[Shotimes] Re: OT: Pontiac Fiero or is it Firero? :)

[Ron Nottingham]

The GN and Sy/Ty were definately quicker, but that was all.  They didn't
have the handling or top speed, and these were a different class of vehicle,
not sportscars.

So sue me :-) I have almost every issue of C/D, MT, R&T, Automobile, and a
bunch of others since '82 :-)  No, that doesn't make me an expert, but I did
have a little bit of inside info with the help of some of my uncles and
cousins in Detroit (my Dad's family is from the Detroit area) that were
engineers for Chrysler and GM.  I got to here all the dirty laundry about
ChryCo's and GM's, so I guess that's why I drifted to the Blue Oval :-)

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
89 325i
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Murray" <fordsho@cloud9grafx.com>


> Also the GN and the Sy/Ty were all faster compared to the same year
> vettes.  Ron N. you always seem to be the fountain of knowledge when it
> comes to other cars discussed on the list.  You can't possibly be
> getting all this detailed info off the top of your head.  I don't mean
> to flame you or anything, but it bothers me and a few others I've talked
> to that you speak of these cars like you know everything about them.  If
> you're going to give all this info and speak like you have first hand
> knowledge of all of this, how about giving your sources.  I know some of
> us might be interested in reading and learning more about some of the
> cars that come up in discussion.
>
> Bill Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron Porter
>
> Ron, Ron, Ron.........you are spending too much time sniffing whatever
> the
> Fiero "conspiracy detectives" on the Fiero lists are sniffing!!!  ;-)
>
> None of this "conspiracy" crap was ever true. Fieros weren't
> selling........they cost GM too much to build.....therefore car gets
> axed.....PERIOD.
>
> Chevy never really cared whether cars were quicker than the
> Vette.....the
> Corvette buyers will buy the damn thing anyway. In the late '70s, the
> new
> Z28 was as quick, if not quicker than the same-year Corvette. And,
> during
> that time, the 400ci T/A Trans Am was quicker than both of them. The 455
> Super Duty T/As of the mid-70s were quicker than the same-year
> Corvettes,
> also. The mfrs want to sell what makes money. One of the biggest secrets
> in
> the auto world is whether the Corvette EVER made money for GM.