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      06-17-2012, 07:04 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh View Post
So let's just examine this picture. The picture is from Germany, as one can ascertain from the license plates on the BMWs. Of the seven cars in the photo, 3 are Fieros, 2 are VWs, and 2 are BMWs. The neatly-parked VWs and Fieros have obviously been parked in the lot for a few days as evidenced by the small piles of snow that have slid off the hood in front of each car. The only cars that show evidence of being driven recently (that day) are the two BMWs (BMW employee cars perhaps). What is fascinating is how close the two pictures of the de-paneled Z1 and Fiero really are. The laid-out placement of the removed panels is almost exactly the same (i.e. front bumper, hood, front fender, side mirror, door skin, rocker panel, rear fender, etc.). It's almost like the same person was in charge of setting the display of both pictures. Also interesting is GM didn't export the Fiero to Europe, but somehow this establishment has three of them. But we’d surely not think that maybe BMW was reverse engineering the Fiero; that would be blasphemy!
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!
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