Description: For people such as myself, you may remember growing up hearing a Pontiac Fiero joke or three. In fact, listening to an owner's horror story about his Fiero is one my earliest childhood car memori...Add Comments11
Matt HowardAug 11, 2012 The fire history was actually 260 out 0f 270,168 cars produced. Thats 0.07%. I did a research project/speech on the history of the Fiero. I got the data from the NHTSA VSR archives.
Herbert BeltranJul 29, 2012 Sadly it was lost due to an engine fire
Herbert BeltranJul 29, 2012 My dad had an 84 Fiero pace car replica. I remember that thing looked like a baby Ferrari, and turned heads like one too. I was a kid and we were driving along Waikiki beach in Hawaii and a guy walked straight into a palm tree cuz he was staring.
Laguna SecaJul 28, 2012 +1 re-earth it. Along with the Aztec
Kyle CherryJul 28, 2012 The Fiero had the engine fire problem in 84. I had an 86 and 87 and had no problems, and several guys I know never had issues. The car handled and drove great.
Michael PageJul 28, 2012 Ha Jonathan!, you beat me to it. I've had lots of crappy cars, none ever caught fire. I think a 20% fire history is pretty bad.
Bull DogoneJul 28, 2012 @Jared Thanks for adding facts. Hate when people make negative generalizations, especially admitting, "...never owned one..."
Jared PalmerJul 28, 2012 Between myself and other family and friend, we have collectively owned five Fieros. Only one of which ever had a fire, due to a leaking oil pump.
Matty MichaelsJul 28, 2012 Paragraph 2: That hasn't stopped Ferrari!
Description: Whenever I see one on the road today I wonder whether the owner has taken great care of it (i.e. spent a lot of money on upkeep) or whether the thing has been locked up in storage for 20 years only to...Add Comments0
koltonJul 29, 2012 I might be crazy but in think it still looks good.
JoshuaJul 28, 2012 Put a 377 sbc in the back... you got yourself a sadistic animal
Paul LissonaJul 28, 2012 One of my uncles had one the same color.
Description: Development soon began with the goal of building a fuel efficient small car with some sporty flare. The intention was not to build a true sports car, but to have something that looked like one. Despit...Add Comments5
Paul LissonaJul 29, 2012 Yah wow that reminds me my 92 civic stick shift, all stock not rices out gets 42 freeway 30+ city. Yah some old cars get better than new junk.
BurlyDolphinJul 29, 2012 @Paul that's pure fact actually, that gas mileage is easy to get with the iron duke. I own a fiero and have heard many people say the same thing.
Paul LissonaJul 28, 2012 Yah they're incredibly slow and stupid, not even making sense with what they're trying to do obviously.
Joe Fats HarperJul 28, 2012 Some newer regulations, especially things like ethanol, have really hurt cars gas mileage in recent years.
Gotta love government
Paul LissonaJul 28, 2012 27/40 gm out of all the American cars has always been the most fuel efficient, but I think ^/^ is an exaggeration.
Description: When it was launched in 1984 it became an immediate hit and the Pontiac factory couldn't build them fast enough. Enthusiasts, however, could see right through GM's cost-saving techniques and...Add Comments0
Description: Further improvements were done by completely redesigning the suspension and updating both the four-cylinder and V6 engines. Although turbochargers were planned, the idea fell through because productio...Add Comments4
Jared PalmerJul 28, 2012 Eat the Corvettes lunch. This is what killed the Fieros.
Jared PalmerJul 28, 2012 Carry over into the following year. With the increase of power and refinements to the handling the Fieros was a scheduled to be a fierce little car. However, when GM started testing the new Fieros thee was concern that this little rocket was going to
Jared PalmerJul 28, 2012 The prototype scheduled for 1989 was to use the dual quad 3.4 literV6 220 hp from the Lumina z34/ mote Carlo z34. Lotus had already improved on suspension in 1988, so that was to
Description: There are still plenty of used Fiero's still around today and this one currently up for sale on eBay is a 1986 GT model that's supposedly in good conditioning, considering it has over 85,000...Add Comments2
Phillip GreeneJul 29, 2012 those miles are nothing for a car that old i bet its mint should go for a lot more then that
Frank DreitleinJul 28, 2012 Moulding is missing...that should drop the price..a lot..
