![]() ![]() The car was just cheaply made and felt like it. Gone were any chrome or machine turned trim bits that were well-liked styling cues of previous Firebirds. According to there were 116,362 Firebirds sold that year of which 52,960 were T/A models. The T/A outsold the base and S/E models 2:1. That option would return later in the 3rd generation F-body. There wasn’t even a V8 powered Formula version available for this year. The seatbelts were recalled for the front mounting points coming loose and the gas tank was recalled for the evaporative controls whistling under operation. You almost had to buy the T/A version of the Firebird for this year because the 4 cylinder version came with 80 HP and the v6 came with 112 HP which made those Firebirds feel like an economy car. This car just felt cheap, and its price of 13,000 dollars was not inexpensive for the time. which was significantly more than the optional Crossfire 5.0 engine which was 200 lbs heavier than the Buick engine. However, even the earlier Buick engine that was available in 1982 was capable of putting out 175 H.P. The car should have been built with a Buick 3.8 Turbo v6, which was finally offered in the 1989 Turbo T/A. The 17.5 quarter-mile was equally disconcerting as the 10.6 seconds 0-60 time. ![]() Equally annoying were the side post batteries that had small-sized battery posts where the cables connect, causing the car not to start if the cable ends weren’t cleaned frequently. This was also the era where cars were no longer fitted with full-size spare tires so the owner had to live with a tiny doughnut limited to 45 miles per hour when using the spare. The large rear hatch made the car easy for thieves to see everything the car had inside and made it easy for the sun to heat up the interior. This was also the first Trans Am that was a hatchback and had a small trunk area. The interior of this car felt cheap with lots of plastic. Neither the engine or transmission was very good on the 1982 model. Where the earlier Turbo Trans-Am had a junk engine with a turbo, it used a decent transmission. ![]() The 200 series automatic was designed for less than 200 HP so there was no turbo version of the engine like the 1981 4.9 model. The alternators and starter motors of these models would last about 30,000 miles between changes. ![]()
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