2025 Pontiac Firebird Comeback Teaser: What We Know About the Return of Iconic Muscle Car?

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  • čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
  • It is not a joke - General Motors is really considering a comeback of the Pontiac muscle car!
    Car and Driver full-cover ad sparked the discussion, although there is a disclaimer written in small print...
    It is not just us - all the gear-heads are now trying to find out more info about the upcoming vehicle and the 2025 Pontiac Firebird seems like the perfect replacement for the outgoing Chevy Camaro.
    What do you think?
    Is the ad fake, or the Pontiac is making a stunning comeback??
    #pontiac #pontiacisback #firebird #transam
    Chapters:
    00:00 Introduction - What does the C&D ad means?
    01:40 Possible powertrains breakdown
    02:29 Pontiac coming back as an EV? (cons, additional cons, and a few minor pros)
    03:23 Verdict: will we see the 2025 Pontiac Firebird?
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Komentáře • 153

  • @liamfirebird6922
    @liamfirebird6922 Před 24 dny +28

    Im all in for the new Firebird! Build it GM!

  • @ericw3517
    @ericw3517 Před 20 dny +10

    Don't hold your breath, people.

  • @michaelm3381
    @michaelm3381 Před 24 dny +13

    It has to be real and I can't wait. I have three fourth gen Firebirds and I'd love to see a new one.

  • @user-in1mt4in6e
    @user-in1mt4in6e Před 24 dny +15

    Bring back our favorite bird!!!

  • @maurosanchez5720
    @maurosanchez5720 Před 24 dny +20

    If the rumor is true that pontiac is coming back then i hope pontiac will return in nascar and in the police car Markets.😊

    • @Dj_Not_Nice
      @Dj_Not_Nice Před 24 dny +1

      Makes sense for Nascar GM pulling another Chevy SS

    • @ltahoe7195
      @ltahoe7195 Před 22 dny +1

      The late great PI legend Jim Rockford would be proud !! 😊

    • @johnrhodes101875
      @johnrhodes101875 Před 13 dny

      and in the police car Markets ....you must be a cop only a cop would say that crap and when was Pontiac in the cop car business

    • @donaldcurtis9229
      @donaldcurtis9229 Před 12 dny

      They're not sold check date if they do.They have to bring the whole pontiac line back and that's not gonna happen

  • @russellcunningham2118
    @russellcunningham2118 Před 5 dny +2

    Pontiac should of never left , I had quite a few of them and they were nothing but badass

  • @jacobpowellemmapowell
    @jacobpowellemmapowell Před 3 dny +1

    It would be nice to see a really powerful Firebird again!!!

  • @BOBODARK
    @BOBODARK Před 24 dny +5

    I owned a 70 Trans am biggest mistake selling it and a 71 Firebird and 81 Trans am. Please bring it back.

  • @navybluethunder
    @navybluethunder Před 24 dny +3

    I'm a great Pontiac enthusiast, I like the 4gen firebirds the most, but also GTO from then and modern. It is the feeling you can explore only in a car you don't need, but want! An early ad was "if you need a car, buy a chevy. if you want a car, buy a pontiac" ❤ Bring back these low flying "hell"birds🎉

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 Před 20 dny +3

    That blue 79 T/A looks sweet.

  • @chrisblackburn1872
    @chrisblackburn1872 Před 19 dny +3

    GM owns the brand name. There is really no reason not to bring back Pontiac or Oldsmobile. Both brands made some really cool and hot cars. I would love to see them come back 😎👍

  • @ZoZo-fc1we
    @ZoZo-fc1we Před 18 dny +3

    It would be nice to use Pontiac once again! 👍👍👍

  • @Faryar7
    @Faryar7 Před dnem +1

    The Muscle Car Lives 🦅 GM ™️ 🇺🇸

  • @overlordofdarkworldstudios283

    i would love to see what a new pontiac firebird & a new GTO it would be interesting to see what they make hopefully it won't be an awful looking cars & retain their amazing power

  • @leonardbrinkman4410
    @leonardbrinkman4410 Před 23 dny +4

    I think that Pontiac is due for a full redemption, and what I think is going to happen is you're going to see a major comeback with Pontiac with the firebird! Who knows we might see an electric firebird down the road.

  • @pontiacpower421
    @pontiacpower421 Před 24 dny +2

    Clearly what makes sense is the 6.6 litre l8p crate engine. Plus 500hp the legendary 6.6 moniker. Its obviously a match made in heaven! imo

  • @stan..drive.5019
    @stan..drive.5019 Před dnem +1

    I hope its back!

