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Here’s how the Chevy Monte Carlo was three different cars over its lifetime 

My Old Car
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In this episode I provide the history of the Monte Carlo, Chevrolet's first personal luxury coupe. Launched in 1970 and sharing the platform of the Pontiac Grand Prix, the Monte Carlo didn't sell well as a sports car, but as a luxury car, was one of Chevrolet's most popular and best-selling models. It grew in size like most cars in the 70's, but had to shrink in the 80's to satisfy fuel efficiency. The SS model did well in the 80's, but not enough for Chevy to keep it past 1988. It was temporarily replaced by the Lumina coupe in 1990, but renamed back to Monte Carlo in 1995, still looking like a Lumina. A redesign in 2000 finally made it a muscle car across all trims, but big coupes kept falling in favor, leading to its end in 2007.

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@jrussellcase
@jrussellcase 5 месяцев назад
Monte Carlo, one of Chevy's best creations, bar none.
@glennso47
@glennso47 5 месяцев назад
Chevy hasn’t had too many great creations lately.
@glennso47
@glennso47 5 месяцев назад
Motor Trend Car of the Year seems to the death nell for any car.
@Flies2FLL
@Flies2FLL 5 месяцев назад
I produced a similar creation this morning. In the toilet bowl~
@samholdsworth420
@samholdsworth420 5 месяцев назад
​@@Flies2FLLdiarrhea Cha Cha Cha
@michaelhowell2326
@michaelhowell2326 5 месяцев назад
Until they made it front wheel drive.
@corinnelaking569
@corinnelaking569 5 месяцев назад
I think personal luxury coupes should make a comeback. Interesting video, thanks so much.
@roger628
@roger628 5 месяцев назад
In order for that to happen, demand for them has to make a comeback first.
@bongodave13
@bongodave13 4 месяца назад
Cars are appliances, nothing more.
@corinnelaking569
@corinnelaking569 4 месяца назад
@@bongodave13 use local transit then.
@fennec13
@fennec13 5 месяцев назад
I had a 1974 Monte Carlo and it was such an amazing car . I miss it to this very day
@anthonybertone2336
@anthonybertone2336 5 месяцев назад
I had three of them, 19, 70,74, and a 76 love all three
@redsoxfan26401
@redsoxfan26401 3 месяца назад
I've had 4. An 82, another 82, an 86, and a 99.
@merafirewing6591
@merafirewing6591 5 месяцев назад
The only luxury car that can be both a sports car and a muscle car, but also a stock car.
@DanielRundellpnw833
@DanielRundellpnw833 5 месяцев назад
you should do an episode on the ford bronco
@markwilliams2620
@markwilliams2620 5 месяцев назад
If it has a Buick engine.
@nikoladamjanovic2313
@nikoladamjanovic2313 5 месяцев назад
And a lowrider, and a donk
@loutenant9480
@loutenant9480 4 месяца назад
Mercury Cougar
@DanielRundellpnw833
@DanielRundellpnw833 4 месяца назад
mercury cougar would be a good episode to doing vote for that
@Hugh_Hunt
@Hugh_Hunt 5 месяцев назад
"I can fix those shocks" ROFL The is GOLD Steve!
@sethcjones
@sethcjones 5 месяцев назад
I love the gas station scenes from “The Jerk”! One of the best Steve Martin movies ever. Great video, thank you!!!
@gregholloway2656
@gregholloway2656 5 месяцев назад
“These cans are defective!” 😂
@jimmywait74
@jimmywait74 5 месяцев назад
I had a 95 and 2002 Monte Carlo SS and I loved both of them.
@nathancook1404
@nathancook1404 5 месяцев назад
Nice Work with the Monte Carlo Video, I think the Reasons why the Diecast Companys like Greenlight & Johnny Lightning went more with the Classic Retro Monte Carlos Castings Based on the ones from the 1970's & 1980's was because they were more popular than their modern counter parts from the 1990's-2000's.
