As luck would have it, Pontiac's iconic Trans Am muscle car lives on years after General Motors (GM) - Get Report killed the brand in 2010 due to financial troubles.

TheStreet stumbled across the Trans Am 455 Super Duty at this week's New York International Auto Show (see video below). Packed with a supercharged V-8 engine that delivers 1,000 horsepower (Dodge's new Demon puts out "only" 840 horsepower), the Trans Am 455 Super Duty is built by the custom auto makers at Trans Am Depot.

The car is built on the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro chassis, and has all the legendary Trans Am styling cues: the pointy bird-like nose, the screaming chicken on the hood and devilish looking rear taillights. There is even a Pontiac logo on the hood, though it has Trans Am Depot's logo inside of it.

Burt Reynolds, who brought the Trans Am to fame in Smokey and the Bandit, would be proud.

Editors' pick: Originally published April 14.