Plastic outer panels made Fiero styling
easy and inexpensive to change, but the
"driveable space frame" made additional
body styles rather more difficult and
costly than conventional construction.
Even so, Pontiac devised a racy Fiero-
based speedster in mid-1983, then
updated its styling a year later. The
handsome red job seen here was built
around 1986, with that year's GT coupe
lower-body styling, to investigate the
feasibility of a convertible Fiero. Besides a
fully engineered soft top with modest
"stack height," this prototype boasted a
left-hinged rear deck that swung up
sideways for engine access. But cost
factors made production unlikely even if
Fiero had continued past 1988.