No, it failed because it sucked. It wasn't until '88 that they finally got it to the point where it was halfway decent. It's not like the lack of a back seat has hurt Boxster sales to any appreciable extent.
nate
Mike Hunter wrote:
The Fiero went away for the same reason most two seat cars eventually fail
> in the US, not enough buyers over time. The fact is woman are the major
> buyers of two seat cars. Could be it has to do with, 'no back seat' in
> which to get into trouble. Unlike men, woman tend to kept cars longer,
> more like their refrigerators. LOL
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>>> snipped-for-privacy@mucks.net wrote:
>>>>> Fiero anyone - end up being not
>>>>> quite ready for prime time, and thus are discontinued due to poor
>>>>> reputation/sales just when they are finally starting to fulfill their
>>>>> initial promise)
>>>>>
>>>>> nate
>>>> The Fierro was a success but was discontinued because it cut into the
>>>> sales of the more lucrative Corvette.
>>> The Fiero went away because by the time they ironed out all the bugs, no
>>> one wanted one anymore.
>>>
>>> The 88's had a totally redone suspension, and they had fixed the engine
>>> fires and all the misc problems the car had (I owned an 84 in 96 and it
>>> was fun but gutless), but by then, the car had nicknames like "Fiery
>>> Death Trap" and stuff so sales had tanked from close to 100k in 84 to
>>> like 17k in 88.
>>>
>>> Ray
>> Same exact thing that happened to the diesels - by the time they got the
>> kinks worked out, no one wanted them anymore & down they went. >>
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