Primary competitors...Ford Bronco II. I guess when they made this no one at GM knew the Explorer was coming. Or could predict how much it would shift SUV sales to the suburbs. I'm not a big Ford fan. But they really did create the right vehicle at the right time with the Explorer.
I miss all the color choices both inside and out. Why was the inside door pull release always misaligned and also not flush with the door panel when inactive?
Fast forward to 2024....make the thermostat housing one entire assembly....and make it out of plastic! And put a clause in the warranty that if its used to full payload it voids the warranty! Meanwhile at Ford: put a rubber timing belt in the engine....no seal it inside the engine with the oil....and do the same for the oil pump! And any part that's not the block or head needs to be plastic! No not that! The cheapest plastic! Its got to last....4 years. Meanwhile at Jeep: This wiring loom is already splitting and corroded from the supplier?....chuck it on there who cares. Marketing will offer free roadside assistance.
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I think the Cavalier was a decent attempt, but the Japanese ran away with this market in the 80s. And with good reason, they were much better cars. Yes they rusted, but so did Chevies.
I think the 88 and newer Chevy is one of the nicer driving highway trucks, comfortable seating nice ac although the 88-94 controls can be a pain. I just wish at the time they would have continued some features that made a GM truck a GM truck ,like the double wall steel roof,and the bolt together pick up box,but progress,and cost cutting along with change can't be avoided.
I had an 01 Cavalier, first brand-new car, I ever owned, I was a corrections officer up in Virginia, when my probationary period was over, my 95 Grand Am was giving me trouble. I had to get rid of her, my father brought her brand new off the lot two days after Christmas 94, when the head gasket blew at 115K miles, I traded her in on a white, with grey interior, my father and I looked at Honda, Toyota, even Ford, but they were all out of my league, I decided on this one, I wanted a red one, like the one showed, but the only red one that was on the lot had a dent in it, so mad, the sticker was just about the same as the Grand Am was six years earlier it was a neat car, got wonderful gas mileage, it was just me at the time, I drove it up to visit my aunt to Connecticut shortly after 9-11 for Thanksgiving, I took the long way around, still leery about driving through New York City. I think I had to fill it up only three times, still good for an economy car, Id give anything to have it back.
THANK YOU, GM AND CHEVROLET!!!! YOU GUYS DID AN AWSOME JOIB WITH YOUR MAJOR OVERHAUL!!!! IT IS A CLASSIC NOW!!!! WITH A CULT FOLLOWING!!!! I LOVE YOU AND I THANK YOU.
*I've had so many B-bodies I can't count. I Love them. I owned box Caprices, bubble Caprices, Buick Roadmasters, Caddy DeVilles/Fleetwoods and more. I have always wanted a Pontuac Parisienne/Bonneville, though. My absolute favorite.*
I was attending the University of North Dakota in 1987. I recall in the local newspaper an article about GM taking preproduction 1988 GMT 400 trucks to North Dakota to validate their HVAC systems...this was in January during a bitter cold snap. They had a picture of two of the trucks being tested and it looked so radically different than the OBS previous generation.
I had an 1984 Cavalier wagon and ran it all through college. I loved that car! I got it in 1998 from my grandmother and it only had 16k miles on it. The only thing I had to fix was the AC and it just needed a new seal and more R-12.
Meanwhile EFI 5.0L and 4 speed auto was STANDARD in LTD Crown Victoria in 83 w/ tbi and 85 got MPFI. Caprice was a good work horse but gm was really behind Ford here. I mean, 15-18mpg real life with carb 305... 22-24 mpg real world in efi 302 plus better reliability. LS 4.8 swap a b body and pretty well perfect cruiser
It's remarkable that Chevy's carbureted 305 was up to 165 HP that year while the upscale Olds 307 was still wheezing out only 140. Why did GM not invest more in that engine?
The Cavalier was GM's second best selling vehicle just behind the Silverado. It was also GM's longest running compact car nameplate. Why was it dropped? Chevrolet should bring it back.
I just bought a 2000 GMC 2500 Classic with the 454 V8 and it only has 87k original miles on it! It is like a time capsule. Definitely going to take care of this truck for years to come.
