#Pontiac Fiero GT

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1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

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Pontiac Fiero GT Prototype, 1989. A design study for a second generation Fiero that was powered by an early version of the DOHC V6 that would go into production in the Grand Prix and Lumina Z34 in the early 1990s. GM cited slumping and unprofitable sales of the Fiero for the abandonment of the project

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From OK WHIPS SEASON OPENER

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Buyer’s Guide: 1986-’88 Pontiac Fiero GT - Mark J McCourt @Hemmings

The GT model had a notably different rear view from other Fieros, thanks to this variant’s unique flying buttress styling. All photography by Don Spiro, from the Hemmings Archives With its willing V-6 engine, go-kart handling, and mini-supercar looks, the 1986-1988 Pontiac Fiero GT was 1980s America’s everyday exotic. This nimble two-seater was virtually perfected just before GM cancelled it,…

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Pontiac Fiero GT

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Pontiac Fiero GT

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1986 Pontiac Fiero GT

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Enterra Vipre

The Enterra Vipre was developed in the mid-1980s by a group of waiters at the Keg Restaurant on Vancouver’s Granville Island. Somehow they managed to secure a grant from the Canadian Scientific Research Council for $10 million CAD, and perhaps not surprisingly it all went wrong shortly after.

Whoever these waiters were they were astonishingly adept salesmen. Not only did they talk their way into that $10 million CAD government grant, but they also talked General Motors into selling their cars in the USA right out of Pontiac dealerships – with a full manufacturer’s warranty no less.

Exactly how a group of waiters came up with the idea of starting their own car company may be lost to history, but we do know that in the early-to-mid 1980s the waitstaff at the Keg Restaurant on Vancouver’s Granville Island hatched a plan to launch their own custom car brand and call it Cymbria.

Rather than building a car from scratch as Bricklin has done a decade earlier before collapsing into bankruptcy the team at Cymbria decided too instead base their car on a preexisting production sports car to save time and money.

The car they chose was arguably the hottest American sports car of the time, the Pontiac Fiero, an affordable mid-engined car with a lightweight fiberglass body. Cymbria developed their own custom bolt-on fiberglass body for the car, then they developed a more luxurious interior, they doubled the sticker price, and put their car on the market.

By the time the initial problems with the body moulds and ill-fitting panels had been rectified it was 1986 and the company had changed its name to Enterra, possibly as a way to leave some space between themselves and the negative press that the earlier 1984 Cymbria prototype had attracted.

The styling of the Enterra Vipre was perhaps a little misleading. It looked like a mid-engined supercar that was doing 200 mph even standing still. In reality it was powered by the standard 2.8 liter Pontiac V6 making just 140 bhp and 170 lb ft of torque.

When the Fiero was still new and exciting back in 1983 and 1984 many kit car and low-volume automakers hailed it as their savior. Its steel spaceframe chassis, mid-engined layout, and easy-to-remove fiberglass outer body panels made it ideally suited to modification. Countless Ferrari replica kit cars were based on the Fiero, there were also Lamborghini kits, and kits replicating other models. Interestingly one of those Ferrari replica designs was the Pontiac Mera – it had a bodykit designed to emulate the Ferrari 308 GTS which was being used in the popular Magnum P.I. TV series in the 1980s. 159 of them were made and sold through Pontiac dealers in the USA before the Ferrari lawyers got involved and shut the operation down. The Canadian answer to this Fiero phenomenon was the Enterra Vipre. Its design was clearly influenced by the Ferraris of the time including the F40, though it was carefully designed so as not to be a replica of any single model – therefore resistant to the famously litigious Ferrari legal representatives in the United States.

The first prototype was built in 1984 as the Cymbria Vipre, however the poor fitment of the fiberglass body panels and overall build quality left a lot to be desired. The moulds had to be completely redone, by the time they were ready it was 1986. The car was relaunched, now as the Enterra Vipre, with a price of over $30,000 USD – the equivalent to $71,277 USD in 2023 and roughly double the cost of a standard V6 Fiero.

Despite the fact that the car was being sold through selected Pontiac dealerships in the USA it was a complete flop. The lack of brandname awareness for Enterra coupled with the high price and the fact that the car had slightly worse performance than the stock V6 Fiero (due to to the larger/heavier body) resulted in dismal sales.

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1988 Pontiac Fiero GT Coupe

Issued by Automodello in 2022. It is 1:24 scale and crafted in resin. The model was available in five colors. The Standard LE in Bright Red, the Encomium LE Editions in White, Yellow & Black. This is the Tribute LE Edition, # 23 of 40 in Bright Silver Metallic. Stock # 24P018.

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Pontiac Fiero

Opinions vary regarding the Fiero, Pontiac’s mid-engine sports car, but gearheads agree it was an interesting effort. Here’s an original 1984 GM video with a behind-the-scenes look at the two-seater’s unique engineering. 

In the 1980s, General Motors decided there was suddenly a market for sporty two-seaters it had somehow overlooked up to that point. Alongside the Chevrolet Corvette, GM’s traditional entry in the two-seater class, the automaker added the Cadillac Allante, the Buick Reatta, and the Pontiac Fiero. None of these new two-seaters were terribly successful in the marketplace, as things turned out. But they were interesting cars all the same—especially the Fiero, which sported a number of novel engineering features.

This original GM technical film from the Fiero’s 1984 rollout explores the innovative features, including the “space frame” unitized steel chassis construction and the “mill and drill” mounting system for the molded plastic body panels. (The marketing term Enduraflex referred to a variety of plastic materials.) There’s also a look at the drivetrain, which was essentially borrowed from GM’s front-drive X-car platform and transplanted to the rear axle of the P-body, as the Fiero was known internally.

The Fiero had plenty of fans when new, and it still has plenty of them to this day. More than 370,000 examples were produced over the five-year model run from 1984 to 1988. And according to Fiero partisans, by the time GM cancelled the car, it was improved into a fine little two-seat GT. Here’s where it all began.

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Представлен рестомод Pontiac Fiero GT с дверями Lamborghini

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I Like the Pontiac Fiero, there I said it!

Now, I’m not sure why but I do like a Fiero, it was a real departure for GM and for me it worked. The 1987 GT you can see above is available (at time of writing) for $10K on ClassicCars.com by a private seller in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Click the link to view the listing) Quite a number have arrived in Europe over the years as you can see here. They have also been used a platform for supercar…

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Pontiac Fiero GT

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Hubcap:

Dacia Sandero

Potential modern/post war Cliffjumper:

Honda Civic Type-R

Outback:

VW Type 82 Kubelwagen(WWII)

Jeep XJ Cherokee

Warpath:

M4A4 Sherman Firefly(WWII)

M8 Buford Armored gun system(Modern day)

Windcharger:

Lancia 037 Rally Stradale

Rook(The Journalist, not the Protectobot):

Pontiac Fiero GT

Tailgate:

Second Generation Toyota MR2

Powerglide:

Illyushin IL-2(WWII)

(Modern day Powerglide is still an A-10)

Alternate mode(Earth mode) of some of the evergreen Transformer Character in my AU/Storyline: (color Maybe not representative of Character)

Optimus Prime:

Scania R 770 Semi tractor(regular mode)

Edison Motors Model BDE Diesel Electric Semi tractor(Super mode)

Megatron:

Belyy Tigr(WWII)

M110 203 mm self-propelled howitzer(Earth Campaign)

Armored Recovery Vehicle(post-war)

Knockout(the red Decepticon Medic):

Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

Bumblebee:

Ford Ka(inexperienced)

VW Golf R/GTI(veteran)

Cliffjumper:

AMC Hornet SC 360

(to be continued)