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Not really--both the Cimarron and Fiero were unmitigated disasters in the early nineties; those two cars never should have seen the light of day.
Neither was introduced in the '90s. The Cimmaron was mid-eightes as was the Fiero. The Cimmaron was crap, but the Fiero was not, as my previous post explains.
You know, there are a lot of people that post here in the automotive forum that really know very little about cars. You're one of them.
We came very close to buying a 4 cyl. Cimmaron in '83. Thank God, we didn't and got a new '83 Accord. That was one of the most fun cars I have ever had with a 5 speed. Kept it for 14 years and sold it for a good price to the first guy that looked at it. Before that, had a '75 Volvo DL242. That turned out to be a POS. After 2 years, left us stranded more times. Good thing we had AAA to tow us.
My first car was a new '73 LeMans with the 400cm V8. That was a reliable car but very thirsty. Not built that well, but didn't let us down.
I have a 2002 Buick LeSaber with about 180 k miles. If it things just shuts down in mid drive I will just turn the ignition switch to run and have it changed out when convenient.
Neither was introduced in the '90s. The Cimmaron was mid-eightes as was the Fiero. The Cimmaron was crap, but the Fiero was not, as my previous post explains.
You know, there are a lot of people that post here in the automotive forum that really know very little about cars. You're one of them.
'82-88 to be exact. So, mid '80s. Kind of surprising that they stuck around for 6 years. The other day I saw one that was showroom fresh. I was amazed that it was in such good condition considering the age.
'82-88 to be exact. So, mid '80s. Kind of surprising that they stuck around for 6 years. The other day I saw one that was showroom fresh. I was amazed that it was in such good condition considering the age.
Correct. And considering the era in which it was designed, the Cimarron was probably the right car for Cadillac at that time. Gas prices had just crossed the $1 a gallon threshold in 1979 and no one would have predicted the fall in prices by 1987 or America's increasing love affair with big SUVs ever since. Sure, the Cimarron was probably rushed to market in 1982 but given some additional refinement it could very well have become the norm for luxury cars had gas prices continued to rise year after year. But they didn't and now we have fancy Chevy Tahoes rebadged as Cadillacs and no one thinks that's unusual in the least.
Neither was introduced in the '90s. The Cimmaron was mid-eightes as was the Fiero. The Cimmaron was crap, but the Fiero was not, as my previous post explains.
You know, there are a lot of people that post here in the automotive forum that really know very little about cars. You're one of them.
You got that right, and thats why I rarely post here. Having been an Engineer for a Domestic and a Japanese manufacturer I would put the number of people on CD who have no clue about the inner workings of the Automotive manufacturers at greater than 95%. Which is about the same as government and the major news sources that they like to quote from.
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