I have a mag that has the M1 and also the Fiero in it. I think the section with the M1 is comparing exotics. I'll try to dig it up. I have a few others with Fieros too - car & driver, road & track type stuff
I have a much higher quality scan in psd format. This is from Motor Trend, March 1988. Article is "Top 10 Exoticars of All Time", no comparisons but each car has a page or a little less, first one shown is the M1:
The front end looks just like a notchie, the wheels are BBS or BBS clones. A page in one of these mags from the Fiero era is an ad for ordering BBS wheels, and one of them was 100% identical to the Fiero "diamond spoke" wheels.
Not to thread-hijack, but the other top 10 cars in this issue are Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer, Ferrari F40, Ferrari GTO, Ferrari Testarossa (EXACTLY the one I want: single nut in the center of the wheels, single outside mirror mounted high ), Ford GT-40, Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Miura, Lotus Turbo Esprit, Porsche 959.
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It's almost certain the fiero was designed with styling inspirations from the M1, and other exotics, progressign from car to car in its production cycle. It is a beautiful car, pics dont do much, if any, justice. I did see one at the BMW Museum while in Munich this summer, awesome. I think a bump-pad with a front air dam, fastback clip, and kameo kids rear louvers would bear a stricking resemblence.
Somewhere around here I have a poster from 1980 featuring an M1 race car with its "Red Lobster" (sponsor) paint job. I had a couple of them. I have no idea where they are, though.
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I bet pontiac desingers had some inspiration from lotus too, not hard to make a Fiero resemble one either, The Pisa Artero front looks very familiar, hmmmmm... http://pisafierohq.com/body_panels/front_ends/
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