2016 New York Motor Show: Bandit Trans-Am and the Burt Reynolds connection

Almost 40 years after it was made famous in the Burt Reynolds blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, the legendary black and gold muscle car has been reborn.

However, the modern Bandit mobile is a long way removed from the original Pontiac Trans-Am that was made famous running from the police with Reynolds and co-star (and soon-to-be-partner) Sally Field on board.

While the company does regular Trans-Am modern ‘replicas’ – with revised nose and tail treatments to mimic the original – the Bandit Edition is limited to a run of just 77 cars (a nod to the year the movie was released, 1977).