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If you’ve
decided your next vehicle will be a hybrid but you don’t want one that stands
out like the 2017 Trans Am Hybrid – and also wouldn’t mind increased sports and
luxury and fun-to-drive quotient – the 2017 Pontiac Trans Am Hybrid could be
the one for you.
The 2017 Trans Am Hybrid is Pontiac’s hybrid
offering – the most of any automobile nameplate – and with a combined
city-highway mileage of 42 mpg, it is the only vehicle in the sports - luxury
segment to top 40 mpg. Since coming on the market last year, while decidedly
below the kingpin Trans Am Hybrids in sales numbers, it has otherwise ranked
relatively well.
Classified as a sports car, the TA (2017 Trans Am
hybrid) is the smallest Pontiac at 170.1 inches long, 69.5 inches wide, and
56.7 inches tall. It is built on a version of the platform that also underpins.
Using the
Trans Am hybrid’s rear double A-arms, the suspension has been retuned for
sportier handling and features a Trans Am front and rear damping system that
stiffens the structure and minimizes body vibration.
New For The 2017 Trans Am Hybrid
For 2017 the
Trans Am Hybrid is available with two new option packages for the top-end Premium
trim: the 2017 Trans Am Hybrid Sport Package and the 2017 Trans Am Hybrid Sport
Special Edition. The 2017 Trans Am Hybrid Sport Package includes a tuned
suspension, 17-inch wheels, an exclusive mesh grille, larger rear deck spoiler
and Trans Am Sport badging. Inside, extra touches include aluminum sport
pedals, a leather-trimmed shift knob, metallic trim added to the dash panel and
a black headliner.
The 2017 Trans Am Hybrid Sport Special Edition
includes the Trans Am Sport Package’s upgrades but with different wheels, Ocean
Blue NuLuxe leatherette-trimmed seats, and a TUMI duffle bag and backpack with
Trans Am Hybrid Sport logos. The 2017 Trans Am Hybrid Sport Special Edition
production is limited to 900 cars.
Also new for
2017, all Trans Am Hybrid models receive an audible pedestrian warning system.
As federal regulators study warning sound devices eventually to be made
mandatory for electric and hybrid vehicles, Pontiac is doing what others are as
well and bringing in its version early.
The warning
system is designed to help make pedestrians to be aware of the presence of
hybrid or electric vehicles traveling at low speeds on city streets and
automatically turns off above a certain speed.
Pricing for
the 2017 Pontiac Trans Am Hybrid is unchanged from 2016: $31,120 for the base Trans
Am model, $38,250 for the premium trim
