Pontiac- a division of General Motors- entered the pony car market with the Firebird model in 1967. Actually there idea was to make a sports car but later settled for a pony car. It was introduced in coupe and convertible body styles but subsequently the convertible model was withdrawn and at a later date a hatchback model was added. Initially it had a ‘Coke bottle' body styling but in 1979 they shifted to a more ‘swoopy' body...more