Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/12/11 11:39 a.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pew4cu7abuA

JoeyM
JoeyM SuperDork
2/12/11 11:52 a.m.

"let's talk about us"

It reminds me of this old dodge commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kSNwAidSk&feature=related

triumph5
triumph5 Dork
2/12/11 12:20 p.m.

That's exactly what a friend's ex-wife's new husband is driving.

Lesley
Lesley SuperDork
2/12/11 12:41 p.m.

Haahaaa... she'll just leave him when she meets a guy with a Ferrari.

triumph5
triumph5 Dork
2/12/11 12:49 p.m.

And she seemed like such a nice, down to earth person, too. After she had their son, she went "looking". I don't doubt a Ferrari/ Porsche GT3/monied car would change things now. It was really odd.

Bubbles
Bubbles Reader
2/12/11 1:21 p.m.

Is that a Ferrari!!!

EricM
EricM Dork
2/12/11 3:14 p.m.

"Sure footed Handling" well except for the bump steer. Did you notice his neighbor was driving an RX7?

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
2/12/11 3:42 p.m.

The neighbor's a whiner, she was going no matter what the dweeb next door was driving.

Dan

dj
dj Reader
2/12/11 4:31 p.m.

Yeah! No way in hell I'd take a fiero over any RX7. I really don't need that level of pontiac quality fit and finish..

mattmacklind
mattmacklind SuperDork
2/12/11 6:28 p.m.

"An honest to gosh 120 mph". Hilarious. I actually think the GT was a pretty good effort by GM. I'd love to have one now.

Lesley
Lesley SuperDork
2/12/11 6:36 p.m.

I agree with Dan. Coulda been a Yaris, I'd still be outta there.

dimeadozen
dimeadozen Reader
2/13/11 8:00 a.m.

Was the actor portraying the neighbor improvising the names of some features, or were the dealers really supposed to point out "Ground Effect Side Strips" to potential buyers?

It's odd that they would feature an RX-7 as the competition- this was the car with the factory installed "IMSA GTU Champion" stickers in the rear glass after all. THAT seems like a more effective performance tie-in than talking about being "Shaped to scoop the air around and above the body."

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
2/13/11 8:44 a.m.

That IMSA GTU?

How about a GT Lights Fiero.

fasted58
fasted58 New Reader
2/13/11 9:22 a.m.

You could update the Fiero GT w/ a 3.8 SC or V8 but the neighbors wife would be pushing 50 now.... not an easy fix, prolly lookin' at a trade-in there.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid Reader
2/13/11 10:19 a.m.

Ok, wait a sec.

1) Why did they use an 1st gen Rx-7 for the "other guy's car"? There where so many sports car options back then. Also, when that was made, the 2nd gen Rx-7 was already out. I would have taken a non running 7 over a running Fiero.

2) Why did they go out of their way to hide the girls face? Was she that hot that they didn't want to distract anyone from the beauty of the Fiero GT?

Either way the acting was pathetic.

dankspeed
dankspeed Reader
2/13/11 11:16 a.m.

Felt like i was watching a porno from the eighties.

Matt B
Matt B HalfDork
2/13/11 11:31 a.m.

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 HalfDork
2/13/11 1:19 p.m.

I would take the RX-7 as well. Weird commercial.

fast_eddie_72
fast_eddie_72 HalfDork
2/13/11 2:33 p.m.

Crap. I did it wrong. I bought the MR2. I thought it looked like a Ferrari. Guess I was wrong.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/13/11 2:44 p.m.

shame. the Fiero was one of the prettiest cars to come out of Ponitac in a long time too. It had a Baby BMW M1 look to it

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