1986 Pontiac Fiero Reviews, Pricing & Specs

Loved the T-Tops and lit up Pontiac rear end. Love the overall styling of the GT to this day. HATE THE tiny, weak ass motor, the giant, absurdly tall shifter, and the fact that the radiator sits so far from the engine causing these cars to often have cooling system issues all through their lifetimes. Cool cars to look at, but after having owned 3 of them personally, and multiple friends owning a variety of them as well it got old to see how often all these cars were not working right, or back in the shop. All in all the car was a hit in sales volume due to it's good looks and edgy new design, but it was a larger, more miserable failure in both reliability and performance. The model suffered badly with the small budgets GM alloted for it and never could get off the ground high enough to avoid the axe that arrived just 5 model years in. Jun 18, 2014

for what i got it for (1600$) it has been worth every penny. very good mileage, and fun to drive. acceleration is moderate cause its only a 4cyl, but mileage is amazing even for how old it is and the clutch and shifter (although very tall compared to other manuals) work very smoothly. braking is also good as well as it handling, maybe some proper suspension to make it better but for what is has it suffices. and you can park almost anywhere, very small and manuverable Ive only had to work slightly on the car, mainly flushing the coolant system, replacing the valve cover gasket, and starter, and changing the oil, but those have been easy fixes and i enjoyed working on those. the only frustrating problem like i said are the head lights as mentioned above. and even though the radio works...... the cassette player doesnt. i am so disappointed that i cant listen to my old van halen cassettes. In the future though, i am thinking of fitting a chevy 350 in the back with a supercharger (if not that then at least the GT model V6 with a supercharger) and replacing the suspension with that of a corvette's and replacing the interior. Im hoping to keep her running as long as i can. hopefully i can pass it down to my kids one day (after i pass of course haha) Feb 23, 2014