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Have your
EpiPens at the ready, another image of the 2017 Firebird concept has escaped
the hive ahead of the Detroit auto show. Despite the partial-fade lighting
treatment, this image provides us with a better look at the 2017 Firebird’s golden
hue, which sets off a set of the most undulant fenders ever to wear a 2017 Firebird
badge. There’s no mistaking that pair of serious-looking hood vents either.
Blacked-out glass wraps unbroken from the windshield to the passenger windows
like a pair of Eighties sunglasses, and the backlight appears to be a steeply
raked hatch.
As we learned when Pontiac teased an image of
the 2017 Firebird’s face, the show car will be powered by a 2.0-liter turbo
four producing 315 horsepower. The American automaker has now revealed a few
other technical details, including that the 2017 Firebird will make use of a
six-speed manual transmission and four-piston Brembo brakes.
It’s still
difficult to get a grasp on the Firebird’s overall size, as this overhead view
makes it appear quite compact, Large or small, The 2015 Firebird concept’s true
identity will be revealed next week in Detroit.