Vehicle Description
Gateway Classic Cars of Atlanta is proud to present this 2002
Pontiac Firehawk. The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile
that was built and produced by Pontiac from the 1967 to 2002 model
years. Designed as a pony car to compete with the Ford Mustang, it
was introduced on February 23, 1967, five months after GM's
Chevrolet division's platform-sharing Camaro. This also coincided
with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, Ford's upscale,
platform-sharing version of the Mustang. The special-edition
extra-performance Firehawk (available in Formula trim for
1993-1997, and again in both Formula and Trans Am trims for
1999-2002) was produced by SLP Engineering, Inc., and sold through
Pontiac dealerships. The most popular year in SLP's successful
11-year run of Firehawks was 2002. What began in 1992, in the last
year of the Third-Gen Firebirds, with only 25 production examples,
grew by leaps and bounds into 2002's offering of 1,501 Ram
Air-equipped SLP Firehawks. For most people, the SLP
factory-sanctioned package offered plenty of horsepower (345 ponies
is nothing to sneeze at); it included in its standard fare: Ram
Air, a short-throw Hurst shifter, 17x9.5 wheels, throaty muscle car
exhaust and the classic Firehawk hood and decals. It was the top of
the line Firebird you could buy, and people bought a lot of them,
relatively speaking. The '02 Firehawk was based upon a $28,385.15
MSRP Trans Am and then added $8,412 worth of Firehawk options,
literally every SLP upgrade that could be ordered, and it tallied
up to a retail price of $36,797.15. Firhawk hoods are functional
Ram-Airs as well as the heat-extractors (located on top corners of
the hood) just a different design. Hawk hoods are more of a
composite 1-piece that is designed specifically to fit with the
front facia of the Hawk. Painted in Pewter Metallic with Neutral
Leather Interior. This 2002 Firehawk is powered by a 5.7 Liter LS1
V8 backed by a 6 speed manual Transmission send the power to the
wheels through a Limited Slip Differential with 3.42:1 Final Drive
Ratio. Options on this 2002 Pontiac Firehawk include: Air
Conditioning, AM/FM Radio, Anti-Lock Brakes, CD Player, Neutral
Leather Interior, Power Windows, Power Mirrors, Power Locks, Power
Brakes, Power Steering, Rear Defrost, T-Tops, Tilt-Steering Wheel,
WU6 Code- Firehawk, and Traction Control.Consider yourself faster
than the rest of the pack when you're handed the keys to one of the
fastest F-Body Pontiacs of the era!
