autoevolution by Opened in the 1920s, Pontiac shut its doors forever in 2009, and with it died one of the best muscle cars of all time, the Firebird Trans Am. However, the fire chicken can be brought back to life if you've got a cool Camaro body it can possess and have some witchdoctors on speed dial. 13 photos Is the Trans Am cooler than the Camaro? GM doesn't care. It's probably going to shut down all muscle car games in a couple of years because they're supposedly not selling well. Maybe one model couldn't survive without the other. They have been paired up for nearly their entire lives after all.