@Lemmon714_
@Lemmon714_ 5 месяцев назад
The eighties car that I wanted the most being realistic, was the Chrysler Conquest. That was a beautifully designed car.
@markwilliams2620
@markwilliams2620 5 месяцев назад
It was a Mitsubishi Starion. But it was dam good looking.
@user-ku3zf3il2z
@user-ku3zf3il2z 5 месяцев назад
Had a 79 with t-bar roof. Loved it! Fond memories
@NotQuiteSteele
@NotQuiteSteele 5 месяцев назад
I had an ‘86 LS with the de-tuned 305. The engine wasn’t very powerful, but it was very reliable and comfortable.
@kiwidiesel
@kiwidiesel 5 месяцев назад
Wow a de tuned 305 must have been dog water😂😂
@user-ey2cn6sp5d
@user-ey2cn6sp5d 5 месяцев назад
"De-tuned"? 🤨 What does that even mean?? 😏
@dave3657
@dave3657 5 месяцев назад
Sometimes, in the long run, you remember the cars that always got you there. 😎
@dyer2cycle
@dyer2cycle 4 месяца назад
Probably means it wasn't a High-Output 305 like the ones used in the Monte Carlo SS..I test drove a couple of the H.O. SS models(never owned one), and they actually felt pretty quick for an '80's car..definitely better acceleration that one conjures up in one's mind when hearing the term "305"...@@user-ey2cn6sp5d
@stevegordon5243
@stevegordon5243 5 месяцев назад
In 1984 I had a 1979 Monte Carlo. It had a 231 V6 which I wasn't fond of but other than that I absolutely loved the car. Wish I still had it. It was a great car!
@Olds_Pwr
@Olds_Pwr 5 месяцев назад
Wasn't all 231"s a V6.
@slongger
@slongger 4 месяца назад
junk but easily swapped out
@fredschriks8554
@fredschriks8554 5 месяцев назад
Love me a 86 Monte SS.
@MrJayrock620
@MrJayrock620 5 месяцев назад
I absolutely love the 1980’s SS’s, but the price has gone through the roof for a half decent one
@oliverdelgado6952
@oliverdelgado6952 5 месяцев назад
Especially the aerocoupes
@nashvilleslim
@nashvilleslim 5 месяцев назад
It's sad to know we'll never see another Monte Carlo, malibu, or Caprice. We will also never see a Thunderbird, Cougar, or Crown Victoria either. That's just sad. Gone are American made cars.
@markwilliams2620
@markwilliams2620 5 месяцев назад
When people start buying cars again, they'll make them. The market wants SUV's. More importantly women want SUV's so they can see where they're going.
@dyer2cycle
@dyer2cycle 4 месяца назад
The market went to SUV's in the 1990's, but the reality is that now SUV's are almost extinct...they just hijacked the term "SUV" and applied it to those horrible, ugly "crossover" things that are really much more akin to a FWD car or minivan that an SUV...the 1990's were the heyday of SUV's..Blazers, S-10 Blazers, Broncos, Ramchargers...but the move was to new 4 door versions...the revolutionary new(real) Ford Explorer..Tahoes..Expeditions, 4 Runners, Pathfinders, Jeep XJ Cherokee, new Grand Cherokee, Durango, the iconic Suburban..and others...now, most are gone, or have had their identities transferred to otherwise unrelated crossovers....@@markwilliams2620
@PintoPopProductions
@PintoPopProductions 5 месяцев назад
I must be one of the minority that actually really liked the mid-90s Lumina and Monte Carlo in LTZ and Z34 trims. But as a Buick Regal GS owner I'm a bit of a W-body loyalist.
