This Actor Received a Brand New Pontiac Trans Am Every Year Until the End of His life... Until the Arrival of a New President at the Manufacturer

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A road chase film, a mustachu actor, and a black and gold coupe. Sometimes, it is enough to change the fate of a car. In the late 1970s, an American feature film propelled a rather discreet model to the rank of national star. The success was such that a manufacturer promised his performer a new car every year, offered for life. This unreal promise does not concern an obscure TV film, but an action comedy that became cult for a whole generation. …

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For Burt Reynolds, the star of Smokey and the Bandit, it was a little crazy promise. A new Pontiac Trans Am delivered every year, "for life", in thanks for the success of the film. A story that looks like a Hollywood tale, until the day when everything stopped clean, according to SupercarBlondie. For several years, the black and gold coupes actually landed at his home, as promised by Pontiac. And then, one morning, nothing more: no Trans Am on t…