mid 1980s in America..nothin is. Great commercial man

I wish they'd make a full version of this song. I also wish I lived in whatever world this is set in. Neon, sewer gas, bad ass cars and chicks climbing out of the shower. Solid gold.

If this were the 80's and I saw this commercial on TV. I would be at the dealership RIGHT NOW!

I have an 86 Trans Am, can confirm this happens to me every day

That's a mood. The rockers are fantastic, they give off a sparkle like they're chrome even though i think that's just paint (it has been on every car i've seen in person). I love it.

The music is like..Beat It and the Knight Rider theme had a baby

@xdavstratx

9 жыл бұрын

Billie Jean

i had an 85 firebird. i miss that sexy old piece of crap.

one of the best 80s car commercials i think

'we build excitement' - gold

This was the first new car I ever bought, and I think about it lovingly to this day. The only problem I ever had with it was it was stolen 3 times. (Twice totally stripped, one time I got it back.) I live just outside Detroit, (think of the movie 8 Mile, plus 2 more miles,) so I guess it was almost to be expected. If I ever win the lottery, it is at the top of the long list of cars that will be in the garage.

One of the best commercials ever produced! Excellent!

I agree this is the ULTIMATE Firebird commercial! But there was actually a slightly longer version. It ran during USA Channel's 'Up All Night' Movie( I think the movie was titled 'Wrong Side of the Road' )but in any case--the version that aired had a prolonged sequence of the car accelerating in the tunnel. I refused to erase the VHS tape just to hang on to the commercial! :D Thanks for posting the video.

We had a white 85 and a burgundy 86 TansAm. Loved both but the 85 was special to me. I miss it still.

That's like my life right there !

Black and Gold Trans Am's look great in any year !!! I remember as a kid walking up to Jackshaw Pontiac in Lakewood Ohio to stare and dream of getting one in the mid 80's

I loved this ad! Why did GM quit making such cool TV ads in the 80s? Thanks for video!

Sooooo, 80's! But I love it!

The model in the commercial was my friend Erin and someone said we would be in our 70’s. Wrong! 54 years old but 1986 seems like an eternity now.

@seancurry3539

Ай бұрын

Was she in anything else? the 80's vibe was great in this.

A golden era of the commercial.

@charlie479 we missed you it the 80s. what a great time!

Thank you SOOO much for posting this. My father bought one in '86 and I currently have it. I wonder if this commercial is why he bought it? lol!

my 85 HO looks like new. love to drive it!

My First car!!!!! a 1986 red f-bird! I totaled it doing over 90 on the NJ turnpike. Somehow I walked away with out a scratch! She saved my life! I still miss her. :(

@ZombieFBody

9 жыл бұрын

That's actually pretty reassuring. I've been behind the wheel of a 3rd gen F-body in one form or another for the last 25-years (my first car was a red 1983 Camaro SC 305 with the Rochester carb) and figured in a wreck we'd both go out!

@TheMrPeteChannel

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Boshears JR That long hood will protect u brother!

@ZombieFBody

9 жыл бұрын

MrPete8680 Guess I'm keeping it then. Was tempted to replace the 'turbo bulge' hood on my 82 with a later model Formula fiberglass 'turbo bulge' hood.

Probably the best car commercial ever. No other 80's car beat a firebird, in terms of styling. And yes, I would still choose this over the Delorean.

@aidaaliten8817

2 жыл бұрын

Delorean was actually kinda crap

That is a GOOD looking car. Funny how so many people got these cars to attract the opposite sex, but I always just liked driving the car and listening to the V8

Next time i drive my trans am I will thing of this commercial and it will make me feel good.

I hate to admit I still wish I had one.

Oldest sales pitch in the car biz; buy the car, get the girl!

Hmm. Old school synths, a Billy Jean kind of beat, steam, neon FX, slick. A very period commercial. This is like a 30 second time capsule, and I like it better than the old jingles that used to be prevalent in car ads back when I was a kiddoe. LOL

Scary enough. These people are now grandparents. If they were about 30 then, they would be pushing 70 now.

Good Times !

@Roadghost88 Now the 2002 Pontiac Trans Am Firehawk edition, complete with 350HP...I would own that car for life and probably never be disappointed with its performance. 0-60 in 4.8 seconds? That's more than I could ever ask for. The best looking Trans Am too.