Description: Whether or not that's money well spent is up to you, but due to the Fiero's mid-engine layout, this could become a great project car to swap in a V8 and further improve the suspension. There...Add Comments4
Cody AndreeJul 28, 2012 The non dentable fenders Saturn was using didn't catch on for a reason, like many things when they got hot from the sun they expanded. Causing you to chip your paint every time u opened the doors.
Colin DzendoletJul 28, 2012 I used to live near a guy who had a series II 3800 supercharged engine from a 2002 grand prix gtp, that thing was fast as hell
Bull DogoneJul 28, 2012 A local owns one with an LT1 V8 engine transversed mounted. Bit of a Frankenstein but hugely popular at car shows. Like the Solstice, poorly executed great idea, but it was cool when it came out. Certainly more popular than Ford's Probe was.
Bull DogoneJul 28, 2012 Wow, near fail on this editorial. How could you possibly omit the body panels being resistant to dents and dings??? As a precursor to Saturn, the modular body panels were revolutionary at the time, but never caught on in the industry.
Phillip GreeneJul 29, 2012 i actualy like old interiors and if you think any make was doing better than this in 86 your full of crap bmws mercs porches ad a strip of fake wood grain to this and its strait 80s german lux
Andrew McNealJul 28, 2012 Typical boring 80s-90s American car interior, glad they stopped doing the "all gray, all plastic" thing.
Zachary MaurerJul 28, 2012 I don't even have words for this, please feel free to comment what words you have for this...interior
Adam BeiersdorferJul 28, 2012 I just want to point out the disfigured steering wheel on the top left... I'm pretty sure it's made of soft clay painted black... Just sayin...
topgear164Jul 28, 2012 This interior would make an ideal spot to blow my brains out.
Chris O'BrienJul 28, 2012 they should name this interior "fifty shades of grey."
Dale SchroederJul 28, 2012 @Neil: Sadly that's par for the course for most American cars from the '80s.
Neil VickersJul 28, 2012 Jesus that's horrible, looks like its made out of plastic airfix parts, also the last lady who had a lift left her handbag stuck to the door.
Jerrod SwensonJul 28, 2012 This is either a poor respray or Fieros came with black door jams. Either way it's a poor respray.
Dale SchroederJul 28, 2012 I don't think I've ever seen a Fiero with an interior that clean before. If it's well maintained $4k would be a great deal for this one.
The fire history was actually 260 out 0f 270,168 cars produced. Thats 0.07%. I did a research project/speech on the history of the Fiero. I got the data from the NHTSA VSR archives.
Sadly it was lost due to an engine fire
My dad had an 84 Fiero pace car replica. I remember that thing looked like a baby Ferrari, and turned heads like one too. I was a kid and we were driving along Waikiki beach in Hawaii and a guy walked straight into a palm tree cuz he was staring.
+1 re-earth it. Along with the Aztec
Stick that back in the earth...
The Fiero had the engine fire problem in 84. I had an 86 and 87 and had no problems, and several guys I know never had issues. The car handled and drove great.
Ha Jonathan!, you beat me to it. I've had lots of crappy cars, none ever caught fire. I think a 20% fire history is pretty bad.
Lol 4 outa 5 ain't bad, right?
@Jared Thanks for adding facts. Hate when people make negative generalizations, especially admitting, "...never owned one..."
Between myself and other family and friend, we have collectively owned five Fieros. Only one of which ever had a fire, due to a leaking oil pump.
Paragraph 2: That hasn't stopped Ferrari!