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The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is a two-door coupe that was manufactured and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. Deriving its name from the city in Monaco, the Monte Carlo was marketed as the first personal luxury car of the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1970 model year, the model line was produced across six generations ...
Monte Carlo: 1969 2007 GM G: 6 Chevy's personal luxury coupe produced during 1969–1987 and 1994–2007 Vega: 1971 1977 GM H (RWD) 1 Chevrolet's subcompact car LUV: 1972 1988 2 Chevrolet's light pickup truck developed and built by Isuzu; rebadged Isuzu Faster Chevelle Laguna: 1973 1976 GM A: 1 The top-line Chevelle series produced during 1972 ...
The Chevrolet Biscayne was a series of full-size cars produced by the American manufacturer General Motors through its Chevrolet division between 1958 and 1975. Named after a show car displayed at the 1955 General Motors Motorama, the Biscayne was the least expensive model in the Chevrolet full-size car range (except the 1958-only Chevrolet Delray).
The 1970s weren't a decade for subtlety. Like the fashion and music of the era, cars were often bold, brash and unapologetically stylish, designed to command attention and dominate the road. This ...
The first generation Grand Am featured innovations that included a deformable urethane nose (an evolution of the "Endura" bumper pioneered on the 1968 GTO) and was one of only three GM cars (Olds Cutlass Salon, Chevy Monte Carlo S) to debut radial-ply tires (RTS - Radial Tuned Suspension) as standard equipment.
The G-body designation was originally used for the 1969–1972 Pontiac Grand Prix and 1970–1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo personal luxury cars, which rode on longer wheelbases than A-body coupes. For 1973, the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo were related to the A-body line, with all formal-roof A-body coupes designated as A-Special (and, after 1982, G ...
The 1977 Caprice shared the same 116-inch (2,900 mm) wheelbase of the intermediate-sized Chevrolet Chevelle; 1977 also marked the first model year in history that a midsized car, the Monte Carlo, was larger than a full-sized car; this would be repeated in the 1980s by GM and Chrysler on multiple vehicles, then by Nissan in the early 2000s when ...
However, the Colonnade models became a sales success. The Monte Carlo coupe was the biggest seller of the Chevrolet A-body line (actually designated A-Special), although the regular coupes, sedans, and station wagons also sold well. Distinctive rear quarter glass on 2-door coupes, and new side windows with styled center pillars were featured on ...