@digitalmagicAR

4 жыл бұрын

yeah those are nice for sure. I have one. Bought it because it was going to be the last year

I know what vid you mean, but unfortunately I couldn't download and save it before the owner removed it. I had it with my favourites so I had sent the owner a private message if he coult put it back online, but he replied something about copyright problems or so and didn't want to upload it again :( Otherwise I'd hosted that vid for myself ofcourse ;-)

@aidaaliten8817

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

i've got the cousin to the firebird. 1989 camaro RS 350 swap. love the car loads of fun to drive

@91TransAmKid I meant solely from the stand point of the HP being produced by the Trans Am 10 years earlier. I didn't clarify on my overall feelings for the car. So don't get me wrong, I grew up on Knight Rider, and I LOVE this bodystyle, and I own an 87 Formula, and wouldn't get rid of it for anything. :D

Yeah everybody wanted this car in high school...

@RomneyPHONY I miss the old pontiacs. There was more car love back then. Knight Rider was a glorified car commercial, but I loved it as a kid. I am working on a film that features a classic Pontiac in it.

Forget about the build quality of these cars (which I know were not the standard of the time, and built out from the Van Nuys assembly line auto analyst Maryanne Keller said was a textbook example of GM's ills then). These Pontiac commercials embodied one aspect of the upbeat mid-late 1980s USA that I miss. I'm sure many old enough folks would say those days in America were a lot better (even with leaking T-Tops, creaks, etc.) than the uncertain times of today.

This commercial is like stepping into Night City

mine does the job quite nicely! :D

@Quatermain98526 the 3.8 in the firebird/camaro made 200hp. my old 94 3.4l camaro could do a burnout just fine with its 160hp, abeit a one wheel peel though.

@charlie479 It's like Spyker, After a few years maybe Pontiac will return, because lots of people like Pontiac cars. Opel/ Vauxhall fused with Buick. If Pontiac would be fused with a Japanese or European Concern, that would be cool and funny to see. I hope the first "New Pontiac" model will be a Trans Am, with a small number of KITT Limited Editions, haha.

Firebirds were corporate cars from day one...that's why they were cheap. The 1st gens shared the exact same base and most body panels and interior components, the 2nd gens had more specific parts but still shared most of the same bits. Only the engines and transmission were really different. Third gens shared the same exact engines that's true, but still had many different parts. Same for the 4th gens. Firebirds have always been upscaled Camaros.

@OGNightElfMohawk The "I'm definitely getting laid" look? Pretty awesome haha.

@nyydwall unless you had a corvette, or a grand national, these cars were considered fast back in there time, since they did have a bunch of torque with the tune port motors, and 87 with the 350s and only went up in horsepower each yr til 92. So they weren't that horrible.

good times!

For all the distancing GM wanted from Knight Rider they sure used it to their advantage in this commercial! They claimed to many people thought a Trans Am could do all the show showed and they felt it was a liability. Now they have no problem portraying the Camaro as a transforming alien robot! I'm sure they would have sold millions of "KITT" editions back in the day!

Man...I was born in the wrong decade.

By 1986 the trans am was totally restyled.

In those cases I would really like to tell youtube 'put a repeat button'

Wowza! The car, I mean.

@Quatermain98526 It was a great looking car and designed very well. Believe it or not, you only need 20HP to do a burn out. 190HP was more than enough for public roads.

@aidaaliten8817

2 жыл бұрын

So that means you can do a burnout with 1913 Austin 20 hp

@DanieleCreole I'm actually a pretty big fan of Kavinsky. Haven't heard of the others though but I'll be sure to check them out. Thanks!

I would love to know who did the music for this ad.

Where is that minute long version of this ad?! The guy who posted it took it down last year. Anyone else got it?

Send me back there...please!

your father has one man? made my day

Bring Back Trans-AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can someone share this video to download? i wanted to get it in a good quality.

Any one else smell the recipe of Knight Rider in this ad? lol. Awesome.

sexy girls and black trans am's. damn i miss the 80's.

if you buy a firebird....you will receive road head everytime the engine is runnung

@marijnes77 I don't know who did this but if you want music like it search on youtube for "Kavinsky", "Lazerhawk", "Mitch Murder", "Multipac" or just type in "Rosso Corsa Collective" in google and go to their site to hear retro 80s music.

