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Old 05-13-2013, 03:27 PM   #1
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No, you didn't read our title wrong. This is a 2013 model year Trans Am, and yes, that is a Pontiac logo affixed to the front of the car. But don't bother dialing up your local General Motors dealership just yet. This is the new Hurst Edition Trans Am created by the Trans Am Depot located in Tallahassee, FL. Having spent a number of years restoring early Trans Am models, the crew at Trans Am Depot finally did what many Pontiac enthusiasts wish GM would have done - create a modern Trans Am using the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro.

As the former owner of a 1977 model, I've been wanting to check out Trans Am Depot ever since I first saw the company have American Choppers build a trio of motorcycles inspired by its Pontiac remakes. So I jumped at the chance to head to Florida's capital city to visit the shop and drive its latest creation, the new Hurst Edition Trans Am. As a collaboration with Hurst, this car made its debut at the 2012 SEMA Show and then popped up again on our radar with a cheesy yet perfectly fitting video back in March.

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For this Quick Spin, I was in the black Hurst Edition SEMA car driving behind the gorgeous pearl white example seen here, and between their audacious styling and killer exhaust notes, people kept gawking at us - ok, the cars - as if we were the buxom, bikini-clad babe seen in the aforementioned video.

From a styling standpoint, this Trans Am is way more than just a body kit. Trans Am Depot has performed extensive changes to the Camaro's body to give it an appearance that closely resembles the 1977-78 Firebird, with unique front and rear fascias that include modern LED headlights and taillights, as well as era-appropriate down-turned quadruple exhaust outlets. Some of the minor alterations include detail work like adding front fender extractors, removing the Camaro's faux rear wheel vents and adding a little length to the tail section to give the Trans Am a flatter, more unique rear end. Hurst Edition cars are only offered in black, white and silver paint with the iconic shaker hood and Screaming Eagle, and the whole look is finished off with 20-inch, gold-accented honeycomb wheels.

As the hood scoop suggests, the Hurst Edition uses the same 6.2-liter V8 as the Camaro SS, and an optional supercharger boosted the power to 575 horsepower at the rear wheels on my test car. There is also a supercharger kit that delivers up to 720 hp, and if that still isn't enough, a twin-turbo kit is available offering 1,100 horses. With 575 hp, the Hurst Edition still has plenty of power to break the wheels lose even with StabiliTrak on, making me wonder how crazy the more powerful versions are. More impressive than the power from this V8 are the noises it makes. Under the hood, a muffled whine hints at the supercharger while the dual exhaust belts out an incredible note under full throttle.

Just like the extensive changes made to the car's styling, Trans Am Depot had done more than just dump a ton of extra power under the hood. A one-inch drop in the suspension helps tuck the staggered-width alloys into the wheel wells, while an Eibach sway bar upgrade should help give the heavy Camaro chassis a little more cornering bite. Sadly, I didn't have the chance to put the Hurst Edition T/A through any challenging handling exercises... it is Florida after all.

Inside, the Hurst Edition also gets an appropriately retro theme with repatterned seats, restyled instrument gauges and, naturally, a cue-ball short-throw Hurst shifter. The black-and-gold color scheme gives the cabin a classic look while carbon fiber accents on just about every surface adds modern panache with finishing touches like the billet sill plates and embroidered headrests.

My biggest disappointment about the interior - and perhaps the entire car itself - is a lack of the sparkly, machined-metallic-look gauge trim found on the dash of the late-'70s Firebirds. To me, this was as defining of an element as the Screaming Chicken for these old Pontiacs. What this car lacks in a single piece of '70s-era trim, though, it more than makes up for with its t-tops. Trans Am Depot used to farm out its T-tops, but has now since up with a proprietary design for improved style and function. GM, take note.
Now, turning your Camaro into a Trans Am is no cheap ordeal. If you have a donor fifth-gen Camaro and eight weeks to spare, Trans Am Depot will turn you out a base Hurst Edition starting at $29,985. This former SEMA queen came with some optional add-ons like the $10,550 supercharger kit and a stiff $7,500 for the t-tops.

