Trans Am 10th Anniversary // 80s Vintage Kids Hoodie

The late Roger Ebert wasn’t pulling punches when he called Smokey and the Bandit II, "a mess." "There is no need for this movie," the Pulitzer-winning Chicago Sun-Times film critic wrote in his 1980 review. "That’s true of most sequels, but it’s especially true of Smokey and the Bandit II, which is basically just the original movie, done again, not as well." Something similar could be said about one of the stars of that film: the turbo-charged 1980 Trans Am. It was basically the original 1977 Special Edition Trans Am, done again, but from a raw performance standpoint, not as well. Pontiac’s back was against the wall in ’80 as it faced new government fuel mileage standards that the T/A’s thumping 400-cu.in V-8 couldn’t comply with (any more