Future for Firebirds?

With the anticipated return of its cousin, the Fifth-generation Chevrolet CamaroFifth-Generation Chevrolet Camaro, in 2009, there remains the possibility that the Firebird could rise from the ashes as well. However, GM has not yet officially identified whether it will be a revised Firebird or GTO that returns to the Pontiac line-up during this time period. Car and Driver magazine published a very informative article on the issue in which it speculated that the most likely vehicle that Pontiac will revive for its Zeta-Platform muscle car is the GTO. Sadly for hopeful Firebird supporters, this tends to corroborate an earlier article from another automotive news source in which it was also reported that GM would reintroduce a Zeta-based GTO alongside the Fifth-Generation Camaro.