While Trans Am Depot is limiting production of the Hurst Edition, it also offers the 7T7 model (on which the Hurst is based) with its '77 Trans Am styling, as well as the 6T9 built to look like the 1969 Trans Am and the 6T9 Goat styled after the 1969 GTO. And if, for some reason, you doubt just how much these guys love powerful Pontiacs, check out their daily drivers sitting out in front of the shop: a pair of rare Pontiac G8 GXP Firehawk sedans.
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Old 05-13-2013, 04:24 PM   #2
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Looks like a dinosaur. Just relatively expensive nostalgia.......
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Old 05-13-2013, 05:22 PM   #3
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kill it with fire!!!!

That is an abomination to the real deal.
I would take a stock 77 trans am any day over this tarted up hot wheels reject.
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Old 05-13-2013, 06:14 PM   #4
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Old 05-13-2013, 06:21 PM   #5
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Doesn't look right. I have no issue with making a new camaro look like a trans am. But the new camaro is retro styled to look like the 67-69. So trying to make this look like a 70-81 is all wrong. The proportions are all off.
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Old 05-13-2013, 09:08 PM   #6
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Srsy, wtf were they thinking? Maybe if it included the super and t-top for that price.
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Old 05-13-2013, 10:56 PM   #7
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Doesn't look right. I have no issue with making a new camaro look like a trans am. But the new camaro is retro styled to look like the 67-69. So trying to make this look like a 70-81 is all wrong. The proportions are all off.
You hit it on the head. Styling cues should recall '69 TA. Looks like someone's tried that already, also with dubious results. http://www.amcarguide.com/custom/hpp...am-conversion/


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Old 05-13-2013, 11:50 PM   #8
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This is what happens when garage shops try to do retro, they just replicate the vintage design.

The factory Camaro was done by professional designers and take cues from the era but is modern, not just copying it. These look cheap.

I want to see GM do a retro Trans Am.
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Old 05-14-2013, 12:06 AM   #9
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seems black and gold works better

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Old 05-14-2013, 07:33 AM   #10
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I already can't stand the look of the new Camaro, and I was always a longtime GM fan, this just makes me want to puke even faster. They lost me as a customer after the last GTO (and that was a Australian GM-Holden design) left their lots, there isn't anything they make other than the Z06 that even comes up on my radar. I hate the direction they are going with design, and the backend of the new Corvette isn't helping their case.
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:24 AM   #11
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For some reason, when I first saw it I thought of



**** YEAH!
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:32 AM   #12
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I already can't stand the look of the new Camaro, and I was always a longtime GM fan, this just makes me want to puke even faster. They lost me as a customer after the last GTO (and that was a Australian GM-Holden design) left their lots, there isn't anything they make other than the Z06 that even comes up on my radar. I hate the direction they are going with design, and the backend of the new Corvette isn't helping their case.
ummm...none of these designs are from GM.
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Old 05-14-2013, 08:39 AM   #13
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ummm...none of these designs are from GM.
Talking about GM in general not this knockoff, which I wouldn't put it past GM to create themselves, being that their designs lately lean more towards the absurd.
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The only way to do a second generation Trans Am would be to style it after the second generation Trans Am from the ground up; not take a modern Camaro that was designed after the first generation Camaro and transform it into a second generation Trans Am. That's how you end up with derp like that.

On a side note, I love how cheap the 2001-2002 Trans Am/Camaro is now; they're such a bargain. LS1/<3,500lbs/t-tops/19 mpg city & 26 mpg highway. Got me thinking about getting one now.
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That thing is gross. Lol'd at the pricing though.
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T-Tops...

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Old 05-17-2013, 01:30 AM   #17
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Too bad Pontiac is defunct this is WAY too much money.
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Hey man, I think T-tops are way cool man.

If I were to get back into the 70-81 F bodies, I would totally rock some T-tops

And grow a serious stand alone Mustache
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I had T-Tops in my 1980 Vette, all they did is create a tornado inside the car, quite useless.
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Things have come a long way since 1980 in convertible, sunroof, and t-top technology, and aerodynamic management.
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I'm rather taken by the term "T-top technology."
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Things have come a long way since 1980 in convertible, sunroof, and t-top technology, and aerodynamic management.
And what was the last car to have t-tops? The '02 f-body twins?
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And these hairstyles will make a come back. Buahahaha!
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What a horrifying monstrosity for the Fat Rednecks with Money demographic.
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