The last year of the Fiero was actually a very good car. Too bad they'd already decided to kill it.

 

Yes, they finally got it right with adequate power. THAT was a damn good car and WAS a used car bargain before people realized it wasn't the bad car of previous years. But it was too late. Reputation was trashed.

I owned one of the first Fieros-- new 1984 I bought in 1983. I Survived--lol---it never burned. But could feel the heat in the window behind my head. Man it was bad., I drove the car from MA to SW Missouri when I moved. Car was an oven by time I got there. Had non existent acceleration with the AC on. Gorgeous car when new-- but severely underpowered.

This is really case study example of GM old management incompetence. Fiero was ORIGINALLY meant to be a budget, nice looking small get around car. Then just before original production apparently GM decided--hey if we tweak the look we can actually turn this into a sports car. And sell not for $6 K--but $11K! Engineering folks: "Oh but what about the economy car engine we had planned-- won't cut it for a sports car". GM management: No problem, no one will notice--it looks great. Of course--the little get around car turned race car got so stressed it literally burned...frequently...oops.

The irony is...I never thought I could LOVE a car like my '84 Fiero. 36 years later proven wrong by the C8. Hopefully with better outcome

 

My recollection is the seats with built in speakers were quite popular with the thieves. The cars were being stolen in Houston and abandoned... seatless.

 

The stock sound system was REALLY good. Immersive. For its time? Superior.

 

A guy I worked with had an '84 or '85. It was stolen and then abandoned a few blocks away. He joked that the thieves quickly realized their mistake.

 

Or they realized they could not get away fast enough.

 

I had an '86 Fiero with the V6 in it. It was amazing in the twisty roads. I'd love to have an '88GT.

 

 

The Fiero Museum was inundated with water and many cars destroyed when the two dams failed in Michigan.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/33597/...n-dam-collapse

 

The Fiero GT had a NA 2.8L V6 140 HP. 1986-1988. A turbo would have made that a beast at 2600# If only it could have had the Buick 3.8L GNX engine