Bought an 88 Fiero and love it!! Turns heads and younger ppl have no idea that Pontiac made a rear engine car!! Paid $1500 and worth every penny!!

Ya gotta love the 80's when 2500lbs was considered "heavy"

My stepdad bought me a slightly used 2000 mile Fiero in Like New condition in 1985. I was BLOWN AWAY by his generosity and love!!! I drove that car on countless Grateful Dead tours and it lasted for years. I finally totalled it in 92 with almost 200K on the clock. To this day it is still my favorite car ever.

One of the most under appreciated cars of all time.

I remember reading about the rise and fall of the Fiero in a car magazine. GM accountants wanted a high gas mileage 2 seater commuter car, but customers wanted a miniature Corvette for a cheap price. So the early years were a constant compromise between what customers and engineers wanted, and what management and accountants would allow. They got it right the final year of production. Imagine if the engineers were allowed to build the car they wanted, with the Buick V6 and stiffer suspension.

I bought my 1988 Fiero GT in late 1987. I still have and I still love it as much as I did on the day I picked it up.

It still looks modern today (in my view). Certainly a car in my top 10 of most beautiful cars during my lifetime.

I always liked the later GT versions.

We had it, Roman, we HAD IT!

The Fiero is a perfect example of what is wrong with GM. It's a beautiful little car but was released only about half baked. By the time GM finally got it right they killed it. I'm sorry to say it's been a few years since I've seen one of these, and that one was on I-40... sitting on the shoulder... on fire. :(

Pontiac teamed with Hall & Oates for the Fiero's release. There was a promo cassette with their greatest hits on it which featured both Daryl & John standing next to a bright red Fiero SE, & their Big Bam Boom tour of 1984-85 was sponsored by the Fiero. Fieros were also on display at their live concerts that year.

The Fiero was really intriguing when it came out. There were a bunch around SoCal. It was part Fiat X1/9, part VW/Porsche 914, part Honda CRX. I never drove or rode in one. It was quite ambitious, but the CRX front drive and big hatchback just had better packaging and practicality for a sporty commuter car. The Fiero is appreciated much more now. 🏁

A pretty good effort by Pontiac. There were some issues with engines catching fire but once that was corrected you had a car that was responsive, tight handling and clean shifting. I had one and loved it. I think the lack of power steering was an advantage because it added to the tight sense of the ride.

When this car was designed, Pontiac had a 1.8 OHC engine that would have fit, even with a 5 speed manual. They had a turbocharged version of the same engine as well and would have been perfect with performance and fuel economy. So GM chose a gutless heavy pushrod engine with an old 4 speed that was a leftover driveline from the citation. This car could have been something, but GM couldn't let a lick of possible excellence out to the public, at the time they were in total self destruction mode. Consider a couple years after this car came out Toyota sold the MR2 which was a similar platform and was vastly superior in every way. A much better fiero wouldn't have lost a single sale of a corvette, in fact it would have likely improved sales overall as it would give customers a good taste of performance the corvette would offer later. The later GT model did offer a lot of improvements, but too late for the car. Sad, it could have really been something, instead of just another example of broken promises and lost opportunities.

I had a '85 Fiero GT... I can say honestly, having owned Corvettes, a Camaro, a BMW, a Mustang, a '05 GTO, some Cadillacs, a '72 Cutlass, a '84 Monte Carlo SS and more... that 1985 Fiero GT is the most fun to drive car I've ever owned - or driven. The '85 Fiero GT had no power steering or brakes but the thing didn't weigh that much so it wasn't an issue at low speed - but at any other speed it meant the steering was heavy (in a good way) and you felt everything (which is also good). The person who had it before me took off the catalytic converter - which I only found out after they started doing emissions here - and the muffler and put baffles on it, they also lowered the car, the thing was so low you could, without leaning over, sit in the drivers seat and touch the ground - so any bump in the road, speed bumps, etc - you had to take at an angle and very slowly. However - man - you could do anything in that car. You could be driving 90mph and just turn the car hard left and the thing wouldn't roll at all, it also wouldn't spin out, it would just skip sideways until the tires caught then take off like a rocket. On the road this was great since the car would constantly overheat, so if a red light was ever close and I was turning I'd gun it and hit the turn at around 60mph and there was zero drama, the car just went wherever you wanted it to go. The V6, with the emissions stuff all gone, performed quite well. It was by no means fast by todays standards, but you were sitting so low in the car it felt like dramatically faster than it was. Basically that 1985 Fiero GT was a go-kart, just a very very very fun to drive go-kart. Also so long as you only got into head-on accidents it was really safe - safer than a Lincoln Towncar if you got hit head-on. Now if you didn't get head on, let me tell you the doors were seemingly maybe 4 inches thick, if that, also if you got hit from behind you'd probably die as well - so the best beat in that car always was to not get in an accident and to use the cars amazing agility to make sure you didn't. Also my friend who was 6' 6" used to ride in it and that always made me laugh - to get an idea of how it looked go watch the movie Pain and Gain (which is a great movie) and look how ridiculous it is to see The Rock driving around in a Fiero.

