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Bring back the Fiero! by htexans1
Started on: 08-28-2017 01:36 PM
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Joplin says bring back the Fiero. It's the first press I've seen calling for the rebirth of the Fiero in years. Personally I'd love for Tesla to have an electric 2seater but that ain't happening either.
Anyway the link: http://jalopnik.com/bring-b...fiero-1798471937/amp
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Report this Post08-28-2017 02:33 PM Click Here to See the Profile for MidEngineManiacSend a Private Message to MidEngineManiacEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Naw..

They might call it a "Fiero", but it would be just another modern hi-tech, self-driving, sensors-out-the-tailpipe, 293+-camera, 27-airbag, hole in the wallet.

It wouldn't be the love-hate thing we have had going for 30+ years.
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Hey on the camera. Samsung is advertising their Note 8 phone pre order and you get a 360 degree view ultra high def camera with it for free. So maybe you don't only need the one camera.
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Originally posted by htexans1:

......... Personally I'd love for Tesla to have an electric 2seater.......


Ummmmm, wasn't that what thy started with?
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Ummmmm, wasn't that what thy started with?


Yep, and they already said they're doing a second one.
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Ummmmm, wasn't that what thy started with?


Yes. It reminded me of the Lotus Elise. I've seen a few of them running around in my area.



I'm actually surprised how I have seen more "exotics" or upscale sports cars here than I ever saw in California. I saw one like this, same color, on the way to work this morning. Granted it's a Lexus, but a pretty one I wouldn't mind owning.

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Report this Post08-29-2017 02:25 PM Click Here to See the Profile for drattsSend a Private Message to drattsEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Just rebadge the new mid engine corvette as a Fiero.
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The Roadsters were essentially Elises with a few more creature comforts and an electric engine. Allegedly there's a new Roadster coming out in a few years. The next generation of Elise is supposed to be coming to America as well around 2020, which I'm incredibly happy for.
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Just rebadge the new mid engine corvette as a Fiero.

Will they catch on fire, too?

Side note: Honestly, I'd rather see the mid-engine Vette dubbed the TransAm, or something like that. Yeah I know, I'm a heretic...
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Originally posted by Blacktree:

Will they catch on fire, too?

Side note: Honestly, I'd rather see the mid-engine Vette dubbed the TransAm, or something like that. Yeah I know, I'm a heretic...


The heretics are the ones that want to change a historic American roadster into a mid-engine, Euro-style, astronomically priced, Ferrari clone.

Just like those other astronomically priced, mid engine, Euro "super cars" there also WILL be fires.

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They should have never dumped Pontiac. To hell with the big sedans and mini vans, they could have pared it down to the GTO and Trans Am, and maybe Fiero and Grand Prix and had a winner.
Yes, I know why they did it, but I can tell them exactly what they need to do with those marketing studies.

I have three Pontiacs and two Buells, both dead marques.
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Originally posted by williegoat:

They should have never dumped Pontiac. To hell with the big sedans and mini vans, they could have pared it down to the GTO and Trans Am, and maybe Fiero and Grand Prix and had a winner.
Yes, I know why they did it, but I can tell them exactly what they need to do with those marketing studies.

I have three Pontiacs and two Buells, both dead marques.


God, I REALLY don't want to make this thread political, I honestly don't, but facts are facts.

The demise of the Pontiac brand had very little to do with marketing studies and almost everything to do with *government* dictating to private business.

I wouldn't have thought that people would so soon forget the Obama administration's "car czar" Steve Rattner and, through him, the government's dictates to GM during their bankruptcy and bailout.

Shedding the aforementioned marque was part of the "deal with the devil" that GM made:

"On December 2, 2008, General Motors announced that it was considering eliminating numerous brands, including Pontiac, in order to appease Congress in hope of receiving a $25 billion loan."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac

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Originally posted by randye:

God, I REALLY don't want to make this thread political, I honestly don't, but facts are facts.

The demise of the Pontiac brand had very little to do with marketing studies and almost everything to do with *government* dictating to private business.

I wouldn't have thought that people would so soon forget the Obama administration's "car czar" Steve Rattner and, through him, the government's dictates to GM during their bankruptcy and bailout.

Shedding the aforementioned marque was part of the "deal with the devil" that GM made:

"On December 2, 2008, General Motors announced that it was considering eliminating numerous brands, including Pontiac, in order to appease Congress in hope of receiving a $25 billion loan."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac



In that case, now that GM is out of the 'red' - they can bring back Pontiac if they wanted.

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