The Malaise Era is an infamous period in automotive history that was not kind to General Motors or its customers, for that matter. A few famous flops occurred in the late 1970s and 1980s ...

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 ...

No one could ever call the Pontiac Fiero a faker, even though the model’s space frame monocoque and plastic body panel design has led to many having been converted to aping cars that they are not.

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 ...