The New 840-Horsepower "Trans Am" Is Insane Fun -- THE/DRIVE
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2016
- The Drive's Sean Evans drives the 840-hp "Trans Am Bandit Edition," a Chevy Camaro SS-turned-Trans Am, complete with T-tops and a 7.4-liter supercharged V8. It's the product of Trans Am Worldwide, of Florida, the state that gave us Burt Reynolds and crazy, badass things of all description.
Video shot and edited by Andrew Siceloff, and produced by Cait Knoll.
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They _were_ letting people drive the Burt Reynolds Bandit edition, but guys kept having to stop for Sally Field in a wedding dress.
nicely done.
quit your day job.
fidorover what's she wearin now?! lol. RIP Jerry. 10.4 good buddy. With 840 HP Smokey beware. South bound and truckin!!
dreampi
Too bad it wasn't Farrah Fawcett. Hmm no, that was the Cannonball Run minus the star of the movie...THE CAR!!
That is one of the most beautiful modern muscle cares I have ever seen. I am in love with the attention to details like the shaker hood complete with graphics and the T-top. Perfectly executed.
The amount of people that don't understand that the firebird and camaro were always built on the same platform is too damn high!
SuzuRyderHD lke the monaro and the gto
I totally know what you mean seems pretty easy to me to realize it's the same body my favorite era is the mid 80's
Hello Hello . itz NOT the same body. uz r in twilite. Whatever this was it is. Total mindfuck
This was not always the cast with the Holden Monaro and the Pontiac GTO, +devin johnson. The reality is that the Holden Monaro was actually built upon a slightly longer and wider version of the Chevrolet Nova/Buick Apollo/Pontiac Ventura/Acadia Ventura/Pontiac Phoenix/Buick Skylark platform, which was the GM A Frame Body back in the 1970s, I think.
I told this camaro guy that and he said they are different, even the engine. I thought they were the same, engine and all. the old ones
Rest in peace Burt Reynolds "Bandit!!!!"You will be missed :(
God bless you guys!! Thats the car of my childhood!
My dad had the 1979 Black Trans Am grey bird and red interior. Gorgeous!!!!
I had an '80 T/A with 4.9 turbo and red leather seats
This is what the Knight Rider reboot should use.
VideoGuy they used a mustang ...sadly
There is supposedly another reboot coming. I really hope they use the 2017 trans am.
Night Rider doesn't have shit on The Bandit Baby!! LOL
VideoGuy 🙌I was thinking the same! A up to date knight rider model sounds like a fantasy, more like a wet dream.
A reboot today is the best way to kill a legend tv show/movie. Look at: Dukes, A-Team, Knight Rider, Ghostbusters shall i go on??
the craftsmanship is what I enjoyed the most. this is art on 4 wheels. amazing work.. I think GM could definitely learn something from this company. I would love to own one of there screaming chickens. this is what a modern American muscle car should be.
AGREED.
Lol, If you saw what actually happened in that shop...
Charles Gill + Yea, that what he means when he says it's art on 4 wheels, and when he is talking about craftsmanship, that's telling you it's done in a ( chop shop studio ) Haven't you seen grease monkey on cable ??
SKO NYC
my question is why the hell is the chicken screaming? is it about to get its head chop off? lol
As a long time Trans Am fan this makes me happy.
Pontiac.... its history... it actually looks way better than the camaro! but then again aftermarket! these guys did a nice job
Norberto Sanchez ikr.!!looks so awesome
I agree, I always thought Pontiac had better designers and their side of GM made cooler looking cars. Sadly they were more looks than go sometimes.
Yes--Awesome Bandit !! And T-Tops :)
What would an entry level Formula HD hardtop set me back?
@@David-nl1zt -Yes, sadly, I think the last Pontiac car the GM tried to bring back was the iconic GTO, GM totally cocked it up. IMHO, I think the GTO should of had the same treatment as the Camaro did, but no it was a disaster. The wrong people re-designed it, GM and their ongoing bad decisions.
The color LED thingy in the front ligths messes it up so badly...
Luke Colorado It's like one of those cheap kids toys crammed with nonsense lights.
