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Author Topic: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car  (Read 13773 times)

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GTRS Fiero

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Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« on: July 09, 2020, 09:55:43 pm »
It seems factual.


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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2020, 07:32:13 pm »
I had not seen the artwork for the design early studies and the proposed 89/90 before.  Is there somewhere where that stuff is posted elsewhere?

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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2020, 07:34:20 pm »
You realize that the 89/90 Fiero was built, right?

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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2020, 07:38:27 pm »
Yes I did see pics of the actual car, but never the design studies.  There are probably hundreds of studies at the GM heritage center that would be interesting to thumb through.

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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2020, 07:41:37 pm »
More info on some of the card.


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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2020, 07:43:05 pm »
There were also at least 3 '89 non-GT Fieros built.  All three were crushed, but there exist pics of them in the holding yard.

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Re: Why GM cancelled its first mid-engine sports car
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2020, 08:47:37 pm »
In one of the Fiero Anniversary threads on PFF, it was mentioned that the 89/90 prototype on display isn't really roadworth enough to hold up for much driving.  Some of the undercarriage was cobbled together and wouldn't have been the final production manner.  An individual took as many pictures around, in, and under the car as possible, because someone questioned if a kit couldn't be made to resemble it. 

I have a file on the prototypes, including the notchbacks.  They resembled the Buick Reatta.  I met a guy at a Canton car show who was displaying a Reatta and he felt that some of it's lines were pulled from the Fiero prototype notchback. 

It's common knowledge that the Fiero GT lines were used in the later Camaro and Firebirds. 
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