Real Fiero Tech

I have no idea if it's a genuine concept or old news, but just in case here it is:

Screaming Chicken!

Cool. Looks like a photoshopped Camaro concept..

Is Burt Reynolds driving?

looks like a camaro. ghey. Change it up a bit damn.

The grill on the new Camaro sucks. The Firebird treatment doesn't look quite as gawdawful, but it still ain't pretty.

So far Dodge has the best looking retro car imo.

I'm not a big fan of any retro look. It's sort of like if they can't do the body style just about exactly like the original, why pose?

That said, I don't thinkt he Camaro looks so bad - the front end needs some "de-modernization" if they're going to run with the retro. I like the upturned spoiler on the back and even the Corvette like double bubble cockpit style too.

So far Dodge has the best looking retro car imo.

huh I can't believe my ears, try MUSTANG! j/k but seriously ford did pretty much start the retro muscle car thing, now everybody else wants in.

I know i'm gonna get flamed for this but I'm gonna do it anyway :la:
F.O.R.D. First.On.Race.Day!!!!

I think chrysler started it with the Prowler in the 90s. And before the Mustang there was the retro Thunderbird.

I think chrysler started it with the Prowler in the 90s.

but was there an earliar version of the prowler? I was thinking more along the lines of making famous muscle cars look more like the originals, not creating a new age hotrod.

And before the Mustang there was the retro Thunderbird.

Yah I meant that I thought the mustang was the best looking retro and that ford was the first to start the retro muscle car thing (I think the thunderbird qualifies as a muscle car, well at least it used to ).[/quote]

If Ford had put the supercharged mod-motors into the T-bird and Marauder, they might have actually sold some.

But instead they built a soft, slow, nostalgic boulevard cruiser that the guys old enough to have nostalgia about remember being a Corvette competitor, and a Mercury boat that's slower than an 8 year old Chevy with 50 fewer HP (Impala SS).

I would say that you don't have to remake a certain car to call it retro but I understand what you are talking about.

The Prowler is retro in the same way the PT Cruiser is.

Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Dodge Challenger concept > Mustang GT > Camaro concept

crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

The Dark Side of Will wrote:

crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

But it looks soooooooo bad ass. I always stop and stare when one drives by. It surely wont defeat a Fiero in the twisties, but 250 hp with an auto ain't bad for a cool car to cruise around in.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

No but they do have this:
http://www.prowleronline.com/misc/lpe_prowler/

The Dark Side of Will wrote:

crzyone wrote: Prowler is still one of the sexiest cars ever made. Everytime I see one on the road it looks... just awesome.

Until you remember that it's got a V6, comes with automatic transmission only and has the chassis stiffness of a wet noodle.

Wonder if anyone's putting new Hemi's into Prowlers...

Prowler weighs 2800lbs with 253hp 255lb/ft. I imagine they go pretty good with just the 3.5 sohc V-6. There are also supercharger kits for the Prowler as well.

Not a car I would think was designed for super performance, just a wicked cruising car.

Performance
0-60 mph: 6.1 sec
0-100 mph: 20.1 sec
Quarter Mile: 14.9 sec @ 90.3 mph
Skidpad: .83g
Top Speed: 147 mph
Braking, 60-0 mph: 159 ft
Slalom Speed: 59.7 mph

Retro

With the bumpers removed.
Looks like a train from hell.
Note this is also a newer model; headlights and hood are different as well as some other minor differences, and of course the higher output motor.. the old ones were only like 215hp

It definately looks better with the bumpers on IMO, still a hot looking car.

It's a sin that car doesn't have a V8. It's out of production too, isn't it?

It would have been perfect for a hemi, except they'd have to put valve cover blisters on the cowl and run the exhaust through the panels.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

MNFatz wrote: Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Nothing at all...

Except the absense of a blower...