This seldom-seen combo with the Sprint option had a great red-on-red color combination, a Pontiac 350, and just 18,000 miles on it. Steve took the plunge and ended up with the high bid ...

Those who wanted a bit more visual excitement could opt for the Tempest Custom Sprint, which added a hotter 215-hp inline-six and some GTO-esque styling. Pontiac didn't change its stance much when ...

Though technically not an official limited edition run in the Firebird lineup, Sprints boasting the OHC-6 are still pretty ...

Pontiac actually started developing the Firebird ... There was also an upgraded W53 "Sprint" version of this inline SOHC six that put out 215 horsepower, thanks to a hotter cam, high-compression ...

Just before Pontiac went under, it produced one last impressive car, the G8, which in GXP trim could sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.5 seconds. The G8 sedan debuted for the 2008 model year ...

But a Firebird Sprint with a high-performance overhead cam six-cylinder engine was almost unheard of. In the mid-Sixties, Pontiac head John DeLorean had a pair of very special two-seat sports cars ...

Still, the fact that it survived until 1969 means that it was the base, 165 horsepower engine when Pontiac introduced the Firebird in early 1967. As with the Tempest Sprint, sort of a little ...