you know what puzzles me? is that everyone says ,fiero stands for proud, well i don't get where they get this from. first of all fiero means steel in spanish, yes i know you are going to say it's italian, well spanish and italian are the same except they add or pronounce the word a little diff.but in the end it's the same, ask an italian if they understand spanish and they will tell you yes and vice versa, so you see i don't get why they say it means proud, because proud means orgullo in spanish.o well who knows?

You may be right, but would you want to be the proud owner of a Pontiac Orgullo?

I think not...

fiero means proud in fiero language, duh.

Actually, I was just going to post something about this! I looked up "fiero" in my italian-english dictionary, and it says it means FIERCE! It says proud in italian is "orgoglioso". I asked my boss, Sal, what fiero means in italian, and he didn't know. (obviously, he is from italy). So something is going on here. Personally, I like fierce more than proud. It certainly describes the fiero GT well!

I don't personally have a clue, but I have seen a couple of websites that claimed it meant "fierce" also. Never once did I see that it meant "proud."

i've always seen it as proud

On my Motorweek video, they claim that Fiero means "proud". I've always heard "proud" or "fierce". I don't really have a definite answer, but "proud" seems to be what Pontiac told the magazines, and writers.

okay i had to do the research.

my 84 owners manual

"Fiero." It means "Very Proud." This description applies, not only to your new Pontiac, but to individuals like yourself who have recognized an outstanding value in personal transportation.

end quote of fiert paragraph of the introduction in the owners manual

well guys, i know that it sounds better to say pontiac fiero, but let's get this right,fiero means steel, now i don't know where pontiac gets ther diffinition from,but being of latin decent i can tell you that fiero doesn't mean proud.next thing they will say that el camino means free spirit when it actually means, the direction.long live the steel pontiac lol.

this was ripped off from an an Ebay ad:

[This message has been edited by Voyd (edited 12-07-1999).]

If Fiero means "steel", what is the Italian word "Dent Resistant" or "Enduraflex"?

fiero means proud in either greek or latin. i will try to find the exact place that i found it and post it here for those who are interested.

Ok, here is what I found according to the GO Translator from the GO Network: The general meaning seems to be "proud" in Italian. If you translate "fiero" from spanish or italian to english, it comes up "fierce". English to Spanish (fierce) comes up "feroz" and english to italian comes up "feroce". "proud" from english to spanish is "orgulloso" and italian is "fiero". "Steel"in spanish is "acero" and in italian is "acciaio". So whatever language you speak, we have a proud, fierce car that is not steel any way you look at it! BTW this isn't Dave. This is his wife, Kathleen. Nice to meet ya!

NICE TO MEET YOU WIFE, SAY HI TO DAVE.WELL YOU ARE RIGHT STEEL ALSO MEAN ACERO, BUT THERE ARE DIFF WORDS FOR STEEL AND ONE OF THOSE WORDS IS FIERO, LIKE IN DAME, ESE FIERO POR FAVOR? NOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND SPANISH YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT'S LIKE SAYING CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT BOLT BUT YOU ACTUALLY MEANT GIVE ME THAT LUGNUT,SO YOU SEE FIERO IS ACERO OR STEEL . BUT IN THE END YOU ARE RIGHT IT'S PLASTIC ANYWAY.LONG LIVE THE FIERO.

I can count to 100 in spanish and I like spaghetti. Does this count for anything?

Welcome Kathleen!

Anyway, the reason they picked Fiero as the name isn't because of whatever meaning it might have, but because it sounds similar to Ferrari. The original idea behind the car was to create an italian-ish sportscar...

I remenber reading that the Ponitiac engineers combined the words "Performance" and "Aerodynamics" to get Fiero

call me stupid if you will, but the last time i looked under my plastic body panels, i swear to god that i saw a stamped & milled style steel chassis. just my $.02 worth

wel cliff makes sense, i'll go with that.

I am certainly glad to see we can all agree
OK so what does GT stand for?

Good Times ?

This is for those who really do want the "GT" answer (not me, but somebody). "GT" is short for "Gran Turismo" (Grand Touring). Gran Turismo is short for "Gran Turismo Omologato" (like GTO-Ferarris). The Pontiac GTO actually stood for...GTO. Dunno what the last word means. Anybody? Aren't I a wealth of information? This is what happens when you're off of work for a month and a half and can only work on your car in the daylite!

The "O" in GTO stands for "homologated". Homologated means, in the racing world, that a certain minimum number of cars have been made which qualifies them for certain classifications. Usually 500, I think. So Ferrari GTO's had at least 500 made (?) to qualify them for their racing class
(touring ?).

Hello to all, this is my first post here. I had a new Pontiac GTO in 1964, but I like my Fiero(s) better. Bought an SE in Jan., 1985, replaced with an used 87 GT after the '84 was rear-ended and totaled.

Okay- here is my take on the GTO. In IMSA racing there were these two classes- GTO for engines Over a certain displacement and GTU for engines Under a certain displacement.

The "O" stands for "Omologato". I know what hologated means but (duh to me) never made the connection. Seems like you only had to have more like 200 to be homolgated, but I could be wrong.

Cooter--I know about the GTO/GTU classes. What I really want to know is how they came up with that. Just a cheap ripoff of the "GTO", maybe and then they went from there? Maybe I'll check into it tomorrow after my physical therapy (I still think that 0630 is way too early to be causing me pain!).

"Omologato, Mr. Roboto"

Hey! I kinda liked that song.