So sad to see Pontiac gone today, I would have loved to see a new Firebird and a new Fiero, I think it would have easily sold in todays "cute" car market!

Wow look how well it sticks to the ground. I remember wanting one of these so bad in 1984.

I drove a friend’s V6 from PA to FL in 1994. It was the sportiest car I had ever driven. My first was an 82 Z28.

It was a pretty car. They should have dropped the "Quad 4" motor in it.

I love my ‘84 Fiero, bringing it back to its assembly line glory is some of the most fun I’ve ever had working on something.

Aah, those pontiac memories Still in car lover's hearts

I always liked the Pontiac Fiero, Toyota MR2. They were released almost at the same time. I never had the chance to drive a Fiero, but I had the chance to drive the MR2 and, I loved it. Small and lightweight car, mid engine, rwd, great!

Always liked these cars...and almost bought one a few times over the years...wish I had..even just for a little while.

Good idea, bad execution. Typical of GM. The 1988 GT was the too little, too late version.

These days, knowing what I now know, I would love to own a 1988 V6 5-speed example of the Fiero! The Fiero always was, especially in its final years, a very good-looking car. It had the look of a European exotic, and for 1988, it had the handling to match!

When I drive my Black 1986 Fiero GT, it's a driving experience. It gets a lot of looks, and people 40 and under always ask what it is. I can appreciate becoming engaged with going through the gears of the 4 speed manual transmission while creating the crackle of the exhaust when downshifting. The way the road feels inches below you as you carve the pavement feeling the feedback through the steering wheel. It won't throw you back hard. However, it loves to be thrown around a twisty road. Anyone who owns or owns one knows exactly what I mean. That old saying "don't knock it, till you try it" rings true for the Fiero.

I owned a 1984 2M4 in 1988 as a 17 year old driving enthusiast. I had to laugh when the host said the handling wasn't twitchy and the car was almost unspinable. I spun mine twice on dry pavement and once in the wet. It would hydroplane across any standing water, and was undriveable in the snow. The Iron Dog 2.5 has to be one of the most uninspiring engines ever. At least it was coupled to an equally balky shift linkage. And just four years from new, the headliner was falling out and the plastic surround on the dash and center console was pulling away. The slave cylinder on the clutch gave out at 70k miles taking the clutch with it. What a nightmare putting a clutch in that beast! I still remember it fondly until I take the time to actually recall what it was like to own and drive. I don't know how MotorWeek released this video with a straight face - unless the rest of the early 1980's cars were just that bad! On the plus side, it looked cool and handled better than many of 1980's cars on tighter back roads (very quick turn in).

When these first came out everyone either loved the design or wanted one, there was no "Fieros are ugly" talk. It was a nicely styled car in it's original form, they over did the GT with the wings & 2 tone paint jobs.

Ferris Bueller`s sisters car brought me here.

I love Pontiac Fiero :), have a nice design and is impossible to resist to drive !!

I love my 88 GT. I ordered it from the factory in 1987. It still runs like new and is always fun to drive.

I bought the first silver one I saw and told my wife about it after I bought it. She was thrilled. We both liked the car, it did well for 1984, the steering was no problem, it was not heavy to either of us, and the handling was really good. I could get it to slide in the snow, but it was pretty balanced. It's interesting how performance has changed with cars now.

I remember these, they were so small inside, you didn't have room to change your mind.

I remember driving this in the late 90s. So much fun to drive. Great memories.

These are so amazing. I saw two of them today and they still look good.

"the fiero is relatively heavy, sitting at 2500 pounds" excuse me, what?

This was my first car ever. A 1985 Fiero 2m4 5 speed. I learned to drive on it and I have the most amazing memories of it! It was a very strong running, fast and sporty car. One day I would love to buy one like that again and fix it up like new again.

I remember like it was yesterday September 12, 1984, my first new car. I was only 17, and my parents purchased the car for me but told me I would have to pay them back. I loved the car, but it was a piece of JUNK!!!!!! It sure does bring back a lot of memories watching this :)

Headlights go up, headlights go down, headlights go up, headlights go down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down. "Mr. Regular"

It's not 84 feet long! Haha. '84 not 84'. Thanks for uploading!

