Burt Reynolds' 1977 Pontiac Trans Am from his 1977 hit film "Smokey and the Bandit" sold at auction for $450,000, far exceeding the original estimate of $60,000-80,000. The iconic movie car was ...

With all that in mind, here is everything you should know about one of the most iconic movie cars ever seen: the Pontiac Trans Am muscle car used in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.

A Trans Am was chosen for the Bandit to drive because ... Star Wars – another hit movie released the same week as Smokey and the Bandit – George Lucas classic American Graffiti, according ...

The group of friends that helped Duke build his Trans Am sport truck are all fans of the Burt Reynolds classicSmokey and the Bandit. The crew would tease Duke incessantly that he was basically ...

Over 40 years after its release, Smokey and the Bandit is still a spectacular ... the car wasn’t uncovered as the inspiration for the Bandit Trans Am until the after the new millennium.

The 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is largely famous for two reasons: the Pontiac Trans Am driven by the titular Bandit, and the performances of the late Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds as Cledus ...

She now owns the iconic Pontiac Trans Am that inspired him to use the stylish sports car in the blockbuster "Smokey and the Bandit" movie. The car, built in 1976, was used in a promotion for the ...

When "Smokey and the Bandit" earned $127 million at the North American box office, making it the second-highest grossing movie of 1977 ("Star Wars" coming in at No. 1, of course), the 1977 ...

In 2021, a company called Legendary Concepts created the Chevrolet Silverado Bandit Edition, a truck inspired by the Pontiac Trans Am from the well-known feature Smokey And The Bandit. Essentially ...

Watching Smokey and the Bandit all these years ... (usually while the wind whips through the open T-tops of Bandit’s speeding Trans Am) comes off as spontaneous and funny.

Alabama folks love “Smokey and the Bandit,” and country star Riley ... racing around the countryside in a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Singer-songwriter Ella Langley, an Alabama native appearing ...

This “Smokey and the Bandit”-themed muscle car run is coming ... The cruise features a trail of hundreds of muscle cars, especially Trans Ams, from across the country running together for ...