What car is this?

[HarleyEarl]

What car is this?

[avant1963]

1989 Pontiac Fiero (that never happened)

[HarleyEarl]

Correct. I've got to find harder stuff. You guys know way too much.

[FAPTurbo]

w...w....w-WHAT?!

That's a Fiero?!

Now why did that not get built?...

[HarleyEarl]

It certainly would have revitalized Fiero. There appears to be some Firebird inspiration in the design.

I still like the later fastback 6cyl Fieros.....they still look good today.

[avant1963]

A lot of that "next" Fiero was used in the Gen4 F-body, including the IP.

Here's some great shots of the actual car:

http://www.spmicro.com/gallery/album36/aaa

And my 1986 V-6 that I loved to drive:

[Sixty8panther]

Never liked this one much... unlike that 88? Yellow GT

that HE posted which is HOT & sexy this concept looks

more like a cheap Fireo kit car than, well... many

cheap Fiero based kit cars.

The fact that it's an automatic shows just how effin'

clueless GM was in those years. An automatic trans in

a mid engined sports car? Like some kind of joke

about how Americans are as told by the French.

I do however like the drop top S10 Blazer concept in

the background. It's pretty neat they made that but

very lame that they never put it into production.

Edited July 22, 2006 by Sixty8panther

[HarleyEarl]

Sly, great photos of that prototype Fiero. Best I've seen. Photos of this car seem kind of rare.

[HarleyEarl]