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The Chevrolet Chevette is best ... Fiero—though we noted that Detroit had managed to bleach out much of the German ride and handling magic from the chassis. Still, we judged the Chevrolet ...
From the outside, this 1978 Chevette appears to be a standard two-door hatchback with a modest, unassuming design, but under the hood is a Chevy 427 V8 engine.
Running 11s for two Gs with boneyard parts, it was a tale of cheap fun in HOT ROD’s April 2000 issue with a Caddy-swapped 1980 Chevy Chevette. Hot Rod Features ...
Chevy Chevette by MPCSince it takes roughly the same amount of money and resources to take a model car project from idea to reality—about $500,000 in modern funds—you'd expect model makers to ...
Vehicles eligible under the program include the Chevrolet Opala (not a typo; we never got that model here) and Chevette, as well as C-10 pickup models developed for, and explicitly sold in, Brazil.
Chevy Chevette by MPCSince it takes roughly the same amount of money and resources to take a model-car project from idea to reality no matter the make or model—about $500,000 in modern funds ...
That included General Motors and the Chevrolet Chevette, the latter of which ended up becoming America’s best-selling car for a period, with Chevrolet selling an impressive 433,000 units in 1981 ...
A heavily customized 1976 Chevrolet Chevette, ... the Chevette retains the spirit of early 1980s tuner culture. ... performance chassis, period-correct styling, and unmistakable ‘80s energy, ...
The Chevette parts are all bolted to a square-section tube-frame chassis that, at least based on a similar car's assembly instructions, looks to have the torsional rigidity of a bowl of leftover ...
Chevrolet V-6 Chevette prototype Vehicle Type: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 3-door hatchback ENGINE SOHC V-6 Displacement: 173 in 3 , 2837 cm 3 Power: 135 hp @ 5400 rpm ...
The Chevette required 232 feet to stop from 70 mph, an unacceptably long distance. The Chevette's modest performance is offset to a great degree by its particularly well-laid-out driver's compartment.
In 1976, the base Chevy Chevette engine was a 1.4-liter four-cylinder with 52 horsepower delivering up to 28 mpg in the city and 40 mpg on the highway.