When Pontiac first conjured up the mid-engined Fiero back in 1984 ... is the fact that it included a truly awe-inspiring run of 9.89 seconds at 134 mph while lined up against Shawn Lawless ...

In the '60s there was the rear-engine, air-cooled Chevrolet Corvair, then the mid-engine Pontiac Fiero in the '80s and the completely bizarre Chevy SSR in the 2000s. What all of these had in ...

Shortly after, Project Pegasus was born—one that would eventually result in the Pontiac Fiero. Hoglund had two problems to contend with to make his dream a reality. The first was that pitching ...

Thus, in 1984, the plastic-bodied Pontiac Fiero, which means "very proud" in Italian and "fierce" in Spanish, was released for $7,999, and by the end of the year, nearly 137,000 were on the road.