New Z28? (Again)
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Capt Worley PE
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This thing has been on and off more times than I care to count. I think building it is a no brainer and the flacks at GM are toying with us.
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Who needs a Phoenix when you can have a new supercharged Hemicuda?
http://www.nextautos.com/new-supercharged-...da-convertibles
http://www.nextautos.com/new-supercharged-...da-convertibles
EM_PS
shining like a lighter...
Pontiac Phoenix aka Chevy Citation (aptly named)
some names don't need to come back from the proverbial ashes
but does it really matter if no one remembers the name from the 80's? nobody bought those things anyway. well no one except my FIL.
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
I don't know, MA. Those things sold pretty dang well back in the day. Tons of X-cars were running around when I was in college, and the Phoenix was especially popular down here for some odd reason.
I recall lots of Citations around here but not too many Phoenixs. Did Buick have one too?
EM_PS
shining like a lighter...
yeah, i'm a victim of my age. . .i knew lots of people who had citations (phoenix's not so much) - they were actually handy cars. . .not too gas-hoggy, hatchback utility, went thru winters pretty good. And remember the Citation X-11? oooooh, soo sporty! I think the x-car platform competed against the Taurus(?)
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Yeah, they did, but it was notchback only, no hatch. I knew someone that had a GS version. yeah, it was a stripe and wheels package, but it didn't look all that bad.
Hatchback X-cars were dang useful cars. The ancient ancestors of my Maxx.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Skylark. The Century was an A-body.
EM_PS
shining like a lighter...
a buddy of mine had a 4-door twotone Citation in college - the headliner was doing that 'canopy bed thing' where it sagged way down in the middle but was still intact along the roof edges. He lived / grew up on a farm, and pretty much drove it like a farm implement. It was a pretty sturdy car
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
The only way to kill an Iron Duke four is to stick it in a Fiero. 
Flyer_PE
Jr. PE / Sr. Company Pilot
^ There's a guy down the street with a Fiero parked outside. It looks like it was beamed right out of 1988 complete with that goofy aftermarket air scoop/snorkel sticking up over the back edge of the passenger compartment. That thing always reminded me of a periscope.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
Oh, gawd. I remember those Super Duty scoops.
everything I've seen said that in '87 and '88 Pontiac got it right and the Fiero GT witht he V6 and handling pacakge was a nice little sportscar. However, the early dogs and then a couple of fires in the mid-engine cars had already banged too many nails in the coffin and it was not to be. Personally, I thought the snorkel scoop looked pretty cool. I wouldn't mind having one. Just like a Buick Reatta was a snazzy little car.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
88 got a new front suspension, previously it used a 'vette (as in Chevette) front suspension.
I liked the Reatta after they got rid of that nasty CRT display. I worked with a guy who was a draftsman in GM's Buick labs. He said there were a few turbocharged and some supercharged Reatta's running around.
I liked the Reatta after they got rid of that nasty CRT display. I worked with a guy who was a draftsman in GM's Buick labs. He said there were a few turbocharged and some supercharged Reatta's running around.
