Chevrolet Chevette
Manufacturer	General Motors
Also called	Pontiac T1000 Pontiac 1000 Pontiac Acadian
Production	1976–1987
Assembly	Wilmington, Delaware Atlanta, Georgia
Predecessor	Chevrolet Vega Pontiac Astre
Successor	Chevrolet Sprint Chevrolet Spectrum Pontiac Firefly Pontiac LeMans Pontiac Sunburst Geo Metro
Class	Subcompact
Body style(s)	3-door hatchback 5-door hatchback
Layout	FR layout
Platform	T-body
Engine(s)	1.4 L I4 1.6 L I4 1.8 L Isuzu diesel I4
Transmission(s)	4-speed Saginaw manual 5-speed Borg-Warner T-5 manual 3-speed automatic
Related	Opel Kadett C Vauxhall Chevette Isuzu Gemini

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Production of the Chevette in the US started in late 1975 for the 1976 model year. Initially there was a 3-door hatchback with 1.4 or 1.6 L OHC gasoline I4 engines, which over the years the Chevette was produced, varied between 53-70 rear wheel horsepower, and a 4-speed manual transmission. A 3-speed automatic transmission was optional. "Rally" or "Woody" option packages could be had, as well as a loss-leader "Scooter" which was a 2-seater with painted instead of chromed bumpers and very basic trim inside and out. A rear seat was optional on the Scooter. The Canadian market also received a Pontiac version named the Acadian. Very early Chevettes can be identified by a hood that wraps down to the bumper, round headlights and a slightly curved tail with tri-color taillights rimmed in chrome. Renault Megane hatchback, a proper hatchback which has shown huge success in Europe Peugeot 306 hatchback, with the hatch lifted and the parcel shelf tilted for access Hatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by... Petrol redirects here. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ... The automatic gear selector in a Ford Five Hundred vehicle An automatic transmission (commonly abbreviated as AT) is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually (similar but larger devices are also used for railroad... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Chevette essentially replaced the Vega as Chevrolet's import-fighting small car. The Chevette was functional and inexpensive. It was the best-selling small car in America for the 1979 and 1980 model years. However, it lacked the technological advances bestowed on the Vega such as an aluminum engine, and it was based on the dated rear-wheel drive layout which dropped rapidly out of favor with the acceptance of the Volkswagen Rabbit. The then-innovative Chevrolet Vega was a subcompact car sold from 1971 through 1977. ... VW Golf Mk. ...

The front-wheel drive Chevrolet Cavalier was launched upscale from the Chevette for the 1982 model year. The Chevette continued through the 1987 model year, when a version was offered at US $4,995 to compete with the Hyundai Excel and Yugo GV. The Chevrolet Cavalier was Chevrolets version of the compact GM J platform. ...

Beyond commuter duty

Being a cheap, lightweight, and readily available compact, Chevettes occasionally find their way into dirt track racing or drag racing, the latter of which will usually demand much more than the stock four cylinder would ever be capable of. The Chevette being rear wheel drive, and being compatible with many common GM components made the vehicle favorable to upgrade for racing and performance purposes where other compact cars were not. In Europe, a common swap is the lightweight Rover V8 engine, requiring somewhat extensive fabrication. Common in the US and also requiring extensive fabrication is the GM 60-Degree V6 engine and the Chevrolet Small-Block engine. The GM Ecotec engine, is also suitable and can be fitted with sidedraft Weber carburetors in place of the engine's standard fuel injection system. Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. ... Drag racing is a sport in which cars race down a track with a set distance as fast as possible. ... Rover V8 in a Sunbeam Tiger The Rover V8 engine is a compact V8 internal combustion engine with aluminum cylinder heads and cylinder block, originally designed by General Motors and later re-designed and produced by Rover in the United Kingdom. ... The General Motors 60° V6 family of engines began with the 1980 Chevrolet 2. ... // Chevrolets small-block V8 is a famous automobile engine. ... Ecotec is the name of a straight-4 piston engine made by General Motors since 2000. ...

Rumor has it that GM tested a Chevette with a 2.8 liter EFI engine around 1982 that was going to be made available for production. When it was found that this V6 equipped Chevette was actually faster than the same model year Camaro, Chevrolet cancelled plans to build it with this engine for fear it would cannibalize Camaro sales.

Annual changes

• 1977: Rear seat made standard equipment on base Scooter model. "Sandpiper" trim package introduced.
  

  

  1978 Chevette 3-door
• 1978: Slightly modified grille with a grid design, grille and headlight frames chromed, a 5-door model on a longer wheelbase was added, gas cap door added, the 1.4 L engine and "woody" pack were dropped.
• 1979: Holley 2-barrel carburetor now standard on all models. Front fascia face-lifted. Hood now flat, no longer wraps down to bumper; large chrome grille with Chevrolet "Bow-Tie" emblem and new-style square headlights.
• 1980: Rear fascia face-lifted. Squared-off hatch, wraparound taillights with black frames, turn signals built in with brake light. Round gas filler door now made from plastic.
• 1981: Diesel engine now optional (1.8 L Isuzu unit). New style steel wheels, "dog dish" hubcaps discontinued. US models received a new Computer Command Control feedback system on gasoline engines. Pontiac T1000 introduced which shared all body stamping with the Chevette, and had a black grille and standard chrome trim around the side windows. Diesel engine first listed as option in late 1981. 3.36 axle ratio introduced.
• 1982: 5-speed manual transmission now optional on gasoline-powered cars (standard with diesel). 5-door Scooter optional for the first time. GM THM180C (THM200C for diesel model) is now offered as the standard automatic transmission, which includes a locking torque converter for greater fuel mileage.
  

  

  1983-1985 Chevette CS 5-door
• 1983: Makeover for the front and rear fascias of the car; