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The Chevrolet Vega is a subcompact automobile manufactured and marketed by GM's Chevrolet division from 1970 until 1977. Available in two-door hatchback, notchback, wagon, and sedan delivery body styles, all models were powered by an inline four-cylinder engine designed specifically for the Vega, with a lightweight aluminum alloy cylinder block.
A Kammback—also known as a Kamm tail or K-tail—is an automotive styling ... These models include the 1971–1977 Chevrolet Vega Kammback wagon, [15] the 1981 ...
Chevrolet Vega Kammback [13] — The station wagon design has more taper than the Gremlin, but not enough to gain aero-effects. The Kammback "cut-off tail" design continues to be popular. It often insinuates streamlining when used in production cars and is a design technique to make the vehicle look "sporty".
When Chevrolet proposed a simulated woodgrain option for the Chevy Vega Kammback wagon for the 1973 model year, after a gap of four years of applying woodgrain film on the Caprice, the Vega's production schedule made smooth application of the applique difficult without wrinkles and heavy scrappage — requiring retraining by the film supplier ...
The Chevrolet Vega Kammback, introduced in September 1970, was the first U.S.-made four-seat wagon [citation needed] and the first two-door wagon from GM in six years. It shared its wheelbase and length with Vega coupe versions and was produced in the 1971 through 1977 model years.
For 1976, Chevrolet created the Vega Nomad as an option for the Vega Kammback station wagon. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Intended as an appearance package, the Vega Nomad received filler panels (to restyle the B-pillars), a vinyl roof, tailgate rub strips, and vinyl Nomad badging.
Jonathan Green writes of his 1980 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Diesel Station Wagon with the fake wood trim: “Excellent car, dog of an engine. It’s hard for a 16-year-old to be cool in that car.
One of his, it turns out. The edit description was "The Vega Kammback has a spoiler built into the roof (liftgate) and was named Kammback as well". And the reference for "The 1971-1977 Chevrolet Vega Kammback wagon featured a Kamm tail in its liftgate." is a dead link. Barnstarbob, did you somehow develop the impression that a "kamm tail" is a ...