Luke Colorado I think that's half the point. it's so cheesy it's awesome
They look fine when they're clear, but it does get cheesy when changing it to different colors. But, you don't have to do that.
BMW drivers call those Angel Eyes, and they are either CCFL or LED rings and come in a single white color (but in different 'temperatures') or these RGB things. I never have seen anyone fit those RGB things though, unless it was a show car.
Bubo 25 Either that or a light blue, or deep blue even (around the 10000k mark).
Or just match it with the light bulbs you'd fit in there. Yellow lights, white lights or blue lights.
I love Tans Am. This name on a modern car with this much power is just perfect. I wish...
Its a fucking Camaro ..........
You could say that about any Trans Am... from 1982 to 2006. 1981 was the last year of a non-Chevy engine.
The bottom line is... People always bought TA's for the looks.
Mister Deplorable camaro and firebird looked similar in the 60s and 70's I like both
Bobby Phills Yeah man! I'm with ya!
Lol dude, you dont wish to buy this car... Think about the resale value... = Base price camaro.
We need pontiac back !
And Oldsmobile!!!!!!!!!
Why would we want oldsmobile back?
@@panzerfaust5046 -Because I used to have a 1986 Oldsmobile 442 it was an awesome car. Not to mention the luxury cars they had, the Oldsmobile Regency ninety eight, damn good car.
@@panzerfaust5046 Cutlass Surpreme or Ciara & 98 ,the list goes on ,plus Oldsmobile was the heart of most test models.
Can't believe they cut Pontiac and olds to keep Buick. WTF?????
I live in n.c. and I was out driving my 2000 trans am and the black bandit edition passed me Florida plates, I think it was the same that's on this video, man what a beautiful car. Love to have one.
I love that they're doing this and if I had the money I'd probably consider one; it's coach building American style and carrying on a brand that should never have killed off. It's fantastic.
For the next gen Camaro, I wish Chev would base it on the sexy lines of a 1970-73. I'd totally fall for that.
Be a harder sell for GM, those cars were longer and lower. The Camaro is already 25% bigger that the old gen 1 cars, it's 8" longer and 11" wider. I guess they could use a modified corvette chassis but fat Americans wouldn't likely go for it as you have roll in and out of them.
A 69' Camaro has about the same footprint as my RX-7 which considered tiny by today's standards.
SonOfTamriel 71- 73 Split bumper Camaro , Firebird or Formula look cool
What year RX-7 because a 69 Camaro is and was considered an intermediate sized car not a compact. The RX-7 was closer to a 911 or 260Z in size than a Camaro that was always bigger in the 1st and 2nd generation. Heavier too.
My favorite years of the 2nd gen Camaro too. Not likely though as it would be hard to get an updated version of the body to work without growing the car.
SonOfTamriel 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Awe R.I.P. Burt.
Since I saw Smoky and the Bandit first when I was 8, this has been my favorite car style.
God bless you guys it's nice to see somebody understands real adrenaline rush my high school graduation present was a 69 Copo 427 425 horse Camaro through the grace of God I drag raced it on the street for four and a half years and never wrecked it and killed anybody acquiring every ticket except vehicular manslaughter in triplicate could set the car sideways it 85 mile and then hour with 4 people in the car true excitement thank you General Motors
Jack Keller bullshit
Walter Persinger just what part of my story do you think is bullshit can swear to it on a stack of Bibles if you have a phone number I would be glad to send you photographs
As a child of the 70's and 80's......I just came a little.....
davidw706 child of the 90s and this makes me drool
Child of the 30's, and I just sharted
+gargamel55 umm can I see
Michael Bienicewicz
Only if you help me clean it.
As a child of the '70s & '80s I just threw up in my mouth a little.... Pontiac is ded....
GREAT JOB guys. I love every aspect of it !!! Beautiful car...well done !!!
when i was a kid i had a 1972 trans am with a 455 300 hp and somewhere around 400 torque. it was the funnest car ever had and ive had 123 muscle cars. the doors started sagging and where hard to shut. napa had a bushing kit for 20 bucks replace the bushings in the door hinge good to go. my ford dont have bushings they say replace the whole hinge. when manufactures started makeing throw backs i couldnt wait for this one but only made camero. you guys are awesome for this.
