Did Ferrari Actually Sue Pontiac Over This Car? 🤔 FACT or MYTH

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DISCLAIMER - The views of the owner of this car in this video are not the views of Fresh Vintage, and all thoughts and opinions expressed are that of the car owner (any Fresh Vintage commentary is solely based on the owner's thoughts and opinions) thanks.
Ah the 80's: the dark ages for US car makers (personal opinion but it's true...)
Emissions, miles per gallon, Toyota and Honda starting to eat their lunch; what was 80s Pontiac to do?? I know - let's partner with a little known company to rip off a Ferrari design!! (er...uh...wait what?!)
Join us for this amazing story that still makes me shake my head and chuckle to this day thinking that Pontiac and a little known company called Corporate Concepts actually thought this was a good idea and they would get away with it - Enjoy!
If you want to know more about one of the worst ideas of the 80's you can read all about it right here:
pontiacmera.com/
There's also an ongoing registry of these cars! You can view that here:
pontiacmera.com/mera-registry/

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@Kill3r_Ghost505 2 ай бұрын

I am restoring mine at the moment it will be on the road soon only in Ohio i hopefully gonna get it in cavalcade ❤ love the yellow

@freshvintage 2 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Let us know when it is up and running and we'll drive up to make a video on it 😊👍👍

@jasonspencer4276 4 ай бұрын

I'd sue too that car was a pos

@freshvintage 4 ай бұрын

😂😂 80's GM was the best!

@adamg4885 4 ай бұрын

Everything that person said is almost entirely fabricated nonsense. GM was NEVER sued by Ferrari. Pontiac had NOTHING to do with the MERA. Corporate Concepts did the conversions and they were the ONLY ones that had legal issues with Ferrari. MERAs were built on brand new Fieros, offered at very few select Pontiac Dealers and it was considered a dealer option, not unlike a Conversion Van option. It most certainly DID NOT come from the Pontiac factory like that! NONE of the body panels were made by GM and NONE have a factory GM stamp. The entire body was fabricated and installed by Corporate Concepts in Capac, Michigan. The Fiero frames were not modified at all. The Fiero was left almost completely stock, that is how the Pontiac dealers were able to still offer the Factory Warranty. The dealers didn’t replace the MERA badging. Does that make sense? Do you think it would have been worth getting sued by Ferrari? Yes, Corporate Concepts agreed to destroy the molds in the settlement but it didn’t put them out of business. They did more than just the MERA conversions. The “only 13 roadworthy known to be left in the U.S.” statement is completely BS. MERAs had a small controller for the motorized side mirror that was on the console, in between the window buttons that is not there on that car. It’s also missing the entire MERA exhaust surround under the rear bumper. The MERA taillights can be purchased and there are a lot of kit cars trying to replicate a MERA. I highly encourage you to remove this video ASAP.

@freshvintage 4 ай бұрын

Hello Adam - is there a specific reason why this exact same comment was posted under a different channel name "@VegasStarQuest" yesterday? Someone reported that to KZfaq yesterday and they removed it (we don't do silly things like that). My question to you is don't you have other things to do with your day besides troll KZfaq channels? Go enjoy the day and stop wearing out your keyboard posting nonsense - have a great day!

@adamg4885 4 ай бұрын

@@freshvintage I am the owner of MERA # 7077. I take great pride in my MERA and the history behind it. Your video is a complete disgrace to the MERA legacy and MERA owners that try to educate people on the real story of the MERA. It's hard enough to educate people without videos like this that have a total disregard for the facts. The internet is full of misinformation because of people like you that are allowed to post crap like this out to thousands of people that don't know any better. I am respectfully requesting that you remove it before I am forced to inform Ferrari that it contains blatant infringement of its intellectual property. Ferrari will not take kindly to the use of its trademarks on anything other than a genuine Ferrari

@freshvintage 4 ай бұрын

Hi Adam thanks for your reply. Prove you own a Mera - do you have photos, video, documentation online we can view somewhere? We would love to see that proof 👍 Also to be 100 percent frank here there's a very VERY similar KZfaq video on this same exact car and subject that's been out there for 2 years now; why haven't you gone after that video? The owner of the car is making the supposedly false claims, not us, and is the one with the car that has the Ferrari badges on it, not us, so maybe reach out to them with your commentary thanks.

@adamg4885 4 ай бұрын

@@freshvintageI would be happy to provide you photos, video, and documentation that I am the proud owner of MERA # 7077. The owner can say whatever they want but you are the one that is publishing the video, promoting the misinformation. You can video record someone playing copyrighted music all you want but if it's in a video that you post, the video is infringing on the owner's IP, not the person playing the music in the video. I am respectfully allowing you the opportunity to take it down before Ferrari does and you get an IP infringement violation on your account.

@adamg4885 4 ай бұрын

@@freshvintageDid you watch the MERA video with a similar title that's been out there for 2 years? The MERA in that video has all the MERA badging and the narrator provides accurate information about the MERA. The only thing inaccurate about that video is the title.