Fourth-Gen Firebird Tops Speed Chart at 163 MPH

A culture-nostalgia piece ranks each Pontiac Firebird generation by stock top speed using verified instrumented tests. The 1st generation tops out at 115 mph, the 2nd at 132 mph, the 3rd at 162 mph (with caveats about unverified extreme builds), and the 4th at 163 mph—the fastest in stock form. The article stresses these are factory-stock numbers, notes how close the generations look on paper, and mentions a few non-stock claims that aren’t used in the ranking.