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Appearance: As far as the styling and shape, I like every single angle and dimension of this car. It could be an artifact in any museum, as far as I'm concerned.

Some unrelated background information: The black/gold color scheme was previously a special edition in earlier models of the Trans Am, from about 1976 - 1981, including the sought after original "Smokey and the Bandit" Trans Am from about 1977 - 1978. Those were not Recaro Edition cars. To complicate things, there was a 1981 Recaro Edition (the NASCAR Turbo Pace Car) car which was not black/gold. All these cars are part of the "2nd generation" (1970-1981). Black/gold was also used sparingly in 1985 and 1986 with a more pale shade of gold, and didn't really make a broad appearance again until the 10th Anniversary Firehawk built in 2001.

The black/gold color scheme was brought back for the first few years of the 3rd generation (1982 - 1992) and used on "regular" Trans Am's. But in 1982 - 1984 it was also used for Recaro Edition cars (and this website is specifically about the 1982 model). The 1983 25th anniversary Daytona 500 Pace Car was Recaro-equipped and featured a white & charcoal two-tone paint job. Also in 1984, the 15th Anniversary Trans Am was Recaro-equipped and it featured a white & blue color scheme. The signature feature found on all these cars is the Recaro interior with a set of Recaro driver's and passenger's high performance bucket seats with specific Recaro identification. These are worthy of mention because they are now long since out of production and extremely hard to find in any condition. The same thing is true for the gold 15" Turbo Cast Aluminum wheels and Recaro-specific wheel covers which were only used on the 1982 model.