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Would Mary really be out driving a camo car? Why not she is CEO...
Why not? Her first job at GM was in the Pontiac Fiero plant, she even owned a Fiero for a while. So far, she has turned her back on her Pontiac past. I figured if anyone would bring Pontiac back, it would be her.
I hope you're right! That's a sexy bitch and why I'm ordering it! I can't stand how excited I am to see what GM can do with a mid engine architecture. I love the c5,6,7 and they are great evolutions, but some times you need a revolution.
I can't stand how excited I am to see what GM can do with a mid engine architecture..
GM's first try at ME had timeless styling, but needed more HP. The Fiero was the first production space frame car in 1984. Corvette joined the space frame party 13 years later with the 1997 C5! Sorry, but the Fiero was GM's technological leading edge car in the 1980's, not the Corvette!
FYI- for anyone that does not like the C8 styling, a Fiero GT can accommodate an early ls engine series swap and will still weigh 450 pounds less. I will take the shorter wheelbase car every day of the week. The Fiero is the perfect size for a ME, about the same size as a Boxster.
When the Fastback 1986 Fiero GT was first shown to the media, some of them thought it was a new Corvette! Before closing the Fiero plant in 1988, GM considered moving Fiero production to Bowling Green and decided against it. If they did, there could have been a production ME Corvette almost 30 years ago. The Fiero turned a profit every year it was sold but was becoming a threat to the Corvette.
FYI- Pontiac had two Alcan aluminum chassis Fiero's in 1986 with the '88 suspension updates. One with a v8 blew the doors off a Corvette in a race at the Milford Proving Grounds. Both cars were ordered crushed after big wigs from Detroit witnessed it. Twenty years later the Zo6 first rode on an aluminum space frame. Those Alcan cars would have had a 700+ pound weight advantage over the base Vette.
Since the C5 came out in 1997 with the transaxle, GM could have built a ME Vette any time they wanted to off the existing chassis since space frames are very flexible platforms.
FYI-My 140hp stock 1988 Fiero GT can match the 0-30 time of the 1997 345hp C5, 2.2 seconds! Being 500 pounds lighter than a C5 and ME is a big advantage.
it's going to be a thin sharp triangle on the door like the R8 has... this has been my claim all along. I've begged the renderers to try it our way, and they refuse.
GM's first try at ME had timeless styling, but needed more HP. The Fiero was the first production space frame car in 1984. Corvette joined the space frame party 13 years later with the 1997 C5! Sorry, but the Fiero was GM's technological leading edge car in the 1980's, not the Corvette!
FYI- for anyone that does not like the C8 style, a Fiero GT can accommodate an early ls engine series swap and will still weigh 450 pounds less. I will take the shorter wheelbase car every day of the week. The Fiero is the perfect size for a ME, about the same size as a Boxster.
When the Fastback 1986 Fiero GT was first shown to the media, some of them thought it was a new Corvette! Before closing the Fiero plant in 1988, GM considered moving Fiero production to Bowling Green and decided against it. If they did, there could have been a production ME Corvette almost 30 years ago. The Fiero turned a profit every year it was sold but was becoming a threat to the Corvette.
FYI- Pontiac had two Alcan aluminum chassis Fiero's in 1986 with the '88 suspension updates. One blew the doors off a Corvette in a race at the Milford Proving Grounds. Both cars were ordered crushed after big wigs from Detroit witnessed it. Twenty years later the Zo6 first rode on an aluminum space frame. Those Alcan cars would have had a 700+ pound weight advantage over the Vette.
Since the C5 came out in 1997 with the transaxle, GM could have built a ME Vette any time they wanted to off the existing chassis since space frames are very flexible platforms.
FYI-My 140hp stock 1988 Fiero GT can match the 0-30 time of the 1997 345hp C5, 2.2 seconds! Being 500 pounds lighter than a C5 and ME is a big advantage.
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