  • @carlwestfall2006
    @carlwestfall2006 Před 22 dny +8

    Never buy a EV car ! 90% that has bought one won't buy another!!!!

  • @randygreen7871
    @randygreen7871 Před 24 dny +4

    If they build it, I WILL buy it!

    • @user-pn9th9nq5m
      @user-pn9th9nq5m Před 24 dny +1

      Yea if Pontiac build it.i will buy one

    • @user-pn9th9nq5m
      @user-pn9th9nq5m Před 24 dny +1

      Yea I would like a electric firebird but it got to have at least 950hp twin turbo

    • @JRLL81_
      @JRLL81_ Před 24 dny

      ​@@user-pn9th9nq5myou mean hybrid?

  • @luisaacosta1181
    @luisaacosta1181 Před 23 dny +2

    We need it back

  • @Bcharns
    @Bcharns Před 17 dny +1

    I’ll believe it when I see it, and if I see it, I’ll buy it!

  • @dannyhyde7019
    @dannyhyde7019 Před 16 dny +2

    Id love to see the TA make a come back maybe a WS6 with a Fire-Breathing V8. GM please don't disrespect the Bird with that EV-BS

  • @danboren6567
    @danboren6567 Před dnem +1

    Bring PONTIAC BACK!!! Give us a Turbocharged V8!

  • @8822fitzy
    @8822fitzy Před 4 dny +1

    Lt5 or lsa. Would be fantastic

  • @blairbrown4812
    @blairbrown4812 Před 24 dny +3

    3:14-3:22
    Sad to say, this sounds more realistic.

  • @groovidg
    @groovidg Před 19 dny +1

    Yes! Bring it back with the shaker hood and a monster 8 block!

  • @whowantstoknow771
    @whowantstoknow771 Před 23 dny +3

    If Pontiac comes back, it's nothing but the Camaro in Pontiac emblems, gm should bring back the Pontiac GTO and tempest!!!👍🤔🤓

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 23 dny

      Well, even today's Camaro is not old Camaro... Firebird or any Pontiac won't have anything from old cars but the name ☹️

  • @carolynharris8000
    @carolynharris8000 Před 24 dny +3

    You know General Motors are not going to let Ford and Chrysler get the best of them.

  • @skeets6060
    @skeets6060 Před 22 dny +1

    I will believe it when I see it !

  • @gymmratt
    @gymmratt Před 23 dny +2

    1927-Pontiac is born.
    2027-Marks the 100th Anniversary of Pontiac. GM has nothing in the foreseeable future to compete against Ford or Dodge as Chevrolet's plan for the Camaro is to make it a guess what?..an EV. What better to fill that gapping hole then with..oh! I don't know...A Revised Pontiac!!!
    We need to speak up if we want Pontiac back.
    This is the opportunity we need to consider.
    MAKE SOME NOISE!

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 23 dny

      Charger and Challenger are cancelled too, so the only muscle still being produced is Mustang... My guess is not for too long. Ford already started the transformation to the electric segment and as an SUV. They're just keeping the name alive.

  • @keiththompson7280
    @keiththompson7280 Před 3 dny +1

    A new Pontiac as a Firebird YES, but with and engine that is and improved version of Pontiacs V8 how doe's a tunnel port overhead cam Ram Air 5 sound, like a Hemi killer, if only had GM let Pontiac loose , in 1963. We would have seen overhead cam V8s than.

  • @firebird5288
    @firebird5288 Před 21 dnem +1

    People worry way too much about the Firebird being EV. It's even in the news that EVs aren't selling.
    Bring back the bird!

  • @omegatiger8321
    @omegatiger8321 Před 20 dny +1

    Had 2 Trans Am's they were great cars would buy another...

  • @eknight822
    @eknight822 Před 2 dny +1

    Bring it back with the new smokey an the bandit movie

  • @phil4986
    @phil4986 Před 13 dny +1

    The new Firebird should be a copy of the very first Firebird, the plain model that looked very light and ready to go. If should look nothing like a Camaro.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 13 dny

      Very unlikely ☹️ both styling and powertrains are about to be "modernized"... They're killing the joy of ride ☹️

  • @old_slow_guy3337
    @old_slow_guy3337 Před 24 dny +1

    The phraze "make some noise" is probably, becasuse you have to the car won't.

  • @johnpaulbacon8320
    @johnpaulbacon8320 Před 18 dny +1

    Very curious.

