This is how the 1985 Chevrolet Nova paired an old name with foreign influence 

I actually loved these cars. It's pathetic that GM seemingly learned nothing from NUMMI.

Great video. My grandfather had a '87 Nova CL hatch for five years and it was extremely reliable. I was personally a fan of the hatch styling.

Never driven one of these but it seemed like an OK car! Decent styling and power with the twin cam and Toyota reliability. Not a bad deal!

i have one of these. its an 88 hatchback. one of the last 100 to roll off the assembly line. the hatchback never had the twin cam sadly. it came with the 4alc engine{1.6L, 8valve single cam, as far as i know they were all carborated}. its my project car now. racing coil overs, engine swapped to a 4afe 16V twin cam, ported and polished head, stainless steel 4-2-1 header, custom made body kit (kind of), and a much more to come like a super charger and a 5spd trans. 80s cars are the new 60s and 70s cars!!! ill always love the square 80s sh!tbox cars!

Iv got one of these cars..it actually was a pretty good car

Like most car peopl;e I agree this was the most beautiful Nova made even though not made bu Chevrolet Remember I said REAL car people

You did a great job . That was interesting the photo of the Japanese model it was based on. The car did have quality. It is interesting how this morphed into the Geo Prism which was also based on the Corolla as well. People did not realize this and assumed the Toyota Corolla was better, but it was built in the same factory. That is brand name recognition for you. I knew someone who owned one of these. They went from a full sized Ford LTD to a Chevrolet Nova. Talk about downsizing. The sad part GEO did not last and it was competing against GM's Saturn brand as well.

These cars were the best. I had a 86 in college in 1993. It already had 150,000 miles on it and ran great. I put 70,000 miles on it in 2 years. Sold it with 220,000 miles still gojng strong!

My mom had one with the automatic. It's what I think of whenever I hear one referred to as a slushbox transmission.

Mom had a 1987 light blue sedan like the one in this video. I liked the car and its wonderful A-series four cylinder. The manual was garbage, however - very notchy. It got great gas mileage but was kinda floaty at highway speeds. I think the reason it failed in the marketplace was that it was more expensive than the rolling turd Cavalier next to it. Refinement and build quality was what import buyers expected and were willing to pay for. The American manufacturers on the other hand screamed "cheap, cheap, cheap" and sold on low price. Dad bought only Toyotas after his experience with his 1972 Carina. Mom preferred American until the last two bombs. She finally succumbed to this in 1987 and never looked back.

Another reason why I think this generation Nova failed was because GM took a nameplate of one of their muscle cars from the 1960s and pasted it to an economy car. It wouldn't be the last time GM did that, soon after this nova came out, GM also brought back the Pontiac Lemans, albeit as an economy car based on a daewoo, which was not well recived.

Hey I have and daily drive a 87 nova. Overall a very decent car.

Great vid as usual!

I haven't seen one of these sence 2012

These cars were a better buy than the Toyota Corolla in my opinion. GM was more lenient on comfort features that Toyota made you pay for. Most gave you A/C & cassette players. Toyota made you work hard for those same features and you paid for it.

Unfortunately people would buy those cars up cheap back in the day and do zero maintenance that’s probably why there are so few around

These suffered from the one thing that can kill a pre-'80s Toyota, rust. Prizms were much better rustproofed from the start.

Nice videos

Lol I still have my 85 chevy nova

My only problem with these cars was them using the name Nova. It should have had a new name not previously used

It’s a great-looking car but I think it’s wrong to call it a "Nova", like calling a '78 Dodge Challenger (basically a rebadged Mitsubishi Galant) a "Challenger".