Hi all Firebird owners in Canada. I'm trying to confirm if this is the only car in Canada that is exactly the same! My wife has A mint 2002 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, Convertible, Bright Red, with Pontiac’s WS6 (Wide Suspension 6 Pieces), High Performance Package, 5.7L V8 325 HP LS1 Corvette engine, Ram Air Induction, Posi-Trac rear end, automatic Turbo Hydramatic gearbox, 12 Disc CD Changer in the trunk. This is a rare car, as it is one of the last ones ever made, “Last Of The Breed” Edition. Production stats show only 135 were produced for Canada in 2002.

 

LOL, you heard that from Jay Leno, no? This couldn't be further from the truth. WS6 is an RPO code that Pontiac has been using between 1978 and 2002 (AFAIK, it could very well be in use by another division today for something completely different). It started out being used as a suspension / rear disk brake option on the '78 T/As, and eventually evolved into what I've referred to as the "outwardly badged" WS6s from '96 - '02 which included suspension and exhaust upgrades and the "Ram Air" cold air induction system. Nothing is "wider" or has more or less "pieces" in the suspension on a WS6 car than any other non-WS6 equipped Firebirds (well, the 17" wheels exclusive to WS6s are wider, I suppose). The oddball exception to this is the '97 WS6 'verts which came with 16" rims and no suspension upgrade. Reports I've seen over the decades indicate that some of these cars came with WS6 badges on the rear bumper while others did not.

Regarding the LOB (Last of Breed) badges, these were available from multiple sources back in the day and could've been either dealer- or owner-installed. I don't think these were installed at the factory. I've seen them on MYs other than 2002, FWIW. These badges don't really contribute to a car's rarity.

Regarding you car's rarity, CompNine's database (**) indicates a total of 229 2002 WS6 'verts had the Z49 Canadian Export RPO, 114 w/ M6 and 115 w/ A4. Consideing your car is 81U Bright Red, it is highly unlikey it is the only red '02 WS6 'vert exported to Canada. You may be able to confirm it's actual rarity (1 of X) by checking your VIN at CompNine.com and filtering on only the RPOs WS6, 81U, MX0 and whatever RPO code is associated with your interior color (warning, if you use all of your car's RPO codes, nearly every car becomes a 1 of 1). User 98_1LE may also be able to assist, and may be able to provide you with the ASC conversion number based on your VIN. Good luck and enjoy your beautiful WS6 'vert.

(**) Edit: CompNine's database appears to be missing a sizeable chunk of production in the '02 MY Firebirds. They report that there was a total of 1629 WS6 'verts built in 2002 while another source indicates that number is 2696. So the numbers quoted above are most likely low. Since CompNine's database had much more filterable detail than the other source, I used it for generating my breakdowns, flaws and all.