  • @adrianrubi5012
    @adrianrubi5012 Před 16 dny +1

    V8 as a generator for charging the EV battery. No plug-in.

  • @teerexness
    @teerexness Před 18 dny +1

    As long as it's not an EV, I'm interested.

  • @maurosanchez5720
    @maurosanchez5720 Před 23 dny +1

    Can you make a video about the possible return of oldsmobile and murcrey car brand.😊

  • @ae747sp5
    @ae747sp5 Před 15 dny +1

    T-Top mandatory 😊

  • @greeneyedsheshe
    @greeneyedsheshe Před 22 dny +1

    We had an '80 Firebird Trans Am. Beautiful car. Not practical for a young family, which is why we sold it.

  • @kleestard1013
    @kleestard1013 Před 16 dny +1

    They could call the electric version the Thermal Runaway...

  • @waltthebard7637
    @waltthebard7637 Před 20 dny +1

    I often go into a fantasy world where my zoo garage is full of Firebirds, Mustangs, Jaguars, and Thunderbirds...and a Cheetah.😎

  • @philpolzin2233
    @philpolzin2233 Před 9 dny +1

    Dream on. There is no profitable market for any of the Big 3 to return to manufacturing muscle cars. That era was a short lived moment in time that will never be captured again. I lived it and I loved it. I sold new muscle cars in the era. Pontiacs and Chevrolets. The insurance companies and the oil conglomerates killed the muscle car. Today's buying public is too conservative and practical to give up their SUVs (modern day station wagons). I am 76 years young and my summer driver is a 2015 Chevy SS.

  • @eolsen2007
    @eolsen2007 Před 3 dny

    If they brought it back 5.3L V8 revive the 3.8L V6 in naturally aspirated and supercharged and throw in a turbo 4 in the mix have the historically bullet proof V6 as the standard engine and pair it to their 10 speed auto as standard with a reliable automatic from the past and a 6 speed manual as optional you bring back the G8 as the Bonneville or grand am/prix and some new crossovers that are unique enough to not look badge engineered. Bring back Firebird/Trans AM and a few select nameplates.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 2 dny

      Only old thing will be the name ☹️☹️

  • @CyberMichiganBuilds
    @CyberMichiganBuilds Před 23 dny +1

    v12 with a bulletproof 8 speed would be legendary, not that they would ever in a million years consider that.

  • @MrDriverofDirt
    @MrDriverofDirt Před 11 dny +2

    Real Car, V8 with turbo or super charged, none of that duracell bullshit, build it right, or don't build it at all

  • @micahsweetenberg6429
    @micahsweetenberg6429 Před 24 dny +3

    Bring that shit back GM stop doing stupid stuff bring it back

    • @MisterMikeTexas
      @MisterMikeTexas Před 23 dny

      They'll need to replace quota hire Mary Barra first.

  • @ww50r
    @ww50r Před 23 dny +1

    transam is cool but a fiero that is a vett hiller would be bad ass

    • @MisterMikeTexas
      @MisterMikeTexas Před 23 dny

      GM will never allow a relatively budget sports car to outperform its crown jewel!

  • @ramcharger1978
    @ramcharger1978 Před 24 dny +1

    I hope that Oldsmobile will be coming g back as well. I miss the 442, Cutlass, and Toronado.

  • @johnroma9412
    @johnroma9412 Před 23 dny +1

    Hey guys. The joke is our first car is an EV, not Pontiac coming back. Pontiac coming back is true.

  • @j-pj6838
    @j-pj6838 Před 10 dny +1

    I hope they start making Firebirds again, but ditch that retro look and start where they left in 2002. It should be made like before, use same engine as a Vette and lie about the horsepower numbers.

  • @shawnrobert3194
    @shawnrobert3194 Před 9 dny

    The problem is that all of the Pontiac muscle car brands are owned but trans am international

  • @nickwinn6091
    @nickwinn6091 Před 23 dny +1

    a car would be better than a crossover. there are enough already

  • @hassan415
    @hassan415 Před 19 dny +3

    C8 Corvette ZO6 costs 150-175k 😂
    GM will find a way to ruin Pontiac again with greed and alienating you and I (the core fanbase) Who is running GM now? I have zero confidence in them. Ford started the war, and have now been declared the winner 🏆
    🤯
    Didn’t see this coming. We’ll all be in mustangs at this point.

