Title: Awful Kit Car of the Week
Tags: ferrari, enzo, pontiac, fiero, bad, kit, car
Blog Entry: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Well, when it comes to cars, there are certainly limits widely agreed upon. Everyone can probably agree that a Jaguar E-Type Series 1 is a masterpiece, while there are few that would say the same about a Chrysler K-Car. Yet, people break these unwritten rules all the time in the sake of creating something that is completely original and unique. Take, for instance, kit cars. You start with an underpowered, poor handling, poor build quality vehicle, such as a Pontiac Fiero, and you build a disproportionate interpretation of a supercar. A widely done kit converstion is a Lamborghini Countach or a Ferrari F355 . These conversions may fool an untrained eye, but only at first. It is clear that they are not the supercars they claim to be. What could be worse than some redneck in an 89 Camaro pulling up next to your "Fieroghini" and getting blown off the line because you were only pushing 98 horsepower. I mean that 80's 305ci V8 in the Camaro was gettin old 3-teeth over there 165 horsepower stock! And Fiero is suposed to be italian for "proud"?! Hardly. I mean, God bless you if you did a GM V8 swap when you did the exterior conversion as well, but doesn't that seem like a lot of trouble? I digress. In the following weeks, I will highlight some of the most rediculous kit cars- mostly aftermarket, but some done by their misguided manufacturers-and you can decide for yourself in who's eyes is beauty beheld. THIS WEEK'S AWFUL KIT CAR: Enzo Ferrari (Pontiac Fiero) The Enzo Ferrari is such an incredible car, that it earned the right to be named after the founder of the prancing stallion brand. The Enzo straddles the worlds of track-read racecar and head-turning supercar, while the Fiero on the other hand, straddles the worlds of Marlboro Red-smoaking deadbeats and junk yards. I mean, the two conversions I mentioned above aren't exactly lookers, and they are the best examples that the 'Island of Misfit Mid-Engines' has to offer. Anways, feast your eyes on a few more jpegs of this rolling disaster, and have your barf-bag ready for next week's installment!
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