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Does the Pontiac Firebird have a manual transmission?

My son is really into manual transmission vintage muscle cars and I want to buy him one for a graduation gift. I saw a Pontiac Firebird for sale on Craigslist that looks like a good deal but I don’t know a ton about cars myself. Is it manual?

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Amber Reed · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
There’s a good chance that the
Pontiac Firebird
you’re looking at has a manual transmission—but you’ll have to ask the seller to find out for sure! Four generations of the Firebird were manufactured between 1967 and 2002 and could be optioned with either a manual transmission or an automatic transmission, depending on the trim level and model year.
Here are a few other classic muscle cars available with manual transmission:
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