Never owned a Celebrity, but I did own a 1991 Chevrolet Lumina that I bought new. What a great car. I always loved the feel of everything in it. Column gear selector was just so smooth going between gears. Same with the way the doors closed, and the windows crank by the way went up and down just so smooth. Drove it in the rust belt northeast until 2012 when I retired. It had one small rust hole about the size of a quarter in the left rocker. 3.1- liter v6 never failed to start in the coldest winter mornings sitting outside. And talk about a tank in the snow man it went so well. Miss it all the time.
Love that such a crappy car is parked out in front of such a huge McMansion. The kind of person who lived there would have a Jag or a Cadillac with the gold package.
This was most likely the plumbers car parked out front. Except this particular plumber, while good at his trade, was poor with money management, and this was the best he could do for a work truck. It’s passenger and back seats were filled with copper pipe, fittings, and well worn tools. He probably should have just taken a job with the county, but it’s all good, the celebrity serves him well.
Everybody knows that when you're old money and not some 21st century lamborghini dipshit, you have second, third, fourth, fifth cars that attract less attention because they're "commoner" cars with that presence of refinement and class that still looks right in your life, with all the options of course. But of course, if you're poor or living in the bad century you would be oblivious of how anyone else lives.
My first car in 1997 was a White Chevy Celebrity 82 coupe 2.8L V6. I loved that car, it was a tank. I had giant speakers and thought I was the fastest car on the road. Then and 89 sedan with a 3.1L V6 fully loaded. Great cars that were easy to fix.
Wow, My first Car was a 1987 Eurosport RS Chevy Celebrity. I loved that Car, I was up in Reno, Nevada and back to the Bay Area back and forth with this car. Drove it to Mexico. The Car was used when I got it, only 16,930 Miles on it, then I put a 100,000 miles on it afterwards. It Broke down needing Head Gaskets and a new Transmission I got all things replaced and Sold it and got into a 1993 New Chevy S-10 Blazer with the 5 door Tahoe Package and the strong 4.3 L V-6. Now I'm into Fords I own a 2020 Ford Explorer and a 2018 Ford Fusion Sport. Chevy was nice back then, but I'm liking Ford Products now.
My dad use to have a 1984 2.8 V6 gas celebrity. He got it new in 84 it was a good and reliable car for many years. It was given to my sister when she learned how to drive she punished that car but it kept going and doing it’s job without any issues. It ended up being my wife’s car when she needed a car and once again my wife drove that think like if it was a bumper car. Car finally gave up in 1998 with about 300k miles. We knew that it was not worth fixing and decided to junk the car. Can’t say that I miss the car but it was definitely a good reliable car for many years.
I had an '84 with the 2.8l V-6. Backing the early '90s I was living in Northern Minnesota when my hillbilly brother-in-law asked me, "hey Jimmy, you wanna know how to go sideways in that thing?" I learned to drift on the dirt roads and frozen lakes in that car. The most fun I've had on 4 wheels!
In 1978 GM introduced a line of cars Chevrolet Malibu, Pontiac Gran- Am , Olds Salon, and Buick Century and their rear windows were fixed and did not go down. GM said their new flow-through ventilation was so effective that the windows opening was not necessary.
The bright new shape of Chevrolet!!!!! I have always called the Celebrity, along with its Buick Century, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, & Pontiac 6000 stablemates, GM's "Redemption Cars" as I feel that when they were first introduced in January of 1982, they fixed everything that was wrong with the X-cars which had been introduced in April of 1979. No, they were NOT perfect cars, but in terms of build quality & durability, they were orders of magnitude better than the X-cars.
Myself, I'd have scotched the 2-doors and put that money into more brand differentiation and having the wagons at launch in 1982 instead of delaying them to '84. I think basically everything that had been wrong with the X-Cars had been fixed by that time and the FWD A's benefited from proven mechanicals and a fresh reputation.
I totally agree 👍 these A body cars were miles ahead of the X body cars , and the A bodies looked more upscale compared to the Chevy Citations . CHEERS 🍻
GM would have had a much better chance at salvaging their reputation after the disastrous Vega and later X bodies if Cadillac had used this A platform for their entry level model instead of gambling on the J car
So glad they actually have some old films of these , I own a 87 celebrity eurosport 2.8v6 236k it's on my RU-vid channel . an I used to own a 85 chevy celebrity 2.8 an I've also owned a 89 Chevrolet celebrity 2.54cyl 256k I love these cars it's just something about them
My first car was a 1982 2 door chev celebrity! 2.5 auto silver...was a turd on speed but i still like the looks of it, reminds me of 55-57 chev...memories!
In retrospective, the 1973 and 1979 oil crisis were the watershed moment for American carmakers in fuel economy matters. The Celebrity could have been a compromise between fuel economy and performance for customers who weren't considering to buy Japanese econoboxes.
@@oliverrojas3185 Considering the ridiculously low octane rating for gasoline in North America, 180hp on a 3.3L V6 would feel like "just nice" for the normal car drivers.
& this is what Replaced the Malibu? I Remember at One Time Chevy Briefly Sold it as a Police Package, but Stuck with Impala until 85, when Chevy Dropped Impala after the 85 Model Year & Moved the Police Package to the Caprice. Celebrity was a Good Car, bur B.S. Horsepower!
GM offered that many colors on an economy-mid range car?!? As much as I like the reliable durability of Japanese cars, we have to admit that they ruined character and choice with their lean manufacturing philosophies. In order to keep up, American manufacturers have had to make their cars as equally boring, mundane, and overall just as run-of-the-mill as the Japanese ones. Perhaps one day we will once again see exterior colors other than white, gray, and black, and interiors other than black, gray, or tan.
