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What is this
2017 Firebird all about?
The 2017 Pontiac Firebird is a 2+2, front-engined
coupe powered by a 311bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine
taken from Pontiac’s racecars. That makes it substantially more powerful, with
its 197bhp, the 2017 Firebird is focused on being a proper driver’s car.
Hence, the
4.26-metre long 2017 Firebird coupe has been designed to weigh a mere 1315kg in
production form, runs double wishbone suspension front and rear and doesn’t
even have a radio. ‘The soundtrack comes from the engine and out of the
exhaust,’.
What’s the
idea of the design, and what would this 2017 Firebird cost?
‘Our whole approach has been to do something
very simple and pure, but new looking,’. ‘It’s a very simple shape, so that was
our thinking’. If it makes production, the 2017 Firebird will be cheaper than
the Trans Am, which starts at 35k. The 2017 Firebird would run a modified
version of the Trans Am platform. ‘We’ve got to make it lighter and smaller to
capture the essence of this concept, but I think it’s do-able,’.
So is this a
production-viable concept?
Most of the
2017 Firebird is production viable, apart from the stacked LED headlights,
which are too low for US regulations, while the viability of the see-through
A-pillars hasn’t been evaluated either. Yet it’s not a pipedream or crazy
concept. ‘We always imagine it [2017 Firebird a concept] on the street,’ says
Pontiac president, ‘and that’s the same with this car’.
The Detroit
reveal was the first time Pontiac’s board has seen the 2017 Firebird. ‘We have
not done any feasibility on it, but my gut feeling is there’s nothing about it
that’s not possible.’ It’s expected that the 2017 Firebird will be in showrooms
in late 2016 if it’s given the green light for production.
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