@oscarwalton1188
@oscarwalton1188 5 месяцев назад
The self destructing transmission didn't help plus going to front wheel drive really didn't appeal to younger buyers who went for the Camaro or mustang instead basically chey miss read the room
@digitalfootballer9032
@digitalfootballer9032 4 месяца назад
I had a 2000 Regal with the 3800 V6. Everything else on that car broke or fell apart, but the engine was indestructible 😂
@andregonsalvez9244
@andregonsalvez9244 5 месяцев назад
Great review 😊 ! I remember these G bodies growing up in the 70s and 80s , very popular and comfortable car to own and drive. Today's crossovers cannot compete amongst cars or yesteryears in style and comfort .😊
@carexpertandy
@carexpertandy 5 месяцев назад
Now we need episodes on the Lumina, Impala, and Camaro (once it’s discontinued of course)!
@alexbenjaminlubbers
@alexbenjaminlubbers 5 месяцев назад
It was discontinued, on the 14th of December.
@charlieb308
@charlieb308 5 месяцев назад
I have a black 86 SS now, I also owned an 84 and 88 SS(T Tops)
@davidp2888
@davidp2888 5 месяцев назад
Used to work with a guy who had a Monte Carlo SS. Really nice car.
@Flies2FLL
@Flies2FLL 5 месяцев назад
These days a V6 Toyota minivan will leave that SS in the dust.
@randolfo1265
@randolfo1265 4 месяца назад
@@Flies2FLL - True but I still prefer the Monte Carlo SS
@Flies2FLL
@Flies2FLL 4 месяца назад
@@randolfo1265 And I am glad for you. Enjoy being blown past by V6 Toyota minivans.
@Roddy451
@Roddy451 4 месяца назад
I will always remain partial to the 4th generation Monte Carlo, specifically the SS introduced in 1983. I will never forget the oddball "Aerocoupe" Nascar-only model. Big kudos for showing the scene from "The Jerk".
@georgeniksich1152
@georgeniksich1152 4 месяца назад
Thunderbird outrank it on big tracks
@something1382
@something1382 5 месяцев назад
I had a '85 Monte with a 4.3 V6, LOVED that car, would love to have another one. Even hit a tree head on one night, bowed the hood up about six inches, didn't even kill the engine. If I could have gotten out of the ditch, could have driven it home.
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman 5 месяцев назад
always hate when those trees pull out in front of you when you trying to drive home drunk
@Olds_Pwr
@Olds_Pwr 5 месяцев назад
262.
@user-jk5fg6pi6e
@user-jk5fg6pi6e 4 месяца назад
I have a 2007 Monte Carlo and I love it. Beat car they come out with.
@teddymullins3706
@teddymullins3706 5 месяцев назад
I enjoyed this episode i Owned a 72 monte Carlo and also a 77 monte Carlo ,The 72 had the 402 with a turbo 400 transmission And the 77Had the 350 with a turbo 350 transmission I loved both of these cars !
@rtcturnemup7028
@rtcturnemup7028 5 месяцев назад
Monte Carlo,impala, caprice, Tahoe,tb SS, Camaro… thank you gm 👏🏾
@elvistwatty
@elvistwatty 5 месяцев назад
I remember those same SS of the 80s. It is crazy to make such huge engines with so few hp
@puckhead1909
@puckhead1909 4 месяца назад
First car I bought new was an all black 87 SS with camel beige interior and I still have that car to this day
@emmanuelsantiago6641
@emmanuelsantiago6641 4 месяца назад
I literally love you for putting the Training Day scene in there
@bobbyjohnson6355
@bobbyjohnson6355 4 месяца назад
I own a 71 Monte SS, also have a 73 Pontiac Grandville. Would like to see a deep dive into that model.
@jclark2019
@jclark2019 4 месяца назад
I liked those big Pontiacs, they had some balls for how heavy they were...
