nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan SuperDork
5/13/18 10:29 p.m.
Carsandbikes
Carsandbikes New Reader
5/14/18 11:54 a.m.

I actually liked these, and am I allowed to say: I don't even care whether it has a 4 or 6 cylinder engine? 

My experience with very similar Corsicas is that you need to keep a tube of Superglue handy to re-attach the parts (usually in the interior) that come loose. 

I found one locally a few months ago on CL, but when I tried to re-locate it...I couldn't find it.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve MegaDork
5/14/18 12:03 p.m.

The Berretta was a very successful race car...but only in silhouette form.  

TheRX7Project
TheRX7Project Reader
5/14/18 12:48 p.m.

The tech school I attended in Kentucky had an auto shop which fielded a tube-chassis Beretta drag car.

A friend of mine had a GTZ that he used to autocross, too. Pretty sure another friend of mine still has it sitting in his garage awaiting resurrection.

The GTZ had a ton of potential, the V6s were quick but had a weak trans. Iron Duke... well...

Carsandbikes
Carsandbikes New Reader
5/14/18 1:07 p.m.

TheRX7project:

These didn't use the Iron Duke, they used the OHV Chevy Cavalier engine or the DOHC Olds Quad4 engine.  The 4 and 6 are reasonably reliable...the automatic transmission is too.  The rest of the car?  Not so great.   So good, cheap transportation, if that is all you need. 

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/14/18 8:38 p.m.

a computer for the blue one is under $100 on rock auto.... glad its not close to me, I like those cars....

Klayfish
Klayfish PowerDork
5/15/18 6:07 a.m.

There's no logical reason to like these cars, but I also like them.  I had them as rentals many times and when I worked for Pizza Hut, one of our managers had one and I spent many nights using it (it was a GT) for deliveries.  Comfy, quick enough, and for whatever reason I always liked the sound the GM V6s of the day made.  The 2.8L, 3.1L and I think there was as 3.4L too?  The same sound came in the contemporary Celebrity Eurosport or Pontiac 6000.

Indy-Barely Functional-Guy
Indy-Barely Functional-Guy SuperDork
5/15/18 7:05 a.m.
Klayfish said:

.... for whatever reason I always liked the sound the GM V6s of the day made.  The 2.8L, 3.1L and I think there was as 3.4L too?  The same sound came in the contemporary Celebrity Eurosport or Pontiac 6000.

Always liked the sound of these too. The Fiero GT I recently bought has the "sound" too. Much to my delight.

Suprf1y
Suprf1y PowerDork
5/15/18 7:19 a.m.

I love the Quad 4 cars. Apparently by the time they were putting them in the Beretta the big complaint about them was the NVH so they made a lot of changes to them to quiet them down. The noises coming out of that Quad 4 were my favourite part.  180 HP didn't hurt either.

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan SuperDork
5/17/18 8:57 p.m.

re. the GT.  Not sure if I've ever seen an ad that changes/adds the detail that it needs a new part and ups the price $50. indecision

Had the newly secured accomodations not required a $1k deposit I'd be calling.  The $1k will be returned four months from now however.  laugh

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/18/18 7:17 a.m.

Going to pretend I didn’t see that the blue one is a v6 5 speed car.  

Indy-Barely Functional-Guy
Indy-Barely Functional-Guy SuperDork
5/18/18 7:32 a.m.

In reply to Patrick :

It's $300.  Just slightly more than scrap price. Do it!

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