Pontiac Banshee Going On The Auction Block (Page 1/3)
fierofool AUG 17, 09:25 AM
Georgia Fieros received this from one of it's members. The 64 Banshee prototype will be going up for auction. Whether it was a forerunner of the Fiero or a concept that was modified into the Corvette, it's still an interesting vehicle.

https://news.classiccars.co...ncept-going-auction/
2.5 AUG 17, 09:57 AM
Quite an iconic and very cool car!

"Like so many GM concept cars, the Banshee coupe and convertible had been slated for the crusher after their auto-show careers, but a group of Pontiac insiders hid them away in shipping containers for nearly a decade. Then each was sold to members of the Pontiac design team who had created them."
Lambo nut AUG 17, 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by fierofool:

Whether it was a forerunner of the Fiero...




Your kidding, right?

Kevin
Old Lar AUG 17, 11:05 AM
Looks like a Corvette from the front and a Trans-am from the back.
fierosound AUG 17, 12:09 PM
The usual story at GM...

"...fears from Chevrolet that it would cannibalize sales of the similar Corvette – doomed the car to the scrap heap of dead-end prototypes that would never reach production."

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fierofool AUG 17, 12:19 PM

quote
Originally posted by Lambo nut:


Your kidding, right?

Kevin



It was a Pontiac 2-seater Coupe. Could have been a precursor to the Fiero.
Lambo nut AUG 17, 02:36 PM

quote
Originally posted by fierofool:


It was a Pontiac 2-seater Coupe. Could have been a precursor to the Fiero.



So your not kidding...

Maybe it was the 1954 Bonneville in the middle of this page,

http://blog.hemmings.com/in...php/tag/gm-motorama/

Or the 1936 Pontiac Deluxe



Both Pontiac 2-seater coupes that look as much the Fiero as the Corvette looking one listed before. Could be.

Kevin
Jason88Notchie AUG 17, 04:32 PM

quote
Originally posted by Lambo nut:


So your not kidding...

Maybe it was the 1954 Bonneville in the middle of this page,

http://blog.hemmings.com/in...php/tag/gm-motorama/

Or the 1936 Pontiac Deluxe



Both Pontiac 2-seater coupes that look as much the Fiero as the Corvette looking one listed before. Could be.

Kevin
blakeinspace AUG 17, 05:36 PM

quote
Originally posted by Lambo nut:

So your not kidding...

Maybe it was the 1954 Bonneville...

Or the 1936 Pontiac Deluxe

Both Pontiac 2-seater coupes that look as much the Fiero as the Corvette looking one listed before. Could be.

Kevin



Thank you for all the great sarcasm that was immensely useful to the Fiero discussion in this thread...

But if you can read past my own sarcasm... There IS a connection between the Banshee and Fiero, and without Mr Estes interest, neither car would probably exist.

http://www.yellowfiero.com/thefiero/index.php

I believe more can be found in the Witzenburg book and on Jalopnik

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hyperv6 AUG 17, 06:10 PM
This car has been to auction several times since the original Barrett Jackson auction where it was first sold. The reserve is high and for some reason it just has not drawn the collectors like the owner expects.

It was a steal at the first auction but either too few know about this car or just have no interest. It was the only non Corvette invited to Bloomington Gold. It influenced the C3 and Opel GT.

The push for this car was more Delorean than anyone. He wanted a 2 seat sports car in the worst way. He tired it here with this car and later the F body was a 2 seater so late that he had to base the Firebird on the Camaro so much that they were not all that different. Even the front fenders were interchangeable. Later as we know he went on to do his own 2 seat car.

Estes and Bunkie more than anything supported John in his desires but the it is true the Corvette people were against it as they fear that if they lose too many sales they are at risk of not making a business case. They have come close several times and the threat is real.

The convertible has not traded hands and is still out there too.

Delorean broke many rules and got away with it for years under Bunkies protection but later on it caught up with him and he got blames for the Vega a car that was really Ed Coles love and those who hated Delorean used it against him. By then Bunkie had gone to Ford and was even gone from there by then.

What is funny is the Mid Engine V6 Idea was done by GM engineering back in the mid to late 70's and was rejected by the Corvette people. GM keep the idea at the tech center and when Hulki was looking to lower the cowl of the car he was offered their proposal and he used it to make the cowl lower on the Fiero. Before that he was faced with a taller more upright car that would never had been as low. This solved his problem. So in a way a proposed Corvette plan lead to the Fiero being Mid Engine. This was in the book Inside the Corvette.