@Awsom47Merc
@Awsom47Merc 5 месяцев назад
* I bought a 1970. Forest green one in 1977 for $500. Turns out the previous brother/sister owners both lost they're license with it ! It had an LT 1 350 with a posi rear-end. It had a bucket seat & console camel leather interior with every option even an optic fiber low windshield washer fluid light. I've never seen another like it. Man ! I loved that car ! I put headers on it with a KN air filter and smoked everything. Even one with a 454 ! The only thing I ever got beat by was a 1970 426 Hemi Super Bee. Ok I accepted that. Turns out that was a rare Pace Car edition limited production model. I'd still have it but some stoned kids in a work van rear-ended it one morning I was headed home from afternoon shift at a machine shop I worked at .
@brandbryce
@brandbryce 5 месяцев назад
what a charming episode, 'best of' YT :-) thanks for filling in the gaps of knowledge for this important coupe.
@tmklunk
@tmklunk 4 месяца назад
I had a 1986 LS and loved it
@Sedan57Chevy
@Sedan57Chevy 5 месяцев назад
70s and 80s Monte Carlos are still some of the coolest cars GM made during that era.
@ianjay5301
@ianjay5301 4 месяца назад
The 1970 Chevelle never had a standard V6 as you said when comparing 1970 Chevelles and Monte Carlos. ONLY an in-line.
@S-T-E-V-E
@S-T-E-V-E 5 месяцев назад
I love these videos man! Thanks for making them! 👌
@tomm1109
@tomm1109 4 месяца назад
Inflation adjusted it topped out $38,000. Tells you all you need to know about todays car prices. 38k is the starting price for anything more than a compact car.
@Elandycamino
@Elandycamino 5 месяцев назад
I always called the Fwds Lumina, I never liked them, but when they made the 03 Monte SS I hoped they would switch to Rwd and fill the void of the F body
@geneyus6411
@geneyus6411 5 месяцев назад
I own a 2007 Monte SS 5.3 litre😊300HP Last year made!
@brassmonkey7566
@brassmonkey7566 4 месяца назад
Friend had a 78/9 with a 396 / 402 on crager ss wheels and air shocks. Classic. You out there bruce ? .
@johnwilburn8319
@johnwilburn8319 4 месяца назад
Got a 70 model with a 454 in 1982 for $400.00.Double stacked air filters.Boy what fun!!!!
@ryanmasson6905
@ryanmasson6905 5 месяцев назад
7:59 incredible editing as always 👌😂
@m.pav.8397
@m.pav.8397 4 месяца назад
I had a 76 and it was the best car. What a ride!!!!!😅
@stephendavidcavuoti6548
@stephendavidcavuoti6548 4 месяца назад
lots of Information and being so much detail on the Information Thank you for putting out this video !
@lancetheb.m.c
@lancetheb.m.c 5 месяцев назад
The Last Generation Monte Carlo would have been a Grand Slam if it had one thing: A Drive Shaft!!!!!!!!!
@markwilliams2620
@markwilliams2620 5 месяцев назад
The Pontiac G8 did and it didn't sell.
@robertpesa4157
@robertpesa4157 4 месяца назад
I've had 2 79s and a 78. Loved them
@georgewilson1184
@georgewilson1184 4 месяца назад
These were real Swinging Bachelor mobiles like Rueben Kincaid drove on the Partridge family show
@doug6191
@doug6191 5 месяцев назад
Hope we see a Mazda 929 video!
@lukerinderknecht2982
@lukerinderknecht2982 5 месяцев назад
Yessss
@Badge1122
@Badge1122 5 месяцев назад
The 72 with the 350 was the very best even NOW.
@JoelMcLaughlin
@JoelMcLaughlin 5 месяцев назад
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Another beautiful G Body.
@dave3657
@dave3657 5 месяцев назад
Just never thought of it before. 🤔 Never had one, but liked them.
@stanleyshostak2737
@stanleyshostak2737 4 месяца назад
I had a VW Corrado. You should do a story on that car. The one I had was a VR6. That motor was plagued with overheating issues.
@13r12ad
@13r12ad 5 месяцев назад
Another great video
@mzaccagnini7179
@mzaccagnini7179 4 месяца назад
The 2nd gen Monty's were the best in both styling and handling.
