First generation 1967–1969

Every year

1967Pontiac FirebirdThe first Firebird: Pontiac's version of the new Camaro, on sale from 23 February 1967 as five models named for their engines, and 82,560 built.82,560 built (disputed)1968Pontiac FirebirdLittle changed outside, much underneath: a 250 six, the 350 V8, side-marker lamps, no vent windows, and 107,112 built.107,112 built1969Pontiac FirebirdA new front with the headlamps in body-color Endura bezels, the key on the column, the Ram Air IV, and from March 1969 the Trans Am.87,708 built (disputed)

Production by year

Cars built per model year. The bars are Wikipedia's totals. Consumer Guide's rows give two fewer for 1967. For 1968 Consumer Guide and Over-Drive's table, which repeats it, agree. For 1969 Over-Drive's table has one car more; 1967 and 1969 are open rulings. See the ruling

The bodies and their dimensions¹²³one source

All figures are Pontiac's AMA sheets, read off the page images. Height is for the hardtop. Weights are hardtop · convertible: the base Firebird's curb weights for 1967 and 1969, but shipping weights for 1968, because the curb-weight columns on Pontiac's 1968 sheet are blank and Pontiac called its 1968 weights estimated. On the same shipping basis the 1967 weighed 2,951 · 3,225, so the 1968 was heavier, not lighter. The 1968 sheet measures with two passengers in front and three in the rear; the 1967 sheet does not say, and no source we have explains the lower height from 1968.

The totals and their sources