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- From: sullivan@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
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- Subject: Re: New Monte Carlo (was Re: 1994 Pontiac GTO)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.162553.2575@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:25:53 GMT
- References: <YfMoDW_00WAuIFGktr@andrew.cmu.edu> <1993Jan25.183658.5386@MorningStar.Com> <AfNIoPG00UhW01pGBG@andrew.cmu.edu> <1993Jan26.174705.8682@zds-oem.zds.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.174705.8682@zds-oem.zds.com>, easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
- > In article <AfNIoPG00UhW01pGBG@andrew.cmu.edu> "Nathan J. Nagel" <nn22+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >>>>1994 Pontiac GTO, hell. Is Chevy still going to forge ahead with their
- >>>>plan to release a new Monte Carlo based on the Beretta?
- >>>>
- >>>>And does anyone particularly want them to?
- >>>
- >>>I haven't heard the news about the new Monte Carlo, but I did read that
- >>>GM was really disappointed in the sales of the Chevy Caprice and they
- >>>were going to come out with a Caprice SS in '93 or '94. I believe that
- >>>the SS model is going to have a different body style, in fact the
- >>>picture accompanying the article sorta looked like a Thunderbird.
- >
- > If I remember the Autoweek article correctly, the Caprice (called
- > the Impala SS) had a slightly different rear end, was jet black,
- > and had most of the police package mechanical goodies.
- >
- >> I think the Caprice SS is still in the show car stage, but don't I
- >>seem to remember seeing a show car from Chevy called the Monte Carlo
- >>maybe last year? For some reason I think it was not based on the Lumina
- >>at all but _REAR WHEEL DRIVE_!! Is there still hope? (please correct me
- >>if my memory is screwing with me again.)
- >
- > yup. Most of the auto mags had an article mid-summer last year
- > where they test drove the Monte. It was a fiberglass bodied mockup
- > and had the Twin Cam 3.4l engine. I think it was front wheel drive though.
- >
- >>-Nate
- >
-
- I may be way off here, but the last time they made Impala SS's was in the
- late '60's? And were'nt they mostly 2-Dr Sedans or Hardtop coupes or something
- like that? Would they be possilbly making a 2-dr Caprice? And while were on
- the subject I'd be willing to bet the farm that GM gets lazy and builds the GTO
- off of the Grand Prix platform, then just adds some plastic spoilers, boosts it
- up in horse power a little, Maybe beef the suspension, add fat tires and
- "special" rims and voila a GTO...for an extra 3-5k of course, just my 2 cents.
-