Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (2nd gen)
1970–1981

£59,925
Market value · recent verified sales
-25.0%
12-month change
Wait or Sell
Prices declining. Sellers should consider acting; buyers should wait.
Median sold price down 25.0% over the last 12 months. Loss is likely to continue, especially for this segment.
Modelled estimate — automatically replaced with verified sold lots as our sources index more results for this car in United Kingdom.
MSRP
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Collectibility
5/10
Collectible
3-Year Forecast
£31,382
-48%
5-Year Forecast
£25,851
-57%
Estimates based on 58 verified United Kingdom sales.
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Market scores
20
Desirability
Illiquid
10
Liquidity
Poor
10
Resale Outlook
Option premiums
What every option is worth.
Manual gearbox
+£60,690+101%25 with · 28 without · high confidence
Limited-slip diff
−£35,108-59%7 with · 51 without · med confidence
Built ≤ 1978
+£22,351+37%30 with · 24 without · high confidence
Premiums compare the median price of sales with each option against comparable sales without it, mined from verified auction listings. Options interact in ways a one-at-a-time split can’t capture — treat each premium as directional rather than gospel.
Marque analyst note
The second-generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is trading at a median of £59,925 in the UK market, down 25 percent year-on-year, with a clear sell signal attached to recent valuations. The sharp decline reflects broader weakness in American muscle-car sentiment among UK collectors, where domestic and European classics continue to command stronger premiums.
Liquidity in this segment remains severely constrained, with no tracked sales over the past twelve months and zero active listings at present. This absence of transaction data underscores the difficulty buyers and sellers face in establishing reliable pricing—any move tends to be a negotiated private affair rather than a competitive marketplace event.
The Trans Am sits in the collectible tier but carries low contemporary desirability in the UK, a market where American V8 classics have struggled relative to their US valuations. Production volume and original-market context matter less here than regional collector appetite, which currently favors other eras and marques.
The three-year projection suggests further depreciation to £31,382, a drop of 47.6 percent from current levels. Looking further out, the five-year base case points to £25,851, representing a cumulative decline of 56.9 percent from today's asking price.
The outlook hinges on whether American muscle-car sentiment in the UK stabilizes or continues to erode. Fuel costs, changing collector demographics, and the relative scarcity of genuine investment-grade examples all weigh against a near-term recovery in this particular model's UK market value.
Depreciation Benchmark
- Current avg value£59,925
- Annual appr. rate-25.0%/yr
Vehicle History Signals
- Auction lots tracked78
- Damage or salvage declared0 (0.0%)
- No damage declared78 (100.0%)
Est. Annual Ownership Costs
- Insurance (agreed value)£500
- Maintenance£1,500
- Storage£2,400
- Depreciation£3,600
- Total annual cost£8,000
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Market Liquidity
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- Sales Last 12 Months0
Market Snapshot
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Recent sales
Common questions
What is a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (2nd gen) worth in 2026?
The current United Kingdom market median is £59,925, based on 58 verified auction sales.
Is the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (2nd gen) going up in value?
Over the last 12 months its United Kingdom median moved -25.0%. Past movement is not a guarantee of future value.
How many Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (2nd gen)s are for sale right now?
We track 5 live auction listings for this model right now — each priced against the market median on this page.
Indicative only — not investment advice. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future value.