Fierro (make of car)

Fierro was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

Joe Fierro or Joseph Fierro developed a vehicle in 1982 and then offered it as a kit car . One source gives Fierro Manufacturing as the company name , others only Joe Fierro. The location was in Diamond Bar , California . The brand name was Fierro . Production ended in 1985 or 2000.

vehicles

The only model was the 600 . A chassis from the VW Beetle formed the basis. A closed plastic body was mounted on top. One source sees a similarity to the Ferrari Dino 246 . The vehicles were usually powered by an air-cooled four - cylinder boxer engine from Volkswagen . The installation of rotary engines from Mazda is also recorded.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fierro.
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 548. (English)

Web links

• Website on the Fierro 600 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fierro.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 548. (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} d'Auto (Dutch, accessed March 11, 2017)
4. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on March 11, 2017)