Historic Prospect Place Estate

Wasn't there some kind of problem with a model of the Fiero bursting into flames? I used to have a matchbox car version of it. I wasn't old enough to drive yet when it was popular.

The first model year the Fiero was introduced with a 2.5 liter 4 cylinder engine. They were a whole new concept (space frame and plastic body) and prone to oil leaking onto a wiring harness causing engine fires

All the 84 cars were recalled and the engines replaced (due to bad connecting rods) and the wiring harness fire-proofed.

In 1985 a 2.8 liter 6 cylinder engine was added and neither it nor the 2.5 ever had any issue thereafter. Unfortunately the press latched onto the engine fire issue from 84 and the bad reputation stuck. Today the Fiero is one of the most popular cars from the 1980s and is estimated to rise in value considerably in the next 20 years (only 382,000 were built over five years).

The Fiero, because of it's mid engine design (like a Ferrari), was one of the best handling cars built in America until that time and was the first American made mid-engine car (until the Ford GT).

Wow..you really are a Fiero fan.

I've heard Fieros catch fire too.

Sorry Dad, had to, couldn't resist

I've been to Prospect Place twice in the past two years and it appears the number of Fiero's have increased...

I think if George gets enough Fiero's, he'll be able to put one good one back on the road....think??

That must be the way you buy parts for a Fiero. "bumper...I don't have just a bumper but I have a whole body with a bumper attached to it".

LOL

How IS your Fiero these days? Do you run it and have you gotten much restoration done on it recently? Every time I see one on the road, I think it's you, so I just wondered if I should quit looking...haha. I saw one restored on a program that sold for $99,000....cute!