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The Chevrolet Monza is a subcompact automobile produced by Chevrolet for the 1975 through 1980 model years. The Monza is based on the Chevrolet Vega, sharing its wheelbase, width, and standard inline-four engine. The car was designed to accommodate the GM- Wankel rotary engine, but due to mediocre fuel economy and emissions-compliance issues ...
Apr 10, 2018 · The Monza was born a looker, but its fatal curse was being born at the wrong time. As a child of the ’70s, it carried the triple whammy of lifeless performance, sketchy build quality, and badge engineering run amok. In addition to the Monza, GM cranked out 524,000 Pontiac Sunbirds, 144,000 Buick Skyhawks, and 125,000 Oldsmobile Starfires.
Jun 29, 2022 · The most radical Monza was the ’77 Mirage. Like most ’70s “muscle,” it was basically an appearance package. Converted off campus by Michigan Auto Techniques (MAT), 4,097 were built with plastic body extension panels mimicking the look of IMSA road racers. The 145hp 305 two-barrel was the hottest powerplant in the catalog.
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Feb 27, 2015 · * The Monza – and its other-division siblings (the Olds Starfire, Buick Skyhawk and Pontiac Sunbird) – were the last RWD (and V8-available) “entry level” cars GM built. After the final run of 1980 models, the Monza and its siblings were replaced by a new line of front-wheel-drive “J” cars, led by the Chevy Cavalier (and its ...
The Chevrolet Monza was almost exclusively used as the base to build these racecars. A Pontiac Astre and Buick Skyhawk were also built for racing. DeKon Engineering, LTD was formed in July 1974 by Lee Dykstra and Horst Kwech; the most successful and recognized of all the H07 racecar builders.
Feb 22, 2024 · When Shinoda and Lapine were finished, the XP-777 (officially dubbed Corvair Monza GT) looked nothing like the mass-produced Corvair. While the designers drew inspiration from other Corvair-based ...
Feb 24, 2014 · Instead, the extra space meant that instead of the Vega’s 2.3-liter, 78-horsepower four-cylinder engine, Chevrolet’s 4.3-liter small-block V8, rated at 110-hp or 125-horsepower (remember, this is the mid-1970s), could fit beneath the Monza’s hood — and nearly 25,000 of the cars were V8-equipped in the Monza’s first year of production.
