This model ships in a window box. This model of the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am is about 8.25 inches long, 3.5 inches wide and 2 inches high. It is highly detailed, with beautiful body paint and accurate markings. The headlights, mirrors tail lights look realistic. Doors, hood and trunk can open to reveal interior details. This is not a toy. Recommended for 15 and up. The Pontiac Firebird is an American automobile built and produced by Pontiac from the 1967 to 2002 model years. Designed as a pony car to compete with the Ford Mustang, it was introduced on February 23, 1967, five months after GM's Chevrolet division's platform-sharing Camaro. This also coincided with the release of the 1967 Mercury Cougar, Ford's upscale, platform-sharing version of the Mustang. The name "Firebird" was also previously used by GM for the General Motors Firebird series of concept cars in the 1950s.