WHAT IS IT?
The original 1984 4-cylinder Fiero was a parts bin mashup of some not-very-good components—drawing heavily on GM’s thoroughly mediocre X-car front-wheel-drive sedans. Handling was nowhere near as good as its mid-engine layout promised. But as GM so frequently did, they spent the money to get the car right—they added a V6 and fastback GT styling, and the chef’s kiss, for 1988 was an all-new Lotus-inspired suspension. And then they killed the car. This one is from the last year of production, shows just 2,040 miles and it’s a GT with the 2.8 L V6. The only thing that it lacks is the Getrag five-speed manual transmission.
WHY THIS ONE HAS “BEST ONE ON THE PLANET” CHOPS
Fieros were cheap, disposable cars, and when parts became harder to source and dealer support evaporated, more of them disappeared. Few people looked at these cars like ’76 Eldorados and Pace car Corvettes. Few were preserved in showroom fresh condition with little more than delivery miles. This is one of the best survivors we’ve seen. It’s for sale here at $24,950 Do you know of a better one, or is this one the best one on the planet? Vote here!
Few were preserved in showroom fresh condition with little more than delivery miles. This is one of the best survivors we’ve seen.
Testing comments
I’m a bit confused here as the Fiero in the pic is not an ‘84. While ‘84 was the first production year of the Fiero Silver was not offered as one of the four colors that first year, and the GT was not offered until ‘85. Even then the GT had the same notchback styling as the base, Sport & the SE. The Fiero Fastback style in these photos did not arrive until the ‘86 GT. Pictured seems to be an ‘88 as it looks to have the offset rear wheels that were due to the full suspension revamp taking place between the ‘87 & ‘88 model years. Just my $.02 here, but if we are voting on the best of something it should be a car that actually exits.
Hey Morgan, thanks for pointing this out. It’s a typo from an early test listing, (technically, the site’s not live yet). We’ll correct it shortly. BTW, your Fiero knowledge is impressive!