The Solstice was the only other 2 seater released by Pontiac after the Fiero

Have a 1986 M24, bought new. Factory box stock-survivor, except for interior, does not leak, burn, use oil. Original white. Been showing "TUPPY" since 2009, doing Route 66 Rallys, driven, almost, daily. Trophy winner at most shows "best in class 1970 & newer". Love it!! Not for sale. Best offer $15K.

I was in high school then, and my brother brought it home one day, brand new, red. He was a welder making $450 a week. I got to drive it twice, picked up my high school sweetheart to lunch the first time, and took her to Prom the second and the last time. Bro crashed it in LA area one day and I never saw it again. Although it’s not my car, but I missed it for more than 40 years!

I had one of these. It was an all around decent little car, though the whine from the timing gears was ever-present behind your head. He was right about the heavy steering, but you got used to it very quickly. The thing that sticks with me the most, is how comfy it was on the highway. The car had tons of foot room, and I could stretch my legs.

We have 2 Pontiac Fiero's transferred into track cars. One of them is still in progress to be made though, but they both look amazing!

A perfect example of "could have, should have, would have"... One of my all time favorites......... to look at.

My first car, loved that thing.

Great memories! Thanks for posting

As a 10 year old kid my jaw absolutely dropped seeing one of these in red in October of 1983! Dang! It looked so friggin' cool. The later more bulbous ones didn't so much.

I had an ‘84 Fiero in high school in the 90’s. Such a fun, sporty (looking) car!

Clean styling, remember driving a few when new. Biggest weaknesses was the "agricultural " sounds of the weak 4 banger and the rough edged ride.

I absolutely love my 1984 auto trans Fiero. It’s so much fun. Except for the new coolant leak got to figure that one out. Haha

GM had two grand opportunities to hit one out of the ballpark with the small 2-seater four-cylinder sport coupe market: first, the Pontiac Fiero in '84, then again in 2007-2010 with the GM Kappa platform (Saturn Sky / Opel GT / Pontiac Solstice). They came close with the Kappa, but it was too little, too late. Then the 2008 crash devastated the auto industry and it was all academic.

A friend of mine had the '96 GT version and it was so sweet. I was a big GM hater at the time and tried my best to rag on it (I had a Civic Si) but the car looked great and the 2.8 V6 made some sexy noises and had so much torque that it felt way faster than it was.

One of the funnest cars I ever drove it was more like a go cart than a car & those speakers in the headrests in the Fiero cabin sounded better than the bose equipped corvettes!

Dad worked at a dealer and got us the special luggage made to fit in the trunk. We used those things for years!

This was the car I grew up with as a kid

86 was a great year! My mom picked me up in her brand new red Fiero and my HS friends called it rad and gnarly! they thought it was a Ferrari as no one had seen one and there was no Internet. I also found my dad's Debbie does Dallas on Betamax! I also got the GI Joe Aircraft Carrier for Christmas! Great times!

What a car! Utterly superb!

I remember my supervisor buying a 2m6 and thought it was the coolest car ever in canary yellow! He'd never let me drive it, but he did let me drive his brothers Shadow ES Turbo. Cool cars from back in the day!

I see that even back in the 80’s they despised the digital gauges.....Thank you Pontiac!

had a 86 fastback Fiero and loved it!

One of the most beautiful cars ever made

I love these old TV reviews. Thanks for upload. But shouldn't presentation be more modern in the newer videos? Those are like the old ones too.

I have had a 86 2m6 SE since 1990 I love this little car I put in a larger Holley throttle body a few other minor engine tweaks and KYB aotomatic adjustable gas strut's and shocks wider tires on the rear the cars handling and performance are actually very good I always thought GM was afraid the car could have threatened Corvette sales. Still a fun and comfortable ride.

I bought one new when it came out in '84. Fun car to drive at the time.

Its about time this one was uploaded!

Wow.. I remember watching this on Sunday morning when I was little.. Lol

I remember my buddy buying one of these around 1995. He paid like a grand for it, thought he got the best deal on earth. We were driving back from the used car lot and kept smelling something. I looked behind us and there was a glowing red halo burning through the center of the rear hood. We pulled over and popped it open, the carbeurator was on fire. Burned up the top of the intake, all the rubber, everything except the block itself. He bought it 'as is' so got stuck with it. I tired to bring levity to the situation by saying "well, 'Fiero' is Italian for 'Fire', so I guess you should have seen that coming."

I love these. They're really cool.