@dragorocky
@dragorocky 5 месяцев назад
Great vid!
@THROTTLEPOWER
@THROTTLEPOWER 4 месяца назад
Great vid!!!!! 🤜🤛
@tomtbi
@tomtbi 5 месяцев назад
I have built a handful of Monte Carlo model kits-(70 1/25 scale AMT 70 SS454,1/25 scale AMT 70 Low Rider,1/24 scale Revell 86 SS,Revell 1/24 Scale 87 SS Aerocoupe,1/24 scale 95 NASCAR Joe Nemechek Burger King,1/24 scale Monogram 96 NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench and 1/32 scale Monogram NASCAR 96 Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench)...
@googleuser3760
@googleuser3760 5 месяцев назад
What a great video. 👍👍
@Linuxpunk81
@Linuxpunk81 5 месяцев назад
Lots of these around the neighborhood growing up. I worked with a guy who had a 2007 a few years ago. I wonder if he still has it
@dannyy_riv
@dannyy_riv 5 месяцев назад
Damn what a great car. Had an 84, 04 SS, and an 02.I still keep an eye out for a decent one to buy!
@Where_is_Waldo
@Where_is_Waldo 5 месяцев назад
How did I go this long never knowing that the FWD Monte Carlo got a V8? I knew the Impala got a V8 in the second of it's FWD generations but I thought they left it out of the Monte Carlo.
@tomm1109
@tomm1109 4 месяца назад
most of us tuned out because it wasn't RWD
@Steve-gc5nt
@Steve-gc5nt 5 месяцев назад
Good looking cars.
@EdmundKuklinski
@EdmundKuklinski 7 дней назад
The Pontiac can am is still a mysterious edition that I think you would have fun with.....
@sleepyhollow783
@sleepyhollow783 5 месяцев назад
The 1978/79 body was the most striking & beautiful sculpture. A Holy Grail to find an unmolested, unCholofied example of one. Sad to see only ruined ones. Also enjoyed the mid-80s returning SS but wished it also came with the euro-rectangular headlights. Personal luxury rules the heart❤.
@jamesgeorge4874
@jamesgeorge4874 4 месяца назад
Ace Ventura had a dope Monte.
@7viewerlogic670
@7viewerlogic670 5 месяцев назад
Great car thru the 80's!
@jasonfarnsworth5880
@jasonfarnsworth5880 4 месяца назад
Yeah, that training day Carr is probably the baddest Lowrider ever made dude
@thefryingdutchman8795
@thefryingdutchman8795 2 месяца назад
YESS finally, i commented on every video up until now and it's finally here
@mikeslomski7063
@mikeslomski7063 4 месяца назад
I've bought 3 Monte Carlos, 96 Z34 new, 2000 SS new, and currently own an 87 SS. I wish Chevrolet still built a mid sized cool car, I'd buy one. By the way, I bought a 92 Lumina Euro 2 door new, too.
@jimmycline4778
@jimmycline4778 3 месяца назад
11:32 imagine if GM sold this with 430hp LS3 rear wheel drive! I 100% would own one! This looks better than a C8 Corvette to me!
@nordicskiieredmonton
@nordicskiieredmonton 5 месяцев назад
Came to see if you referenced the trailer park boys scene... and you delivered
@brianburkhard5209
@brianburkhard5209 4 месяца назад
70-72 is the best body style. I've owned a numbers matching 71 SS since 89.
@thunderray1987
@thunderray1987 Месяц назад
1973-1988 Chevy Monte Carlo's are the best-looking designs out of all the Monte's history!
@mikeisaacs2314
@mikeisaacs2314 5 месяцев назад
It’s a few FWD models people made into RWD and they are nice
@unitedcity_mc4421
@unitedcity_mc4421 5 месяцев назад
Actually, it’s: Personal luxury at its start, lousy at its end, and big muscle car in-between.
