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Originally Posted by govigov  is it that a 1.6 GTX be kitted to look like a s10?
and how many s10 were made in total? |
There were 500 S10's made in total. If you want to be sure if the car is actually a S10 then the best way is to see the number of the car on the door and rear hatch. Each of the 500 cars had a metal badge displaying the car number. As in if you got the 353 car out of 500 then you will have metal badges showing 353 on the door.
As for the rest of your questions:
1. do all s10's have the sachin's signature on the hood?
Yes.
2. the car is modded with an automech ffe, is that reliable? because, i read elsewhere that ffe is not reliable in the s10.
Can't comment on that but why should it be unreliable only on the S10 and not on other cars?
3. what are the issues that creep up on the s10 in the long run?
I have a 2003 S10 with almost 61K on the odo. Only issues have been wear and tear items. Still get it checked by a Fiat dealer. S10's are powerful cars and the owners could have abused it.
4. what are the maintanace issues that are there with the s10?
None. Changed my original brake pads at over 50,000kms! Pay attention to the electricals and suspension (again because it could have been abused and driven hard)
5. where can i get to see a complete spec sheet of the s10?
Difficult as even the owners manual was of the GTX. Still only difference between GTX and S10 is altered gear ratios in S10 to give it better driveablity. I think GTX has overdrive 4 and 5 gears while only the 5th gear in S10 is overdrive.