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Skybax
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MAY 15, 08:42 PM
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They lost all credibly when article said the mid-80's Mercury Capri looks like a Station Wagon...
The Ford Fox platform Capri looks NOTHING like a station wagon, and most people agree its flared fenders and aggressive fascia looks better than a Mustang.
Yes, the article reads like it was written by a young person with ZERO knowledge of automobiles, just more ignorant internet nonsense.[This message has been edited by Skybax (edited 05-15-2021).]
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IMSA GT
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MAY 15, 09:24 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Skybax:
Yes, the article reads like it was written by a young person with ZERO knowledge of automobiles, just more ignorant internet nonsense.
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Must have been Doug DeMuro 
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cvxjet
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MAY 15, 10:06 PM
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I want to point out something here; Looks are (Obviously) subjective........
My favorite car (Styling-wise) of all time is the Lamborghini Miura.........Just utterly gorgeous!
But most people like the Countach- The original concept was decent looking, but after a while they had added GLUE-on fender flares, wings and scoops...and it started looking like an Escapee from a J. C. Whitney catalog!
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Skybax
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MAY 16, 08:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
I want to point out something here; Looks are (Obviously) subjective........
My favorite car (Styling-wise) of all time is the Lamborghini Miura.........Just utterly gorgeous!
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Beautiful lines, the hood louvers remind me of one of my favorites, the mid-engine American Motors AMX3...
https://amx3.org/the-cars/
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cvxjet
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MAY 16, 11:53 PM
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My best friend at NAS Alameda was a Rambler fanatic...Owned a couple of 71 Javelins, a 69 SWB AMX, a Gremlin. His main car was one of the 71 Javelins, which he built up using Mark Donahue's "The Unfair Advamtage" about Trans Am racing; The 401 he built up developed 500 hp at 7000 rpm- yet the car's best feature was the handling.
When he had all of those AMCs we started calling his place "Brian's used Rambler Emporium"
Back then (1980s) was when I found out about that Mid-engine AMC..........What a great design!
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jonrev
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MAY 17, 03:59 AM
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Do not feed the clickbait.
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MarkS
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MAY 17, 11:27 AM
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I read another one the other day, yes, click bait so I won't post it here. The essence was about 10 Pontiacs that were good cars but failed to sell. Well, the article had an opening picture of a 74 or 75 Grand Am so....click...as I love those cars. Anyway, totally discounted the Fiero with a back handed comment. But, I guess the Fiero did sell quite well over the first couple years so wasn't eligible as an example of "didn't sell".
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Phosphor_Burn
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MAY 20, 02:12 AM
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Every time I get mad at stuff like this, I just remember that anyone who actually believes what they read in those articles isn't the sort of person who would buy a Fiero anyway. Let them believe what they want. It just lowers the demand for Fieros (and their parts) so the rest of us who know better can get to them!
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Australian
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MAY 20, 08:02 AM
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MarkS
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MAY 20, 09:35 AM
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Thanks for that memory, this is similar to the 73 2.6 V6 I had. Cool, quick little car but prone to rust unfortunately. Owned it a few years prior to my purchase of a new 85 GT.
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