...or crotchbacks? I personally like notchbacks- I love the look of the formula w/wing . But, nobody else that I know likes them at all. I bought a fastback so I didn't get any flak, but are there any of you who think they're ugly? Just randomly curious.
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Posts: 6232 From: Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: Jul 2001
I agree with you Savagery, I love the look of the notchback, given the choice, I would take a notchback GT in a second. When I first started getting into Fieros, I was all for the notchback and hated the look of the fastback. But its grown on me and I think they look just as beautiful, but the notchback is still the one for me =)
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FieroJames Member
Posts: 322 From: Corpus Christi , Texas , USA Registered: Feb 2002
I like Fastbacks more. But i own a notchback simply because i got a good deal on it. If i had the choice to trade my 88 coupe for a fastback i would do it
i like them all. but i would prefer notchbacks more then having a fast back. like this one guy said theres other car that have fastbacks too. and notch back is more unique. i would take a fast back though since i like all fieros. i like how notchbacks are the original fieros. i have an 84 notchback.
Notchback. I don't like the fastback. I also don't like the aero-nose on Fieros. I really like the bumper-pad design. But, I like my formulas styling the most.
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naskie18 Member
Posts: 6258 From: Commerce Twp, MI, USA Registered: Jun 2002
I like them both, but of the five Fieros I have owned, all of them have been notchbacks. Would like to have a fastback, sometime. Thinking about converting my Formula.
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Poncho Jim Member
Posts: 869 From: Woodlands, MB, Canada Registered: Mar 2000
I spent about 2 years shopping for a Fiero before I got one.. I liked the fastback first, but the more I looked, the more I liked the notchback. I wound up getting a notchie.. The bonus was that I saved a bit of cash since coupes go for less than GT's
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Posts: 4667 From: St. Cloud, MN Registered: Apr 99
I prefer my notchback Formula (no bias here!). Seriously, I do prefer the fastback styling slightly, and would have bought a GT had I found one in good shape back when I was shopping (over 5 years ago).
I do like the notchbacks a lot too. I have had a couple people tell me they didn't like the styling, but my Formula gets tons of looks on the road, and I have had people walk up to compliment it, pull up at a light to compliment it, and even gas statuion attendants have come out of the building to do a walk around. The notchback styling must be doing something right!
I have a notchboack and would be lying if I said that I think it looks as good or better than the fastback. The fastbacks are so rarely seen around here, but the notchbacks are a known car that most people think is "a death trap". People don't even know what a fastback is. They probably think its a Ferrari or something. I am going to convert my little 88 coupe to the fastback styling as soon as I get a good deal on the parts. I still love the notchback and wouldn't have bought it otherwise, but MAN I LOVE THEM FASTBACKS.
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tomanyfieros Member
Posts: 2702 From: Albany, Ohio Registered: Nov 2000
I have both, but the v-8 notchback rules only because it doesn't look like ever other car on the road. This is only my opinion!!!! Have a great day. Gary
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jesterfox' Member
Posts: 660 From: Midwest, USA Registered: Apr 2002
Both look good but I think the Fastback looks more European than Notchback. The Notchback was my choice but I would have bought a Fastback if one came around first.---alf
Any Fiero is great, but I must love notchbacks since I just bought my fifth car. Favorite body style in order of preference 87-88 Coupes and Formula, fastbacks with Formaula fascia and no ground effects( or Formula with fastback clip, SE's, fastbacks and then bumper pad 84-86 notchbacks.
I like both models actually, but I do have a thing for the notchback. The cars with the fastback clip looks kind of chubby from some angles, but still a good looking car.
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b lo 0 Member
Posts: 497 From: Loganville, GA, USA Registered: Jul 2000
I've been into Fiero's since I was 11, comin up on 9 years now, and I gotta say notchback. More specific, '85 GT and '86 2M6. Screams Fiero, and nothin looks cooler than the butt end of a NB with the solid taillight section, GT bumper, and those 4 stainless megaphone tips rumblin' away. I searched for 8 months for an '85 GT in Atlanta, even passed up a Formula, and bought a crappy, nonrunning '85 GT 2 years ago. I still don't have it running right. I still don't have it painted. Or lowered. The headlights don't go down. The A/C doesn't work. The headliner massages your hair in the breeze. Hell, half the gauges don't work. But she's my '85 GT, my nothing-says-'80s-like-a-notchback bundle of joy, and I wouldn't trade her for a lifetime supply of Skittles. 'Nuff said.
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Savagery Member
Posts: 1174 From: Warrenville, IL Registered: Jul 2002
Originally posted by grgoyl86: I like both, for different reasons.
The notchback style looks more like fun, more like a car you'd go out and have fun with. It's also more unique, and is more recognizable as a Fiero.
The fastback looks more formal, more like an exotic.
So, I have a fastback that I take to shows, and a notchback that I drive every day.
EXACTLY how I feel. Since I was young, I always loved fieros but never even knew fastbacks existed. The first time I even saw one was when I was searching for fieros to buy. IMO, the notchback is more distinctive because that IS the fiero. A profile view of a fastback looks a lot like most other cars (really sweet, though...). I think the only way to go is to have one of each. I would love an 84 2m4 4spd just to cruise around in... and my 88 GT to haul a$$!
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SKIDMARK Member
Posts: 1350 From: Chardon, Ohio, USA Registered: Sep 2001
I personally like the notchbacks better than the fastbacks for one simple reason I can't stand the euro-trash tail lights. now if there was a kit to put the notchback taillamps on the fastback wow that would be a car.
. But, nobody else that I know likes them at all. I bought a fastback so I didn't get any flak, but are there any of you who think they're ugly? Just randomly curious.
