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Old 02-27-2017, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sirrotica View Post
Maybe because the Fiero was actually quite a safe car with the passenger compartment surrounded by a full cage structure,
My dad designed the frame for what would have been the 2nd generation Fiero (the "P2") while he was in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering for CPC.

It was an aluminum spaceframe construction adhesively bonded together.

It was the first frame within General Motors to pass the durability test on the first try (it broke the shaker).

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