1994 Pontiac Firebird and Trans Am: Convertibles Return, and the Trans Am Turns 25

Convertibles joined the fourth generation for the 1994 model year, and Pontiac marked the Trans Am's 25th anniversary with a white-and-blue special edition, this record's own overview states. The Pontiac Trans Am Page counts 2,000 anniversary cars, 338 hardtops, 1,412 T-tops and 250 convertibles, the key fact this record leads with, while MuscleCarClub's table gives 45,782 Firebirds in all: 25,610 base coupes, 174 base convertibles, 9,188 Formula coupes, 168 Formula convertibles, 10,179 Trans Am coupes and 463 Trans Am convertibles.^1,2

This record's own production notes explain that the two sources split the Trans Am line differently, since MuscleCarClub carries no GT or Anniversary rows at all, so the Pontiac Trans Am Page's package figures for the 25th Anniversary and the new Trans Am GT trim, 1,800 GT hardtops, 4,342 GT T-tops and 215 GT convertibles, are shown alongside MuscleCarClub's total rather than summed into it, since combining the two would double-count cars already inside MuscleCarClub's own Trans Am row.^1,2

A CompNine VIN-database count runs as a third, separate lineage: 51,523 cars in all, and this record's own conflicts note states plainly that this figure is higher than MuscleCarClub's for Firebird coupes, 28,148 against 25,610, and lower for the V-6 convertible, 160 against 174, with neither lineage treated as a GM factory report. Within that count, the Trans Am GT (Y83) reached 7,532 coupes against 5,503 for the plain Trans Am (Y82), and the 25th Anniversary coupes totaled 1,825, 172 six-speed and 1,653 automatic, a figure this record's own conflicts note sets against the Pontiac Trans Am Page's 338-plus-1,412, or 1,750, a 75-car gap, while noting the two sources agree exactly on 250 anniversary convertibles.³

1994 also documents the SLP-converted Firehawk on the Formula: the Firehawk Association reports 500 SLP-converted cars built that model year, 255 six-speed and 245 automatic with 270 T-tops, while CompNine separately counts 504 VINs coded R6V for the GM-side Firehawk base car, a different population this record's own conflicts note keeps distinct from the SLP conversion figure rather than treating the four-car gap as an error to be resolved.^4,3

This record carries no price section for 1994; its own price notes explain that a prior J.D. Power valuation figure was pulled from every page on the site because those live pages can change without notice and cannot be independently checked, and that no replacement source has yet been found. Two engines are documented: the L32 3.4-liter V-6 at 160 hp and 200 lb-ft for the base Firebird, and the LT1 5.7-liter V-8 at 275 hp and 325 lb-ft for Formula and Trans Am, both rated to the same net standard as compiled by MuscleCarClub.²

What the record documents in full is the convertible-and-anniversary year built from three separately scoped tables: MuscleCarClub's 45,782, CompNine's 51,523 VINs, and the Pontiac Trans Am Page's uncited GT and Anniversary package breakdown, with a 500-versus-504-car Firehawk distinction this record keeps as two different populations, SLP conversions against GM-coded base cars, rather than folding them into one disputed count or picking a single winner.²