[MrPbody]

The entire "low-end, 2-seat, middle-engine car" market collapsed in the late '80s. The POS Fiat Bertone, MR2 AND Fiero were all victims. MR2 disappeared for a couple years, then returned, looking remarkably like the proto-type '89 Fiero... Just don't expect it to help save your life in a wreck, like you could Fiero. (at the time, Fiero was the only American car ever built to Swedish safety standards)

According to Motor Age, it took 2,000 people the same amount of time, using "space frame" technology, to build the same number of cars it would have taken 20,000 to build in the same amount of time, using "conventional" manufacturing methods. Fiero was a manufacturing experiment to see if Saturn was feasable. They really didn't intend to sell as many as they did! Considering the impact Saturn has had on the whole world, regarding manufacturing of cars, I'd say the "experiment" was a success.

Jim