A very nice car. I'd like to get the original Trans Am and this updated version someday!
definitely!
Kayan El Dream Cars.😇
why not just fix up the original ? u could do a shit load of work for that money
exactly plus they totally killed it by saying it's a Camaro in the description
g cragg yeah I'll keep ny turbo b20 vtec get 50mpg and just enjoy it more because I built it.
If I had the money and if a Bandit was available,I would run to buy one...I love this car.
/Drive always has the best review vids. This one in particular is more about 2 guys building their American Dream moreover than the car itself. Really would like you guys to revisit their shop and do a 3 or 4 part series on what's actually done, How it's done and the guys/gals who do the work; not just the designers; but the people who are turning the wrenches. Getting to know the individual employees and their different talents speaks more about the car than Any ad or brochure ever would.
I'm a diehard Shelby owner...BUT---I'd love to have one of these Pontiac conversions. It seems they've done an excellent job. Congratulations, guys. PS...I used to live across the lane from Burt down in Jupiter Farms...if he was still alive, I'm sure he'd own one of these totally awesome cars.
I'm also a Shelby owner and I was born when the Mustang was born. And I'd love to own one of these myself.
not a single decent shot of the rear :((
it dosn't need much, no, everything looks beter that those dull square rearlights of the origi camaro %)
lol was thinking the same... I think it' cos it the ugliest part of the car...too late and expensive to go back and fix it!
You've never seen an ugly girl with a nice ass? How bout a "ButterFace"?
a shot of your rear probably looks better 😉
There's a little peek at 5:16.
When I was a teenager in the late 80s a friend and I would take his mom's Trans Am out and have a blast, especially in the snow. That thing had no traction if you touched the accelerator and was awesome for drifting. Those were some fun times, just glad I lived to tell about it!
All i can say is..........WOW!
Thanks is just a word.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Great work done in transforming the car into a Trans Am 840 hp monster! A beautiful piece of machine.
Great work! It's incredible to take those paintings and to transform it into a real car based on a Camaro! Now you need Burt Reynolds as your brand ambassador in a TV spot!! :D
I think the car looks pretty good, but I think those color changing led halos look tacky on this vehicle
swalling22 you mean they look incredibly tacky even the birds in question, takes away from how seriously you take the car
Mike Picker yeah the car has potential but not for that price
Mike Picker + hello, what does it mean to have a(n) unofficial collector item, they did mention that, like Star Wars and Star Trek item's
Ron Edwards it means unofficial guy anything "unofficial" isnt worth anything really,not even with blood sweat and tears in any spectrum, cars, toys, music, its up there with it being a fake, sorry guy but I stay away from anything even labeled "unofficial" just my two cents though
I was going to say the very same thing, those headlights really need to go.
The bandit is straight up badass. What a piece of amazing art. Kudos for these American car lovers for keeping this tradition alive.
Must be big bucks for that conversation! Beautiful car man!
sure wish gm would bring back the T-tops.
Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Indrid Cold -I agree, I was going to buy a 2019 Chevy truck, until I learned its going to have a four cylinder engine, I'm thinking they want to compete with Fords EcoBoost V6, with their version of EcoBoost.
@@rome79735 That's probably the case. I heard it has some power though. Most people will always prefer a v8 though.
They did it on west coast customs
They ain’t actually that hard to make, my friend sent it to a body shop and got T-tops on his 2013 for 400$ and it only took 3 days
They need to bring back the chevelle and nova
I second that!
I'm with you on that!!!
For sure on the Nova
fIyingpeacock yes that would be a good come back
Am I the only one noticing that people are not as creative as our previous generation?? Everybody is reintroducing vehicles, movies, music etc. Trans Am, GTO, Transformers, Tron & the list goes on....but I'm not saying I don't enjoy some of these remakes.
This made me extremely moist! The firebird was my absolute favorite car as a child. I want this!
Made you moist like wet?
There’s one on sale for 229,000$. Worth almost as much as my house.
I'm not a fan of American cars but as a kid I loved Smokey and the bandit. seeing the black, with the gold gold Phoenix and the white writing on the tyre walls definitely peaked the old nostalgia gauge. cool vid 👍🏻
Well now you know they have to make a new Smokey and the Bandit movie.