@JayBee3237
@JayBee3237 4 месяца назад
Almost nothing is available as a 2 door any more. I'm shocked to learn a manual transmission was ever available on Monte Carlo
@kurtisstutzman7056
@kurtisstutzman7056 5 месяцев назад
Monte Carlo is the winningest car model in Nascar history...!
@tristanconnolly5675
@tristanconnolly5675 5 месяцев назад
Nice.
@clorenchrowell9880
@clorenchrowell9880 5 месяцев назад
I had a green 2 tone 79 monte carlo 5.0 V8.. If I knew the Training Day movie would make it big I would have kept it
@braulioalanis98
@braulioalanis98 4 месяца назад
nice video, wish you eould have included the Pro Street Concept which was built over a Catfish Camaro
@5831a
@5831a 4 месяца назад
1st car was a brown 72 :)
@a.person7825
@a.person7825 5 месяцев назад
…“Oh, I’m Mr. Nussbaum.”
@jamesjohn834
@jamesjohn834 4 месяца назад
Great video! Didn't the first gen. Monte also have the longest hood from GM?
@richardbutton1179
@richardbutton1179 4 месяца назад
Had a white 87 SS one of the best cars I ever owned
@jimstewart2457
@jimstewart2457 4 месяца назад
I had 1983 Monte Carlo but it only had a 231 Buick in her. Unfortunately 2 years later she blew up and I traded her for an another Chevy.
@GFY_29
@GFY_29 2 месяца назад
The 72 carlo is a thing of beauty. Bob block preferred
@albertomanzo5334
@albertomanzo5334 3 месяца назад
I loved the look of the last gen. Just wish they had made it rwd.
@howyoudurrinhunneh
@howyoudurrinhunneh 5 месяцев назад
I just rewatched that Better Call Saul episode last night 😂
@Vader1957
@Vader1957 5 месяцев назад
Front wheel drive killed the Monte. In fact, front wheel drive has kind of killed GM. If it wasn't for trucks, they would be gone.
@truthbetold9923
@truthbetold9923 5 месяцев назад
Stopped buying Chevy cars when front wheel drive with horrible torque steer induced with hard acceleration along with unibody construction now the pick up trucks are junk too with the cylinder deactivation known as AFM have engines failures some with as little as 5000 miles
@paulradice3534
@paulradice3534 5 месяцев назад
The Grand Prix with an LS9
@robertsmythe6610
@robertsmythe6610 4 месяца назад
Favorite Chevy ❤❤❤ 1970
@chevymontmarlo
@chevymontmarlo 5 месяцев назад
I would love to have a first gen and the final two gens of these
@snappy452
@snappy452 4 месяца назад
I was just reading last night in a book about Junior Johnson about how Chevy wasn't interested in NASCAR but a promotional stunt cooked up by he and an associate who funded the building the of the Monte Carlo racer ultimately led to their re-entry. They would get upwards of $10k per race just to appear which played off of how popular Chevrolet was with the public. Charlie Glotzbach was the first driver of the white #3.
@matthewgaines10
@matthewgaines10 Месяц назад
A nameplate once prominent that became typically mismanaged by GM.
@rtyt2007
@rtyt2007 4 месяца назад
You really need to make a video on Australian cars 🙏 would make an interesting video for American viewers
@The_Inspiration_86
@The_Inspiration_86 5 месяцев назад
U should've let da part play when he 1st cranked er over in Training Day smfh.😮‍💨
@alvendetti4600
@alvendetti4600 4 месяца назад
I have a 2004 intimitador model with 160k
@randolfo1265
@randolfo1265 4 месяца назад
I always refer to the 1995 Monte Carlo as a two door Lumina
@danielreiss1156
@danielreiss1156 4 месяца назад
What is the car that inspired the '70 monte'? Answer, the highly successful 1969 Grand Prix!
@andrewdonohue1853
@andrewdonohue1853 Месяц назад
The 3800 is a great engine and the supercharged versions can make excellent power with some mods. Burnouts aren't wise the transmission is the weak link
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