@charlie479 Amen,Brother.... When you find that world,let me know!

@Quatermain98526 LMAO, so true. The third gens were a nice looking car but dogs for power. The 80s were a great party, great music, lots of hot chicks wanting to get laid, but there wasn't any fast cars by today's standards.

Wish I could live in this decade, now the World is fucked up

They may be walking home later on

If you guys like music like this search for the "Rosso Corsa Collective" in google. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. It'll take you all the way back to the 80s.

@Quatermain98526 Surely a sad time for the power legacy of the Trans Am, lets not get carried away though. The 1989 Turbo Trans Am will run with the best of em.

can you post it?

@LS1Hawk And mens too!!!

I have a yellow trans am

Billy Jean meets Knight Rider meets Miami Vice? :D

Fact.

@BlackDalhia7 i wish that was still true today. my friends had a 86 Trans Am while we were in high school and while i was drooling over it he just kept calling it a POS and wanted a stupid Honda Civic. i was probably the only kid in my high school that cared about Pontiac's. No one could touch my 04 Grand Prix GTP.

@marshalllucky Why's that?

do any one know how much was this car at that time ??

@RayPaganJr

6 жыл бұрын

Kavindu Gilshan I purchased mine in Puerto Rico and it cost me a 24,000 and change. In the mainland it was selling for 17,000 I believe.

@kavindugilshan

6 жыл бұрын

24,000$ how much in these days ?? ( may be same worth as a new lamborghini or ferrari in these days? ) anyhow this model is still one of my favourite car design maybe because of Knight Rider ;)

I own a 91 T/A, the only thing i hate about the interior was the center console. it was a poor design, but as for the rest of the interior, as it maybe a little raddle hear and there, my interior is still original and solid. No sagging, plastic door piece is straight, dash pad is still perfect. When they cars get parked in the sun everyday it loosens up the center console and they come apart. that i agree was a very crappy way of making it. The 82-84 bolt in was better than the glue piece 85-92

@digitalmagicAR

4 жыл бұрын

My 92 still looks amazing inside....except for the GM standard feature saggy headliner, LOL

Pondiac transam forever

@3800fiero 20HP to do a burnout? I think more goes into it than that...I had a 1995 T-bird 3.8 V6 with 140HP, that car could not do a burnout for the life of it...every now or then it might squeal the tires a tad..., but I'd have to hold the brake down to get the tires spinning. 190HP was good for a 0-60 time of 8.0 seconds, most modern day 4 cylinder cars are about that fast...190HP was okay for the time, but over all not too fast.

@knightwolf200612 can he send it to us?

Knight Rider is the best commercial

More like the Pontiac "Trance-am" going by the music used in this commercial.

@charlie479 Go to North Bergan New Jersey.

@LS1Hawk é vero, ahahahaha

I hate to burst anyone's nostalgia bubble, but... I'm 43 years old and have worked as an auto mechanic in some capacity for half of those, including several GM dealerships, so I have a fair amount of knowledge and experience concerning these cars. Yes, the Trans Am and Formula models with the 5.0 and 5.7 liter tuned port V8s were fast, and their handling and roadholding was excellent- especially with the optional WS6 suspension. HOWEVER- their build quality was absolutely hideous. Just awful.

Cool car = Sex. They weren't that subtle with this one :-)

@11bikerboy11 i don t know if that the case it is between 1982 and 1992 appeal of fbody was sooo good.manny american car has where way befor europeans. maby bit together but just japanse market only can t destroy pontiac i love pontiac to i hate it its gone.same for iroc-z love the iroc-z.

Don Draper would be proud.

The Pontiac Trans Am, complete with a 5.0 V8 producing a WHOPPING...190 horsepower? Bahaha...wait 7 years, until 1993 with the LT1. 275HP then.

I totally agree for the simple fact you don't own a real trans am just a cosmetically disguised camaro

@3800fiero Nope sorry, he didn't want to put it online or send it to me... (the bastard :P)

Buy one of these Firebirds and you too can pretend to be in the '80s, just like I do :)

why is the world so crappy now? it used to be so goood!

@BlackDalhia7 Stil do ^_^

what happend to my country what happend to general motors its going down hill