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The two-door coupe was last produced in this year, as the Monte Carlo assumed the market position held by the 2-door coupe. For 1982 the Malibu was facelifted with more squared-off front styling marked by quad headlights with long, thin turn signals beneath them. The look was reminiscent of the also recently facelifted Chevrolet Caprice.
An interesting design compromise was non-lowering rear door windows on four-door sedans and wagons, which also reverted to full window frames while two-door models including the El Camino retained frameless glass. Performance applications included the Chevrolet Malibu F41 and M80, Pontiac LeMans GT, Oldsmobile 442 and Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds.
Distinctive rear quarter glass on 2-door coupes, and new side windows with styled center pillars were featured on 4-door models. The rear side windows on the coupes were now fixed. In addition to the new roofline, front and rear ends looked markedly different this year as 1973 was the year of the federally mandated 5 mph (8.0 km/h) front bumper ...
While station wagons are all but dead, two-door station wagons predeceased them by decades. While the body style made a comeback of sorts among subcompacts in the '70s (with models such as the ...
The G-body designation was originally used for the 1969–1972 Pontiac Grand Prix and 1970–1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo personal luxury cars, which rode on longer wheelbases than A-body coupes. For 1973, the Grand Prix and Monte Carlo were related to the A-body line, with all formal-roof A-body coupes designated as A-Special (and, after 1982, G ...
The first-year F-85 was offered in two body styles, a four-door sedan or a four-door station wagon with either two or three seats, and in a choice of two trim levels, base or De Luxe. Transmission options were initially a 3-speed manual (with synchromesh on the top two gears) [ 6 ] and the newly introduced 3-speed Roto Hydramatic .
The Chevrolet Chevy was a compact car made by Chevrolet in Argentina from 1968 to 1982. [1] Successor to the Chevrolet 400, the Chevy offered a more modern body style with better safety features and updated mechanicals. The car was based on the U.S. market 1968 Chevrolet Nova. Only the 4-door sedan version was manufactured in the country ...
El Caminos shared the "Colonnade" frameless door glass with other Chevelles, and would continue this feature into the next generation as well. The 307 2-barrel V8 with 115 hp (86 kW) was the base engine. Options included a 350 2-barrel V8 with 145 hp (108 kW), a 350 4-barrel V8 with 175 hp (130 kW), and a 454 4-barrel V8 with 245 hp (183 kW).