The Pontiac Fiero was meant to be America's competitor to the Toyota MR2. As the first mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive car from GM, it was also meant to change the sports car game for America. With so ...

One of the most iconic and unique cars made by GM, the mid-engine Pontiac Fiero's unusual design was almost left behind on the cutting room floor.

Editor's Note: This story was reprinted from the June 1984 issue of Hot Rod magazine. For decades, hot rodders and for that matter Detroit engineers have been locked into the idea that the only way to ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

Back in the late 1970s and early '80s, Pontiac was in trouble. The GTO was a distant memory, the showrooms were stocked with badge-engineered versions of other GM products, and the brand had neither ...

Forty years ago, a sprightly looking two-seater burst onto the U.S. market, grabbing the imagination of everyone who wanted a Ferrari but had to work a normal day job. The Pontiac Fiero was introduced ...

The most powerful Pontiac Fiero variant ever offered was the GT, which produced a rather mild 140 horsepower from its naturally aspirated 2.8L L44 V6 engine. For this reason, engine swaps in the small ...

Approximately eight miles to the gallon. Unless you drove with the lightest of touches, that was all my Firebird could muster. I knew I was imagining it but I felt I could practically see the fuel ...

The early 1970s was marred by a horrific stock market crash, the energy crisis, rationing of gasoline, and the death of big-muscle factory hot rods. American auto manufacturers were forced to stop ...