I really, really like the 4C and have been contemplating how I could swing buying one (I'd have to sell 2 or 3 of my current cars, including the Fiero). The only let down for me is the lack of a real manual transmission. I think I'll wait to see what they do on the secondary market a couple of years from now and just pick up a nice lightly used one.
Here's another futuristic Fiero candidate and the price tag is only 1.2 million Euros! I wonder how many current day Fieros could be bought with this amount of money?
But like the Boxter there is no casual way to access the engine. It's not targeted towards the do-it-yourselfer.
There are few cars targeted at the do it yourselfer anymore.
To be honest I really did not see the Fiero living much more than 4-5 years more. The two seater segment is difficult to produce in a lower priced segment. Also the cars in this segment go for about 5-10 years at best. Time has claimed them all in the under $50K segment accept the Miata.
Even the Solstice sales were not enough to even convert it to a Buick or Chevy.
Affordable and low volume is a most difficult formula to match. They both work counter to each other.