Send to a friendJeb February 23rd, 2007 12:10 PM Link
Wow. Just…wow. It’s amazing how good that makes the original Fiero, especially the fastback, look.
Look Out, Cayenne… It’s The PISA Jalapeño!
Written By: Chris Paukert
Quick… what well-known production model is this unusual PISA Jalapeño off-roader based on? (*Hint* - look at its doors, mirror, and windshield).
Hazard a guess, and then click through to the jump for the answer, along with additional images, details, and the link…
According to the Arizona-based kit car company that builds it (“PISA” stands for Phoenix International Sport Automobiles), the Jalapeño is the world’s first (and likely only) Pontiac Fiero-based off road kit.
The conversion reportedly takes around 200 hours to install (including lift kit), and involves lopping off the front 12-inches of the donor Fiero, and undoubtedly involves a few bouts of trimming and cutting, to say nothing of fitting the body and suspension work.
The company also makes a range of more traditional Fiero kit-car rebodies, including less successful-looking packages designed to make the car look like a Chevrolet Corvette or a Lamborghini Diablo. PISA also markets a more original design kit, the Scorpion (shown directly below in red).
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9 Comments
VMMVMMM February 23rd, 2007 12:13 PM Link
boy these are all exceptionally ugly
taratatira February 23rd, 2007 5:51 PM Link
those Oldsmobile lights on the red one look cool.
giovanni di simone February 25th, 2007 9:27 AM Link
Giovanni Di Simone here; do you-a recall mah name? I placed the lasta four a floors on da tower at Campo dei Miracoli.
Ah amma offended datta you would tayka mah bootiful towerz a name anda place it on sucha an pile of merda. You-a should name your ‘auto’ “pisa-sh*t” causa dat is what id is.
Girono buono,
Giovanni
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