  • @user-jt4cq8bk9d
    @user-jt4cq8bk9d Před 24 dny +1

    Might be little too late GM, Why didn't a Pontiac Firebird make a
    debut back when Chevrolet had
    brought back the Camaro!?! It's
    hard understanding that when..
    the two F-bodied models were
    virtual twins when first introduced
    to the masses(1967). Sometimes I wondered why major car companies stop producing their popular models to begin with or totally ruin a model
    (4dr. Charger?). Now, I'm told they want to make Crossover, 4dr. Sedan
    or SUVs with the Camaro(like Ford's Mustang)WTF!?! What Major Car Companies NEED TO DO Is..THINK
    BEFORE THEY START A BIG MESS & DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING!!!

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 24 dny

      We might like muscle cars, but crossovers and trucks generate more profit ☹️ I suppose Camaro and Mustang survived mainly because of the huge fan base. With Firebird alongside Camaro, GM would have more expenses and same sales...

  • @Patrick-ml1mg
    @Patrick-ml1mg Před 4 dny +1

    Bring back the Bird. GM we want Gas powered excitement again. Not electric shit.

  • @user-ch2px8sb9g
    @user-ch2px8sb9g Před 23 dny

    In 2026?

  • @richardcriscione9427
    @richardcriscione9427 Před 3 dny +2

    If is GAS I will buy one if it's an EV for get it no going to happen, I will never drive any car that I have to plug in to run GAS only.!!!!

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 3 dny

      EVs are too hyped, and companies will do these dirty tricks to draw even more attention to electric cars ☹️

  • @kelvinlittle2153
    @kelvinlittle2153 Před 18 dny +1

    I hope the firebird doesn’t look like the Camaro in any way.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 17 dny +1

      We all hope for sth new, not just rebadged Camaro

  • @mr.h.8363
    @mr.h.8363 Před 15 dny +1

    Bring that MUTHA back!

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 15 dny

      Firebird, and it would be also cool to see the new Barracuda replacing Charger and Challenger!

    • @mr.h.8363
      @mr.h.8363 Před 15 dny +1

      @@LetsDriveYT if Chrysler Corp. didn't have their heads up their butts they have found away to keep Plymouth, Charger and Challenger(V8), and brought back the Cuda a out 14 years ago! The big blocks can be designed to efficient. Also, there is synthetic gas that mimics petrol and is better! They don't want it to come to market! You know who they are!

  • @user-ji6rq6kr6m
    @user-ji6rq6kr6m Před 24 dny +1

    They already make them

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 24 dny

      Could't find any info about production... But where there's smoke, there's fire 😉

    • @deanosborn3464
      @deanosborn3464 Před 24 dny

      ​@LetsDriveYT I think he's talking about these aftermarket companies that makes a Camaro look like a '77/'78 TransAm

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 24 dny

      If GM doesn't change everything, but just repack Camaro's stuff into Pontiac, that will be basically the same ☹️

  • @dalemartens2962
    @dalemartens2962 Před dnem +2

    I pulled up beside a tesla the upper level one in my 2019 corvette and the tesla could not go over 50 mph because low battery he said. What a joke. at the same time EV'S are wrecking our roads because of their heavy weight.

  • @Brian.Martin
    @Brian.Martin Před 16 dny

    3rd times a charm they say... don't buy its a sham

  • @johnhall3683
    @johnhall3683 Před 17 dny +1

    They need to use a different grill too, because BMW warned them before they Went bankrupt😂. Stop, copying our grill!

  • @bobpierce115
    @bobpierce115 Před 23 dny +1

    I love Pontiac too. I had 4 of them, but this fake ad was created by Car & Driver to create buzz/attention FOR Car & Driver magazine that's really not doing so hot. They've gone from a monthly to a bimonthly, and the next level down is a quarterly, like Motor Trend. To answer the question of why would C & D to to all the trouble of doing this, that's why. The ad is kind of like the bellowing Orwellian screen from an extremely well known film, to give the little man behind the curtain some attention. It's getting it now, but this too shall pass. What gimmick will be next, or will they make a series out of these. Car magazines are dying out like the film industry. Everything's all over with, and no one has the guts to say it, so I just did.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 23 dny

      99% true, but we still hold out hopes for that 1% 😄

  • @mistersecret88
    @mistersecret88 Před 24 dny

    Small print says it fake. Guy ignores.....smart

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 24 dny

      😂😂😂
      That's what we love to do

  • @valerianportus7409
    @valerianportus7409 Před 24 dny +7

    NEVER EVER will buy an EV. Appliances belong in the kitchen, not the garage.

