Nice positive article; helps balance some of the negative ones that appear occasionally, lol! The "under-powered" theme is a little tiresome, as the same engine was in millions of bigger, heavier family sedans. Lately it seems that a family sedan with less than 300 horsepower is "under-powered". How times change!
Nice positive article; helps balance some of the negative ones that appear occasionally, lol! The "under-powered" theme is a little tiresome, as the same engine was in millions of bigger, heavier family sedans. Lately it seems that a family sedan with less than 300 horsepower is "under-powered". How times change!
every thing comes in circles, back in the 60s we had family cars with 3 or 400 HP, Jetstars, Lemans, impalas. Next they will go back down again because of some other new law meant to protect us then back up after they figure a way around that. Back in the 70s everything started going down hill to keep up with emissions standards, then back up again in the 90s, so we are due for some new laws.
Steve
------------------ Technology is great when it works, and one big pain in the ass when it doesn't
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I get a pretty big pic on screen, but not quite big enough to read. In the upper right corner, there's a + magnifying glass icon that I click on to enlarge it.
every thing comes in circles, back in the 60s we had family cars with 3 or 400 HP, Jetstars, Lemans, impalas. Steve
Correct me if I am wrong, but back then HP was measured at the crank, not at the wheels, so a 300 HP car in the late 60's had a lot less actual power than a 300 HP car built 30 years later..
In terms of the Fiero being underpowered even for its' time, I think that is a valid point due to the sports car appearance of this model. The power of the 2.5 was pathetic for any car even back then, but the 2.8 was acceptable for the Pontiac 6000 and many other cars that shared that platform at the time. Since the Fiero looked like a sportscar, the article simply stated that the performance did not match the looks, which is entirely true. We all know the reasons why GM did not put a better performing powerplant in this car.
Correct me if I am wrong, but back then HP was measured at the crank, not at the wheels, so a 300 HP car in the late 60's had a lot less actual power than a 300 HP car built 30 years later..
In terms of the Fiero being underpowered even for its' time, I think that is a valid point due to the sports car appearance of this model. The power of the 2.5 was pathetic for any car even back then, but the 2.8 was acceptable for the Pontiac 6000 and many other cars that shared that platform at the time. Since the Fiero looked like a sportscar, the article simply stated that the performance did not match the looks, which is entirely true. We all know the reasons why GM did not put a better performing powerplant in this car.
Horsepower is still measured at the crank. At least the advertised horsepower. With that said... Back in the day, a Fiero GT with a manual trans was a match for a Monte Carlo SS with a V8. Not as slow as you'd suspect.
(I also had an engine swapped Monza 2+2 that would blow the paint off of a stock 'vette of that era.)
I like seeing these articles that actually cast the car in a positive light. Thanks!
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Back in the day, a Fiero GT with a manual trans was a match for a Monte Carlo SS with a V8. Not as slow as you'd suspect.
That's a fact!
The Monte SS had a 180 horse 305 and was much heavier than the Fiero, so it all balanced out.
This article proves what I have said for several years. The media use to love bashing the Fiero with its Chevette front suspension, Citation rear suspension and its 135-140 horse rather than its uniqueness. Like the internet today, people believe everything they read, whether it's right or wrong, and make stupid decisions solely on poor and biased info.
As more positive info comes out on these cars, more of the collector car public will take note and the popularity will rise which always affects the price.
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