The Firebird production dropped to 70,899 units in 1981, with the decline becoming almost inevitable after the fantastic performance recorded in 1979 and the car approaching the end of the generation.

Jody Only is an author and photographer. Within the last five years in the auto industry, she has had bylines with TopSpeed, HotCars, LSXmag, Engine Labs, Chevy HardCore, and Street Muscle. She is a ...

It was the middle of the 1960s, and American car manufacturing was on the cusp of what would be one of its greatest eras. Gasoline was cheap, meaningful emission regulation was years away, and the ...