  • @doylepainter8504
    @doylepainter8504 Před 21 dnem +1

    If Pontiac really want to finish kill the cars... Build ur EV 's. I always liked there Real cars ... the 66/ 67 68/69/70 .. GTO's Judges . Firebirds Trans Am. But the 1980's Pontiac went down hill fast .. But EV,s Nope ! Just as well close there doors again...

  • @mistersecret88
    @mistersecret88 Před 24 dny

    Fresh fuel?? Say on bottom of page. NOT HAPPENING

  • @henrywashington3732
    @henrywashington3732 Před 12 dny +1

    Only F body I buy is Pontiac. I buy GMC trucks and not Chevrolet. I know it's all GM but rarely a Chevy fan boy.

  • @mista2621
    @mista2621 Před 3 dny

    I'd rather GM bought back Holden

  • @johnrau2873
    @johnrau2873 Před 16 dny +1

    Not with an EV

  • @timsacco6g694
    @timsacco6g694 Před 3 dny +1

    Leave Pontiac alone and in the past, all the car would be is a slightly rebodied Camaro with an ENORMOUS price tag! 😠😠😠

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 3 dny

      These were affordable cars before. Now they're too expensive. No surprise why they are being shut down.

  • @johnmclean4151
    @johnmclean4151 Před 22 dny

    Why would GM bring back the Pontiac name plate for only one vehicle? Not good business sense, let the past stay in the past, GM tried that before with the GTO……..,,

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 22 dny

      Good question. But only one ad in the magazine caused so much attention. Like we said in the video, it might be C&D trick to draw attention to their magazine, or GM is behind all this.

  • @donaldcurtis9229
    @donaldcurtis9229 Před 12 dny

    If they built it you wouldn't be able to afford it anyway

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 12 dny +1

      Hope they won't overprice it. But it will be expensive...

  • @rickwensel2313
    @rickwensel2313 Před 3 hodinami

    Ford mustang is done. They went EV. Ford jumped the shark. They are now like Quisp cereal. History!

  • @raylenesenke7504
    @raylenesenke7504 Před 4 dny +1

    Gas powered v 8 no ev crap

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 4 dny

      Hopefully they'll make a reasonable decision

  • @davebarron5939
    @davebarron5939 Před 9 dny

    Pontiac is done, and GM is killing the Camaro, they are not going to re-tool completely for a "new brand" to make a Camaro "successor" not gonna be.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 9 dny

      I don't think this is happening without a reason... Revival of Pontiac would definitely draw a lot of attention

  • @donaldgrant9067
    @donaldgrant9067 Před 12 dny +1

    Again I didn't look you up, this was CZcams. But The Firebird isn't back. It is a Camaro with a different front end on it and that is all that it is. Also when the Firebird and the Camaro first came out anyone could afford them, only the well off can afford these fake muscle cars. And could you please tell CZcams I don't want to see these video's, just because I look at dirt bikes doesn't mean I want to have cars that only the wealthy can afford. Tired of watch the rich play, that is why I don't watch NASCAR, football or any other sports today. A dirt bike anyone can afford if you buy chinese and get out there and ride. I know, because I do. and out run the cowardly rich people all day long.

  • @quartytypo
    @quartytypo Před 8 dny

    It better be all electric.

  • @ricrobinson616
    @ricrobinson616 Před dnem

    An EV muscle car..? 😂😂😂

  • @mistersecret88
    @mistersecret88 Před 24 dny

    This is 100 perrcent not happening. Barra wont allow ut. Dont be suckers.

  • @BoostedDeere
    @BoostedDeere Před 2 hodinami

    This is a lie Pontiac dead. Secondly the Camaro dead. GM will not launch a new brand and model alone for the firebird when they discontinued the Camaro.

  • @arkteosss
    @arkteosss Před 11 dny +1

    If the trans am comes back it will be a piece of shit electric hybrid or pathetic turbo 6 cylinder.

    • @LetsDriveYT
      @LetsDriveYT  Před 11 dny

      And a V8 would eventually be the most expensive choice ☹️☹️☹️

  • @keithsclassicgarage1133

    Pontiac no longer exists, sadly.

  • @nicobravo
    @nicobravo Před 24 dny

    Sounds like wishful thinking..

  • @donphillips599
    @donphillips599 Před 18 hodinami

    This is so false there isn’t even a Pontiac anymore

  • @danyboyjo1394
    @danyboyjo1394 Před 20 dny +1

    The musle cars are dead. Very sad good buy to. Camaro v8 charger v8. challenger v8 mustang v8. It is the end

  • @donphillips599
    @donphillips599 Před 18 hodinami

    This is so false there isn’t even a Pontiac anymore