Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am second generation 1970-1981 value

A 1970–1981 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am second generation sold for a median of $37,250 across 973 completed auctions from January 2016 to October 2026 (BidBetter, as of 3 November 2026).

The middle half of those 973 sales fell between $25,250 and $60,000 (the typical range), and the full range after cleaning was $2,000 to $285,000.

Data as of 3 November 2026 · 973 sales · January 2016 to 31 October 2026 · auction results only

Within that band, coupe cars are the most frequently traded body style in this set (648 of 973 sales), and automatic cars account for 527 of them. Condition, originality and documented history move a car further than any single specification, which is why the middle half of the range is wide.

The spread by variant, printed in full above, is usually wider than the spread by year, and a single median that mixes body styles describes none of them well.

What these figures are. Every number on this page is computed from completed auction sales of Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am second generation cars built between 1970 and 1981. The median is the 50th percentile of the sale prices; the typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile; the full range is the lowest and highest sale that survived cleaning. Percentiles are linearly interpolated on the sorted prices.

What is excluded. Asking prices, reserve-not-met results, withdrawn lots and unsold cars are not prices and are not counted. Parts, memorabilia, literature, scale models and other non-vehicle lots are excluded. Sales not made in US dollars are excluded, so these figures describe the dollar market. Duplicate records are removed. Sales below a plausibility floor (5% of the median) and above a ceiling (10× the median) are set aside, because a $22 "911" is a data error rather than a cheap car.

What was set aside. The highest recorded sale in this set is $550,000 (1977 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM 'SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT' PROMO CAR, 31 January 2016), and 2 sales above $373,250 are held out of the median and the ranges: at that price the lot is a different asset, and including it would pull the headline figure away from what a typical car brings.

What it is not. This is not an appraisal or an inspection, and it does not predict what any particular car will bring. Two cars built the same year can differ by more than the whole typical range on condition, originality, documentation and provenance.

The set. 973 sales from January 2016 to 31 October 2026, drawn from 12 auction sources, principally Bring a Trailer (439), Barrett-Jackson (379), Mecum (39), Hagerty (31), Hemmings (25), RM Sotheby's (19), Autohunter (18), Acc (10), Cars & Bids (6), Gooding (3), Bonhams (2), Broad Arrow (2). Data as of 3 November 2026.

See the disclaimer for the limits of a valuation of this kind.

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