I love the Trans Am, its my favorite car.Īlso, theres supposed to be a Volkswagen Beetle in here. but i do remember it being able to hit 145, not 130. I said my bad, i said 4.5 seconds, it's really 5 seconds i was off a bit. Umm, i replied to someone else saying the same thing. Either way, if its a Trans Am (in my opinion), its cool. I remeber it being able to hit 145 though.
(Many scenes in the movie were done with a 455-equipped car that had been modified to "bark the tires" on a hard one-two upshift in a way the standard car just couldn't manage.) The '77s also marked the debut of a significant body restyle that included a new quad-headlight front end, flat hood, and smaller, less belligerent-looking hood scoop.if you want to see it yourself go google "60'times '76 trans am".the article was from businessweek The 455 was gone, replaced by a new "T/A 6.6-liter" 400 that offered about the same horsepower but nowhere near the street cred of the big bruiser. However, production delays resulted in the movie being shot with a '77 model - and by then, major changes had taken place. Hey thebandit77transam,i dont know where you got your figures for the 0-60 times but you better double them,the car only had 180 HP back then,try around 8.5 seconds,my 76 LE 455 4 speed was 6.2 seconds at the track,that was with a motor with more HP.i also found some other info on a web sight about the cars in the movie,this is copied and pasted. Said to be one of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite films to personally watch, believe it or not.it supposedly made him laugh out loud. I eventually found that it shifted best if You let it start to roll then steadily floored it (And Boy could it shift!) What was the real top speed of the snowmans truck oops sorry my bad tractor trailer in the movie ?Īs I recall with mine there was a bit of a knack required to get it off the line quickly.Tried flooring it from a standing start once and it just sat there spinning the back wheels & making smoke!.Came in handy when I was being harassed by some kid in a Ford Fiesta 1.8 turbo though (kids car shows how long ago this was!).Two lanes and four sets of traffic lights in a row in town & we're side by side.1st set of lights go green & all you could hear was his engine revving & his pissy little front tyres squeeling.I ignored it & rolled up to the next set of lights.2nd set go green,same again,once again I ignore it.3rd set of lights & I floor it with the result of very little forward motion,plenty of smoke & even more noise.At the 4th set strangely enough He pulled away very slowly.Bit silly really biting like that but I was 21 with a 6.6 litre trans am & it was fun humiliating His pissy little car!. Hey Silverstone actually it reaches 145 mph top speed does about 0-60 in actually 4.5 seconds. Silverstone wrote Top speed of about 130mph, 0-60 in about 5.5 I got the impression the German title "Ein ausgekochtes Schlitzohr" (A crafty chiseler) is even worse. Już o tym pisałem gdzieś tutaj, że Robocopa chcieli u nas nazwać "Policyjnym gliniarzem" - jak widzisz mogło być gorzej. "The master of the steering wheel is escaping"! Too literally? RIP - Jerry Reed 3/20/37 - 9/2/08 aka the snow man who died age 71 will be missed by all.Īka "Mistrz kierownicy ucieka" in Poland (the title chosen is so stupid, that I'm not going to translate -) THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST CAR MOVIE EVER MADE! My wife and I just recently got married on the 30th anniversary release date of this movie. The ones from the two truckstops they stopped at. The way the Bandit drives, He should meet Bo and Luke Duke. Top speed of about 130mph, 0-60 in about 5.5 This movie brings back good old days of the 70's doesn't it? This was 2nd in the nation in grossing film just to Star Wars. See the 12 comments from this page that were archived Author See all comments about this movie and its vehicles