2018 Trans Am photos, pictures, specs, engines and Reviews
2018 Trans Am photos, pictures, specs, engines and Reviews
The 2018 Trans Am—we wouldn't be surprised if, in homage to the '64 1/2, it is called the 2018 1/2—is set to compete in heretofore untested global markets with Pontiac adding the first right-hand-drive factory variant. For old-timers and loyalists, that might be exciting news. It might also be a sign Pontiac is about to screw things up. The full verdict will come when people drive the next 2018 Trans Am, and it won't hit showrooms for another year. Meanwhile, signs so far are mostly good. Pontiac expects just 10 percent of production from the Pontiac Trans Am plant., to find its way overseas.
The global Pontiac Trans Am is brand building as much as revenue stream. Yet “global” here does not mean 2018 Trans Ams for oil sheiks on the Arabian Peninsula or oddball collectors in Japan or aftermarket right-drive conversions in Australia or gray-market Trans Ams in Europe. That global already exists. The new global means as many 2018 Trans Ams as the expanding goldmine of China—and Brazil—will take, as well as delivery from most sanctioned Pontiac dealers on earth, even in Southeast Asia or sub-Saharan Africa.
Internet speculation about the global 2018 Trans Am—as in significant downsizing, 400-pound weight reduction and the 5.0 V8's demise—has been proven patently wrong. This is not a world sedan or crossover built at a transplant factory and exported back to the mother country. Rather, it's dyed-in-the-wool Americana going global, like McDonald's or Coca-Cola, from a plant just south of Detroit. Pontiac seems to be taking Pontiac Trans Am as we've always known it—substantial, sometimes brutish and space-inefficient—refining it some and giving it to the world.
The global Pontiac Trans Am is brand building as much as revenue stream. Yet “global” here does not mean 2018 Trans Ams for oil sheiks on the Arabian Peninsula or oddball collectors in Japan or aftermarket right-drive conversions in Australia or gray-market Trans Ams in Europe. That global already exists. The new global means as many 2018 Trans Ams as the expanding goldmine of China—and Brazil—will take, as well as delivery from most sanctioned Pontiac dealers on earth, even in Southeast Asia or sub-Saharan Africa.
Internet speculation about the global 2018 Trans Am—as in significant downsizing, 400-pound weight reduction and the 5.0 V8's demise—has been proven patently wrong. This is not a world sedan or crossover built at a transplant factory and exported back to the mother country. Rather, it's dyed-in-the-wool Americana going global, like McDonald's or Coca-Cola, from a plant just south of Detroit. Pontiac seems to be taking Pontiac Trans Am as we've always known it—substantial, sometimes brutish and space-inefficient—refining it some and giving it to the world.
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