My dad brought home several test cars. We were only supposed to put 75 miles on them. They had a window decal that said 75 mile test car. I was there when the 2 hillbllies took the IROC out for a night of fun and frivolity. They drove the car somewhere in Indiana. They were college summer hires and one of the idiots father or friend got the car signed out to them, then made the mistake of letting them drive it. Here arw the 2 Test cars my dad brought home. The first was an early IROC. November 84. The second was an 86. I will post up picks of them tomorrow. My IROC keys are still on one of the Test Cars Norwood Assembly Key rings.

 

I have a Trans Am that was supposedly a test vehicle by GM and was accidently released. It looks identical to the FireFox II. There is no information on the vehicle in GobalGM; no warranty work, recalls or PDI. Does anyone know who could maybe help me find out more about my vehicle to see if it was actually a released test vehicle.

 

Pics?

 

Hold on, hold on a minute. Is that you again, Lawrence? Is this like that time you told me about the fifty Iranian terrorists who took over all the Sizzler steakhouses in the city? Just like that last prank about all those little creatures that multiply when you throw water on them?

Riiight. As a general rule, accidentally isn't something that happens. At least not when it applies to selling a car that isn't supposed to be sold. Not sure exactly what you mean by "test vehicle" but prototypes, concept vehicles, etc generally can't be legally sold, and they'd be destroyed or tucked away for future use when they were finished with them. The exception would be the block of cars GM cleaned out of the warehouse a few years back, but you would probably know if your car went through Barret-Jackson.

I don't mean to sound incredulous, but if I had a freezer pop for every time someone has claimed to have a car that shouldn't (or doesn't) exist, my tongue would be permanently stained purple.

 

It looks like this one. Its been under a cover for about 10 years. Unfortunately things are gotten placed on it and it will take some work to unbury it. Same blue exterior color. Gold wheels with silver lips. Gold mesh in hood louvers. gold birds. tan interior.

 

So.... is it a twin turbo with 700 HP?

 

It is not. It is 5.7 with automatic. If I recall correctly, I was told that there were 4 made. All different; 350 Auto, 350 Manual, a 305 version and a turbo version. I was also told there is no GM history on the vehicle until it shows up in Texas with 15,000 miles. I have a friend at a GM dealer and they tried to pull info on it from the VIN at it is not showing up in the Global GM system. I'm trying to see if I can find out any truth to what I was told years ago.

 

Probably not. People lie and whoever told you that "years ago" has probably been laughing up their sleeve (and their bank account) at all the suckers that have gotten taken over all these years over his fanciful fabrication.

Car mfrs are constrained by FEDERAL LAW as to what they can "accidently release" to the public. While we can argue all day long about how diligent they are at following the law, the fact remains. One fact that remains is, GM NEVER certified the 350/T-5 combo in these cars for emissions; therefore it didn't get released, "accidently" or any other way.

The reason a car that old doesn't "show up in the Global GM system" is because IT'S AN ANTIQUE. This is about like me looking up my 57 Chevy with a turbocharged LQ9 and 4L80E, and telling everybody "this must have been a 'special' car because it doesn't show up in the Global GM system". It's not because the GM engineers were working on the LQ9 in 1956 and needed a test mule and it "accidently" escaped into the wild.

Besides paint color, what makes you think the car in question is "special" in ANY WAY WHATSOEVER? You sure you didn't mis-read a VIN digit somewhere along the line? How about a photo of THE ACTUAL CAR IN QUESTION instead of a bunch of Firebird owner talk?

 

Are you SURE it's a Firefox?

 

I've had many cars of that age range not come up in Global. My 2015 Camaro was misidentified in Global as undelivered a year after I bought it- it must be special and worth millions.

 

Well if it has a VIN then wouldn't that mean it probably *wasn't* a test mule? Do they even issue those cars VIN numbers?

GD

 

Hahahahaha!!

 

Are we getting real pictures, vin, or SPID from the "special" car in question?