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Originally Posted by Willravel
The recent GTO was certainly a contender in the performance categories, but not in quality. Had they marketed the GTO as an alternate to the BMW 5 series or Audi A6, they would have been destroyed by every legitimate car rating organization. The ride quality was crap, the materials were crap, the design was mediocre. I can just hear Jeremy Clarkson going on and on about how Americans can't build a decent car.... ugh.
All that being said, there's a special place in my heart for the Pontiac Fiero. Sure, you had to replace the engine, transmission, and suspension in order for it to be a great car, but for some reason it was a wonderful little thing. And I still find it hilarious that a car called a Fiero would catch fire so often. It had character.
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I'm not sure we're talking about the same car. The latest version is a rebadged Holden Monaro, which the automotive press raves about. At any rate, Clarkson certainly wouldn't blame the Americans for it since it's Australian. BTW Clarkson raved about the Caddy CTS-V, so he's not wholly prejudiced against American cars, or even just GM.
The Fiero was cool in its last version. The V6 especially had a nice look and decent out-of-the-box performance. Trouble was the MR2 was competing with it (as a non-exotic mid engined RWD sport-tourer), and was better in just about every way.