The 1976 Pontiac Formula Firebird had a novel appearance parcel that featured bold normal graphics along door bottom and rocker panel . contain into a full - duration , blacken - out strip show , this suggestion of ferocious purpose enhance the mid - range exemplar ’s magnet for customers who could n’t afford a Trans Am . Pontiac made a stop of promoting a Formula painted Goldenrod Yellow in its ads , with blackened lower - body reave .
Pontiac Firebird Image Gallery
Body revise were the most extensive in five years , precede by novel urethane bumpers and small front air inlets . Axle ratios were lower this year to promote fuel economy – a continuing subject of concern , even though gas pedal shortages had n’t lasted past 1974 . A rear anti - sway legal community no longer went into the stellate - tunedsuspension .
Base Firebirds espouse a new rosewood tree instrument - panel inlay . New Formula equipment included a blade hood with simulated airscoop , a front console table , and chromed side - divider exhaust extensions set at a spruce angle . For the first time , a full - length front console was stock transportation in the Formula .
Product planner reworked the Firebird options list , adding such item as a canopy - mode ceiling , vinyl - cover on the front one-half . A two - drum 350 - Criminal Investigation Command V-8 now was standard in the Formula ( Turbo Hydra - Matic only ) , delivering 160horsepower . The 185 HP , 400 - Criminal Investigation Command V-8 was optional , and could ride a four - focal ratio . Prices butt against upwards again , to $ 4566 for the Firebird Formula .
While many Americans were work to subcompact , both spell and domesticated , clean machines had n’t quite lost their temptingness . Chevrolet andPontiaccontinued to seize the on the face of it , abandoned ponycar market to their collective corporate chest .
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