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Body Colors
White, Stardust Silver, Starlight Black, Vibrant Blue, Baniff Blue, Nightwatch Blue Irid, Tahitian Yellow, Dorado Gold, Yellow, Navajo Orange, Barclay Brown, Spectra Red, Autumn Maroon and Ontario Gray.

Interior Colors
Dark Blue, Black, Light Sandstone, Medium Doeskin, Medium Red, Black/Red - NASCAR edition only.

Engines
LD5 231 V6 - 110 hp @ 3,800 rpm
Four different V8's were offered in 1981
1)LS4 365 V8 - 120hp @ 4,000 rpm
2)L37 301 V8 - 150hp @ 4,000 rpm
3)LG4 305 V8 - 145hp @ 4,000 rpm
4)LG4 301 V8 - 200hp @ 4,000 rpm

Number of 1981 Firebirds with V6s - 23,468
Number of 1981 Firebirds with V8s - 47,431
Transmissions
33,493 Trans Ams were built in 1981.
7,039 Trans Ams came with Manual Transmissions.
26,454 Trans Ams came with Automatic Transmissions.
The rest of the 1981 Firebird transmission info not avalible.

Model Production
Production
Cost
Weight

Base Firebird - V6/V8
20,541

$7,155 - $7,205
3,275 lbs. - 3,350 lbs.
Firebird Esprit - V6/V8
$8,021 - $8,071

10,938
3,312 lbs. - 3,387 lbs.
Firebird Formula  - V8
$8,143 - $8,795

3,297 lbs. - 3,350 lbs.
Trans Am  - V8
$8,322 - $12,244
33,493

5,927
3,419 lbs. - 3,475 lbs.
Includes both Firebird and Trans Am