When you try to combine monte carlo and chevette.............

[Dr_Snooz]

The writing in that article is really good. The author is really talented.

The car is ghastly.

[hatzie]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts


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I had a Gremlin X with the mighty mighty 401 AMC.  Heckuva sleeper.
If they had used the Javelin as the base for the Gremlin instead of the Hornet it would've been a pretty cool looking car.
This is the Javelin based AMX-GT concept from the 1968 NY auto show. It'd be cool to find if it survived. http://gremlinx.com/a-brief-history-of-the-amc-gremlin/

[Stewart G Griffin]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts

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i'm sorry  but i think the chevette is/was a good car except for being underpowered, which can be remedied, and cramped due the trans protruding into the cabin, which can't really be remedied. 

[roundhouse]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts

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i'm sorry  but i think the chevette is/was a good car except for being underpowered, which can be remedied, and cramped due the trans protruding into the cabin, which can't really be remedied.

A Toyota celica used less gas , was lighter,  faster and far more reliable
Plus held its value , something Big three vehicles are not familiar with

I had a 77 and an 80 celica
Fantastic cars


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[hatzie]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts

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i'm sorry  but i think the chevette is/was a good car except for being underpowered, which can be remedied, and cramped due the trans protruding into the cabin, which can't really be remedied.

A Toyota celica used less gas , was lighter,  faster and far more reliable
Plus held its value , something Big three vehicles are not familiar with

I had a 77 and an 80 celica
Fantastic cars


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I gotta agree on that.  Toyota was always very reliable.  The Celica beat the big four and the Datsun Z car in reliability and it was pretty quick.

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[Stewart G Griffin]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts

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i'm sorry  but i think the chevette is/was a good car except for being underpowered, which can be remedied, and cramped due the trans protruding into the cabin, which can't really be remedied.

A Toyota celica used less gas , was lighter,  faster and far more reliable
Plus held its value , something Big three vehicles are not familiar with

I had a 77 and an 80 celica
Fantastic cars


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To sleepy to get into it now, but wanted to respond so i wouldn't forget about it.

i want specs.   How much better mpg?   What celica got over 59mpg?  i'm not too concerned about weight right now.  As far as faster, yes MOST cars were are faster than a chevette.  i'm not concerned about that either right now.

[hatzie]

My 1978 47hp 1.5L VW diesel got 55mpg. 

No Chevette even came close to 59mpg.  The 1.8L 51hp Isuzu diesel got 34/40 City/Hwy. 
They're in the same ballpark but the Chevette is less.  The 52hp 1.4L Chevette got EPA 28mpg hwy.  The 117hp 2.0L Celica GT got EPA 32mpg hwy.

[LTZ C20]

I've driven multiple Chevy Cruze's with GM's  2.0L EcoTec turbo diesel and repeatedly achieved 60-65 mpg. The best I ever got was 66 mpg on a 20 mile straight drive. I think I remember hearing rumors that if you filled up and jumped on the freeway and just drove you could get 700 miles out of a single tank. Never heard if this was true tho. I love them, if I was looking to buy that vehicle specifically, I would only get the turbo diesel. Only down side is the DEF fluid, we won't get into that tho.

[roundhouse]

Two each is own.  I think I threw up a little in my mouth...  I think I would rather drive an AMC Gremlin or Pacer...

The Gremlins were actually kinda cool
My mom had a 67 beetle and then a 73 Gremlin and then a 80 chevette

With the chevette  and the Cadillac version of the Chevy cavalier
And GM still wonders why Honda and Toyota kicked their butts

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i'm sorry  but i think the chevette is/was a good car except for being underpowered, which can be remedied, and cramped due the trans protruding into the cabin, which can't really be remedied.

A Toyota celica used less gas , was lighter,  faster and far more reliable
Plus held its value , something Big three vehicles are not familiar with

I had a 77 and an 80 celica
Fantastic cars


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To sleepy to get into it now, but wanted to respond so i wouldn't forget about it.

i want specs.   How much better mpg?   What celica got over 59mpg?  i'm not too concerned about weight right now.  As far as faster, yes MOST cars were are faster than a chevette.  i'm not concerned about that either right now.

I doubt a Chevette diesel averaged 59 but I dunno
Mine was a gas burner and I don't Remember what it got exactly
The Celtics was a heck of a lot more fun to drive and faster and handled far better and unlike a Chevy , never broke down .

I ditched the Celica for a 71 Trans-am


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