It’s here that Pontiac’s biggest break with reality occurred. The car—which Knudsen labelled the “Tojan”—was ostensibly production-ready in its current form using Pontiac mechanicals.

The Pontiac Tojan was a third-generation Firebird-based performance car made from 1985-1991 that was intended as a budget-priced Ferrari-beater. Because there were so few Tojans made (between 133 ...

Pontiac produced six models with pop-up or hidden headlights, including various model years of the Grand Prix, GTO, Fiero, Sunbird, Firebird, and Tojan, a rather unique Firebird spin-off.