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videos.streetfire.net - 6/22/2009
Pontiac trans am turbo tv commercial
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1980 television commercial for the Pontiac turbo charged V8 Trans Am

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Commercial Break: 1980 Turbo Trans Am
StreetFire — Initially, I found the claim that the 1980 Trans Am was the world’s only production car with a turbo V8 a little sketchy, because I thought Ferrari was using turbos on its 308s. But as it turns out, Modena didn’t start offering turbos until 1983, so it seems like in this case, bragging rights belong to the General. And while the 4.9 liter engine’s power output isn’t fantastic by today’s standards—Pontiac said it made 220HP at the crank—you have to love that the General was doing something no other manufacturer was at the time, and ...

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