Where can I find one today? Estate sales in the midwest, desperate eBay listings of things from estate sales in the midwest asking for offers.
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Where did they all go? A lot of things had to fall into place for a person to find themselves driving a Firenza hatch home from the dealership - the planet Venus had to be at a certain point in its orbit around the sun and a rerun of the classic Star Trek episode "Catspaw" had to be on the TV in the dealer waiting room, for example, which is why you just don't see them today. The only version of this car that was a tougher sell was the Buick Skyhawk hatch. Chief among the reasons for its lack of success in the marketplace was the fact that essentially the same car could be had as a Chevy Cavalier, which was cheaper. The hatchback was offered from 1982 till 1987, dropping from the lineup thanks to the fact that it was just about salesproof.ġ.8-liter and 2.0-liter inline-four engines powered the Firenza lineup, with an available 2.8-liter V6 desperately trying to make the cars feel upscale. The reason you've likely haven't seen one in ages is simple: Oldsmobile was not about hatches and this experiment would have cost them dearly if GM didn't have all the other J Body cars to make up for missteps. Along with sedan, wagon and coupe variants, the Firenza was also available as a hatchback. The GM J-body crew dressed alike for the most part and included the Chevy Cavalier, Buick Skyhawk, Pontiac Sunbird, Cadillac Cimarron and the Olds Firenza. It’s a well-known fact that couples who owned olds firenzas tended to dress alike.< p GM
Items found inside: Mustard packet from Sonic, $1.79 in coinage, two unpaid City of Alameda, Calif., parking tickets.īumper sticker: "Save the whales." Oldsmobile Firenza Where can I find one today? On the European internets with asking prices firmly in three figures. By the end of the 1980s, it was seriously tough to spot one. Rust took care of the cars not lucky enough to be based in northern California. to begin with, and with the sudden departure of the dealer network after Fiat left the country in 1983 it was tough to keep one running. Where did they all go? There weren't a lot of Stradas in the U.S. predicted a bright future for the Strada, and they were indeed progressive machines in terms of design and engineering - the round door handles alone were a brilliant touch, nicely complementing the round headlights. Contemporary reviews of the car in the U.S. Power came courtesy of inline-four engines that had to be worked pretty hard to get going, but the interior was well laid out and ergonomically sound. Known as the Ritmo in other markets, the Strada debuted in 1978 and was offered in three-door and five-door form, taking on the newly-minted Volkswagen Golf. the company brought the Strada hatch stateside. Just before Fiat called it quits in the U.S. The Strada was gone before anyone could notice that it was on sale.
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