Some cars leave a paper trail; the General Motors Firebird I left a name, a year — 1954 — and a place in GM (General Motors)'s list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Its place in the line
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Chevrolet Corvette. Nearby in the GM (General Motors) catalogue sit the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the General Motors Firebird I has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.