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      06-18-2012, 09:14 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by Clifton View Post
Now hold on there professor - I spy an E36 Estate in that photo with registration. The E36 platform was not produced until 1990 which means the photo above is from the 90's too. That is well past the 1986 press release and subsequent 1988 production date of the Z1. And we both know development/prototyping started well before those dates in order for a Z1 to be on display at the 1987 Frankfurt Auto Show. One can ascertain this information from the internets.

That means the conspiracy theory and reverse engineering quips you ascertained from your photo analysis is actually undeniably wrong.

Wha-wah!
I was hoping you'd see the e36 and say that. It means that you do recognize that the Z1 was prototyped in 1986, 3 years after after the Fiero was offered for sale starting in 1983.

As the specs and pictures prove, the two cars are nearly identical in size and chassis design.

With GM being first to market with the Fiero, 5 years ahead of BMW.
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