When this came out, after a two-seater drought, I was desperate for one. I went to the Pontiac store and drove it. There was some hitch in the clutch or shift that rubbed me wrong, and after the dealership tried to screw me over, I changed my mind. A little while later, the MR2 came out and I loved it and did whatever I had to to get one. Two years later, I traded for the Targa top and kept that one for twelve years.

I have an 84 with level 3 sheepskin interior package. Tuns well but still a project and things to be done. Overall though, a beautiful car

I've wanted a Fiero since they came out. I really want one now that I know how to rebuild and customize it

had mine since 1990. Now has 230k on original engine and trans and still gets raced at the weatherly hillclimb, got semi retired when I got a Miata. Still love driving it and always gets comments

1:40 “Sticky 14” tires” Fierro around corner: *”srrrchrrrrchhrrrh”*

In the 80s my little sweethearts handling was on the rails and responded well to a slaphappy clutch

i bought a 1984 red Fiero when I graduated high school...it NEVER gave me any trouble but then in 1986 when the [2M6] arrived I had to have it...it was black with silver underneath and that one lasted until we had our first child then it was bye bye .....but both were great (if underpowered) but neither gave me ANY problems...I miss those cars and that era too

Because of this car, I got a MX5 ND2 red . Ferio was my dream car 🚗

I have always wanted one of these since they first came out. They screwed up a lot of the engineering on them, so I'd have to fix that. It would end up being a 10 year project to get the car I want, but it's just so damned beautiful.

had few fieros and my bro, love these cars especially later GT models.

Boy I loved driving ours to school and around town

Seen a man get crush in one of these under back tandem wheels on semi truck. Fireman held his hand when he took last breath while they were trying to cut out. Nice coffin! Corvette not much bigger today. Thing haven't change in 30 years!

I bought an se 84 for 2500. Wonderful car can't wait to get it on the road :).

My mom's first brand new car was an 86 Fiero it was a great little car she had it almost 20 years and only had to replace a clutch, that little 4 banger ran like a champ, I learned how to drive stick in that car going up and down the driveway at 12-13 good times.

Interesting comment from DoctorBohr. We have both. Two 1984 Fieros and a newer Veloster. Looking forward to driving the Fiero once rebuilt.

In other dark colors look great,in red it looks cheap,I love this Pontiac!!

I had a white '84 Fiero and I enjoyed it, but wasn't practical - so traded it in after only having it for a year. Looked nicer than it was to drive.

I loved the 2.5 iron duke four! quick for the day, fun to drive and at least 35 mpg a total winner in my book. Blew the head gasket with a crappy T.B.I. water fitting...bummer.

Car and Driver was critical of the Chevette based front suspension. It was upgraded shortly before production was ended.

i had one and it was lots of fun , sat lower than a vette and drove like a big go cart but with no power steering a real work out for your arms, and it overheated a lot with the front radiator having to run coolant some twelve feet to the rear engine , lots of hoses ,

I owned an all black 85 GT notch back with the wing when I was 20. My brother bought a Red 86 slope back the next year. Those cars turned heads. I loved it but it sucked for New England winters and having only two seats got impractical so I traded it for a 89 VW Jetta GLS.

0-60 is 11.5 seconds!!! Yeah, not bad, haha, the 1980s, gotta love that decade!!

My twin brother used to have a '91 Olds Cutlass that he put a 3.1L Turbo from a Pontiac Grand Prix STE in. That would be way cool to have in the Fiero.

It looks hot out!

My brother bought a GT Fiero and had this cute little red 84 red stick he just gave me. Car was fantastic and I used to deliver pizzas in it. It met its end one day when a girl ran a stop light and broadsided me on the drivers side. Very sturdy car I actually drove away from the accident and her car was totaled and had to be towed. The was the last of the car because the accident destroyed the body and twisted the front end a bit.

Remember driving one. The driver's position was awkward at best. The middle console sat high and you couldn't really rest your arm on it when driving. Steering was hard. Power, well if you could call it that 😉

Very great car love it too.

One of my classmates from high school which he bought new in our senior year. I rode in this car which was too small for me plus was difficult for me to get out of car as I'm tall.

Un coche exotico aqui en España y que a mi me encanta :) y en su epoca diferente al resto.

'The Fiero is heavy' LOL... I had several of these. They were cheap, easy to get, and still a big bang for your buck. Really, everything was great except for the brakes and suspension because all the parts were rebuilt and trash. The v6 got better mileage than the 4 which was funny. The 4speed muncie shifted pretty good. I never had a Getrag. You could just about fit this car in your pocket and the difference between the GT and the SE was so profound. The SE was a fantastic snow car. The GT couldn't get out in 2 inches of snow. I miss the days when car companies took major risks making the future.