Get to know Geo. GM's dead sub brand from the 1990s. 

Geo will always remind me of one of my favorite Simpsons scenes from the episode where Homer becomes friendly with Ned then turns obsessive: It's when Ned, Maude and the kids are in a Metro trying to escape Homer in a parody of the Terminator 2 chase scene, they're all yelling at him to drive faster and he says, "I CAN'T, IT'S A GEO!"

I owned a 19990 Geo Prizm Hatchback LSI 5 Speed best car I ever owned which I bought new. I had a 1991 Geo metro 4 door 5 speed which I LOVED...beat the shit out of it . Drove it from Massachusetts to Florida and then back when gas was hitting $4 a gallon in the mid 2000's 5 speed Drove it 70 miles a day back and forth into Boston. Me and my best friend worked together and were "Big boys." hit a bad bump on the highway and blew out the front struts. We topped the scales at 650lbs....more than the recommended max payload. The 1995 Geo tracker 2 door 5 speed. Low miles but killed by tin worm. The last was sortta a Geo ...1994 Suzuki Sidekick 4 door 4 speed auto .....LOVED it also wenr from mass to Florida and back.....had it until last year .....still ran great .....the were all amazingly reliable....and fun cars to drive slow

I had a 1997 Prizm. I had it for ten years, and I sold it to a friend who drove it seven years. Very reliable.

I have had 4 of them, my first 3 got over 300,000 miles. The one I drive now has 606,000 miles on it. Still getting 40+mpg in the city.

I wrenched for a living during these times late 80s to early 00s.... I remember all of these and always thought it was weird GM chose to bounce between Suzuki, Toyota and Isuzu for their Geo models....

I wanted a Geo Metro, Tracker, or Storm when I turned sixteen, but my dad was totally worried about my safety being they were pretty small in size. I ended up with a 1986 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport instead followed by a 1988 Pontiac 6000 SE. it wasn’t until my 3rd vehicle a 1989 Ford Escort GT that I finally got a coupe instead of a sedan.

The go anywhere, do anything Geo Metro! I remember the tag line from a commercial I cannot find. Maybe it was just a Canadian market thing. Anyways the Gung Ho reference was appreciated I kinda like that movie but very much a product of its time. A couple of friends had the Geo or the Suzuki versions, surprisingly good cars. The Twin cam rips and a friend still has the earlier Suzuki Forsa Turbo with a roll cage it's ridiculous especially with a WRX Turbo and Grand Vitara pistons and stand alone engine management. Thank you for the way back machine videos!

Buddy’s dad would be a repeat buyer of the 3 cylinder Metro, since it’s introduction. For a family garage full of muscle cars, large family sedans, etc- he thought it’d be fun as hell to buy and drive one as a “fuck around car.” Could not be beat for affordability and reliability. Best part was it was so simply basic, that he’d let his boys work on it and maintain it for him, as a “learning vehicle.” Fun fact: a brand new, ‘98 Metro 3 cylinder sedan can fit 5 300lbs HS offensive lineman and one very reluctant kicker- in the cabin and still… “technically” accelerate. … to about 30 mph.

Back in the day Geo and some other captive import cars had been popular in the South-Eastern Europe too. No official importer except one as I remember. More of these were imported from the North-Americas by private ventures. It could be an export success for GM because when the Wall came down, the south-eastern european driver population had been hooked on "american cars" and these were fit in with their gas mileage, service costs, etc. And at least these cars wore fancy "american" brandnames and were available with fancy automatic transmissions and many of them had a/c inside. While their japanese and euro siblings lacked these features. From this category I personally owned two "Pontiac" Le Mans cars. Also aspirated for a Prizm respectively. But they disappeared very quickly from the used cars dealerships.

When Isuzu brought out the Stylus in 1991(to replace the I-Mark), I was upset that Geo didn't get a version as the new Spectrum. I certainly would have considered getting one to replace the 1987 Spectrum I used to have.

I once did a head job on a Metro in under 3 hours. I was so proud of myself lmao.

I forgot the most important thing I wasn’t allowed to have a car not made in the USA cuz my dad worked at US Steel in Gary Indiana so that was a household rule.

I just bought a 1987 Chevy sprint 2 days ago, on the original brochure it seems like the Metro name was just a trim level, right before they switched from the chevy badge to the Geo one. I had to buy this car since it's the first car I owned, a good replacement for the continental GT I just sold 😂

Gung Ho was a very underrated movie 😊

Love the metro

I have a 1992 Geo metro two-door coupe it’s in good shape running condition turn key and go

Love these cars

So whats the point of having two identical vehicles sold under different brands?

How did the Chevette fit into this situation? The Chevette seemed fairly popular.

I've noticed that you're reauploading some videos.

I remember back in high school some of the kids had the Tracker / Sidekick. I wanted one and went to test drive it. Wow, what a rolling pile of junk. Horrible ride and handling. Sure, it looked cool but that's about it. The rest of the cars weren't much better. The other Japanese cars were definitely better back then, especially Honda, in my opinion