I pick Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) to play the Bandit! He's got that charismatic sense of humor just like ol' Burt.
It would never ever work now. More police, faster police cars, and more helicopters. They have police cars out there doing 0-60 in 5.3 seconds and the people behind the wheel are trained.
Yea and Joan Rivers corpse can play the part of Sally Field
this looks totally badass!
Carl Br It's the ugliest piece of shit car I've seen in my life
+Juneval that's your opinion. I think its art on wheels. :-)
Carl Br yea it does
This car in the black and gold original Bandit colors is absolutely phenomenal. Thumbs-up job well done!!! I guess the black and golden will be the new one in the new Smokey and the Bandit!
They finally returned the trans am love i it go bandit👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Trans am were always upgraded camaros so I get it and I think they're clean af!
Quinton Williams Trans Am were upgraded Firebird .. in between was the Formula .
and the firehawk was above the trans am.
Holt j Firehawk wasnt production . It was a mod performed in Canada by the same company that does Saleen Mustang...
I had a 89 Formula . My sis had the Formula 350 . Very cool cars.
callit likeitis What was different besides the body and interior?both gm
The Pontiac T/A needs to come back and in the 68 body style look to blow everything away
77-78
I bought '78 Trans Am back in '80, this new version has all the modern lines n updates but still keeping the retro look...just wish mine had that many horses!
Love it. I would not mind having one, will love to.
AWESOME!
minus the weird colored halo lights, that's a damn fine car.
Great video
I'm not a American muscle car fan
But I love this
Love these things man. So cool and I've never seen one in person so it would be cool to have one if you couldn't have an old school one. I love the GTOs they make out of the Cameros too. Awesome.
so glad they are making these again. been wanting one since I was 11. when I got old enough and had the money to get one they discontinued them. I love these new ones. one day ill have one
I love Mercs and BMWs but i had a firebird once and i would deft get one of these👍🏿, btw I love the bird on the bonnet 👌🏾(i regret never put it on my black firebird 3.8😔), the car looks beautiful 😍
OK 840HP and 720tq what's the 0-60 and 0-100?
Never been much of a firebird or trans am fan i did own a grand prix back in the day but damit im glad these guys made these and not letting american classics completely die out
I'm so glad y'all making these cars I can't afford 1 but it's the best cars ever made I love a trans am pretty much any year
american muscle cars can never die. refined, quiet power and mpg from the rest of the world can't beat a t top with 500-800hp under the hood going for a drive just to get some fresh air. rest of the world just doesn't understand
they understand- they just don't believe the horsepower ratings
dwings, on the contrary, there are lots of fans of american muscle cars around the world. i suggest you need to educate yourself before making uneducated guesses
GoTigers330 The rest of the world understands quite well, that’s why muscle cars from America are imported all over the world...
GoTigers330 we can’t understand but you can’t turn
Don't forget the shaker scoop bro.
I just got in a big argument with a dude the other day. He thinks these are being built by Pontiac. And they're coming off an assembly line. I said do Pontiac went under 2009 these are built from Camaros converted to private people's visions not a car company. It's amazing how much the American public is so clueless to life and reality
I've always loved the firebird and these are absolutely gorgeous, especially the bandit edition. I'd get one even if it wasn't signed by Burt and NOBODY but me, myself and I would drive it, EVER!!!!
The wheels are sick AF y'all have really hit the nail on the head
That's a beauty!
After I win the lottery, I'm getting one! LOL!
The Trans-Am is a FIREBIRD....Not the other way around.
williamg2552 nope its the other way around
Beautiful the craftsmanship is outstanding
SUCH A BEAUTY I WISH I HAD ONE
I was never really that into muscle cars........ but these modern muscle cars are really starting to change my mind!
And they know how fast you drive, and you can be tracked...brave new world
I'm a Ford guy.. but I'd buy one of these.
I'm not an AMerican car guy but I might lease one of these.
I'm a Ford man. Owned and love mid 80's trans am . This is s hot car
Depends on how much they cost.
HigherPlanes They say in the video that the price will be upwards of $70k depending on which package you go for.
Ahh okay, thanks. Missed that part.
What a car!!....... LEGEND!.......keep up the good work transam depot!!!
Great build guy's and continued success moving forward!
Have you guys ever considered fabricating a Trans Am with "Flip-Up" headlights! (82-83 Trans-Am)! That would be something to see...indeed!
These look terrible visually. I'd probably just get some of the performance upgrades on a standard SS if that was an option.
Omar Ibrahim you could. all of the stuff apart from the bodywork looks to be off the shelf stuff. ( excluding the camshaft , but there's plenty of places that will make you a cam)
You build a much better car for half as much cash, no problem. Those LS and LT motors with the right internals are good for 2500hp boosted.
Isn't that the point of the trans am though? The camaro with more random shit thrown on it?
that bandit edition is absolutely rocking less colour angel headlights bit tacky but what a pretty lookin car
Dude !!! I watched this video many times.. that is my dream car !
Definitely beautifully crafted!!! Im loving those ttops! Lol
OMG THAT CAR IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!
I HAD A CARGASM FROM THE THUMBNAIL!!!!
lol, I'm finding the comments to be pretty funny. I guess most of you guys are Camaro fans? I think the newer Camaros are ugly, and this actually looks better. Ha!
The new camaro looks like every other Japanese import now.
I'm obviously a camaro guy I own one and I think the new one is good looking but I think my 5th gen is better looking. But the 6th gen you can't argue it's the better performer. The v6 1le spanked the mustang gt for god sakes.
MrIblap lol! I really like the car but this made me laugh
No, they've taken an ugly car and made it uglier. Just buy an original Trans Am, they're dirt cheap even in flawless garage-kept condition at the moment and look a million times better than these abominations.
LOL it's a nice car to see that somebody else have it... It will make me laugh and recomfort myself and my taste.
THANK GOD FOR YOU & YOUR BRO !!! I FREAKING LOVE THIS NEW TRANS AM ....OMGG IM IN LOVE !!!
love it camaro and trans am same exact cars anyway just different bumper covers nice job guys definitely the fastest one
Looks like a fucking Camaro.
Ohh. Smdh.
both camaro's and fire birds/ trans ams are on the same body platform. Usually just appearance difference and motor difference do to one being a chevy and other pontiac
Show me the GM Alpha Platform T/A?
Or how about the NON GM "Zeta" designed by Holden in Australia, where is that T/A?
The Divine Rod you do
They always have been on the same chassis dip shit. Jesus Christ you kids today are dumb as donkeys.
American Muscle Baby!!! 😎😎😎
❤️ ❤️❤️❤️T/As. I still have one, a 1978. Needs to be restored
Got a 1978 T/A unmodified. Would love to one of this awesome cars.
The vehicle is a monster. I'm sure that will make the headlights however you want.
At 56 years old, that's more power then I'm comfortable with. As Clinton says, a man has to know his limitations.
My brother could handle it, not me.
Damn auto check, should be Clint, not Clinton. Of course old Bill would be after it if a nice blond is driving.
Martin Stiastny I was completely confused because I read this and over looked your second comment. Haha
I seem to remember it was *CLINT EASTWOOD* who said that...
Fucking A, Dirty Harry. Shit, I can't imagine if Clint played the Bandit with a 44 magnum versus Sheriff Justice's six shooter. I doubt Clint would have sung a song too, tell the producer to go F off. HELL Chuck Norris could have played the Snowman. Holy shit, NOW that would have been a movie for the ages! I gotta stop, I'm getting carried away here.
All the people who "thumbs down" this video, we're Prius owners.
Well, that's a bad-ass car too!
Audi owner.
guyfisher81 Thats what they did since it;s the same frame. What I like to know is what's the warranty on these cars. A Hennessey package offers a 1 year 12 k miles to 3 years 36 k miles on their higher end kits. If they can offer a 5 year 50 k or more miles on the engine alone for them I would jump on it just for the Fire Bird/replica look. Other then that most folks would be wasting money just to keep it up and running.
Kerry Clark that was good, I'm still laughing
we're?
We are?
We are Prius owners.
What? What?
We're? Did you mean "were" Prius owners?
we're = we are
were = the past tense of was
English! It's the language you're trying to use!
I'm a huge fan of the of the Trans Am since I was a kid. I can't wait to see the new Trans Am.
The bandit edition looks amazing 😍🤤
Do your upgrades void the warranty? Are you sanctioned by the manufacturer? When you're done is there a new title?
I think if Pontiac was still in business they should of offered a build your own car platform. Now let me get this straight. The high end models 110k Pontiac. Now let's do the math. Buy the SS Camaro 30k for a base model. Then remove the engine buy a new custom built Sonny Leonard's 727ci engine 1400hp on pump gas naturally aspirated for 57k and still be cheaper then buying this car. 87,000$ total. I would not buy this car. To much money. Even if you had to buy accessories of 8k to make everything work you would still be under budget for this car. You would still be at 95k. 15k less then their high end model Pontiac has to offer for the trans am. I say build your own. Production cars are not the way to go. People need to look at the price they are paying for a ready built car. Just because you don't know how to build your own don't mean you can't learn. For 110k I think I would be learning. Although I build my own now. I build racecars, and restore classic cars also. Building one for me is no problem
love the black bandit edition loose those stupid halo lights other than that awsome
Michael ruff And the weird bandit(?) that's embroidered on the headrest.
lose*
Dustin Anderson I did a double take seeing that. One of the units I was in (in the Army) used that exact logo.
Amazing work
This is what I need this Summer
Would have been a great media piece had you not dropped the f-bomb. Why? A spotlight on these guys deserves better than that; should have edited it out.
What do you think trans ams and firebirds were...? Camaros and z28s with diff mods.
Keith H you mean z28s and Camaro were fire bird's and trans ams , they were the original design not the other way around
I think without the badge that says Pontiac it's not a trans am in my opinion.
I'll let you in on something, the Firebird was first, that's why Firebirds and Camaros are "F" bodies. Chevy flipped out about the Firebird being on the way and were determined to get in the pony car wars, so, they pushed through the Camaro. That's why the Camaro has always looked like an unfinished Firebird, which is exactly what it was.
Doesn't matter which design was first on the table camaro was first on the showroom floor in '67 firebird in'68. So ya camaro was first. These are a great representation of a firebird imo I'd love to drive one
Keith H I had a 72 fire
bird. lots of shit was different than the camaros back then..the newer years only had the ends front and rear different
Dam that put chills on my skin to hear that engine
Absolutely Beautiful! I WANT ONE!
Man, I have a Dodge Challenger Hell Cat and now I got to get a Bandit Car. I owned a black and gold Trans-am and this thing rocks! Dog gone, I thought I had the best of the best with the Hell Cat, now the Demon and the Trans-am too? I'm in heaven!
Rich Smithereens
The only thing that is not a problem for me on maps
have you seen the new hyundais
why in the hell would you ruin a car with those headlights
what's wrong with them?
OGSwagKillaP BeAstMoDe69 they have the _option_ of changing color. did you really think they were permanently like that?
I'm with Frank, what's wrong with them!? I thought that add a cool accent to the car, something even more attention-grabbing, than all that outstanding performance and paint.
JoeyBeanz
Because they hate the bmw but yet everyone wants those lights lol the bmw e39 m5 did that so this consider dick riding
You're obviously NUTS!
T tops and that phoenix logo will forever be the best!!
Kinda glad to see the F-body came back when it did. Really like the newest Camaro, and also like the looks of what these guys have come up with. Thank god GM made it a 2 door. Not like when they brought back the Impala SS only available in 4 doors. Didn't Mopar come out with some 4 door only muscle cars too? No offense to anyone that may have one but I'm old school and find it hard to get excited about a sedan sports car.
OH MY FUCKING GOD I'M IN LOVE!
Pleeeeeease stay open till I'm older!!!!
So you can show off pulling up to your high school? Yeah sounds like a plan.
Hell yeah. That's a sweet ride.
beautiful ....just beautiful....I bow to the masters!
those colored headlights have to stop
amen...
The blue ones are blinding to others on the road.
If I had one of these Id change that.
DVincentW blue lights on non emergency vehicles are illegal in most, if not all, states in the US
@@sergeantchaos4670 in germany, i think everywhere in europe, too...
My state doesn't care at all for people with blue headlights
what an amazing breed of cars that should continue into the near future
The sound of that thing 👌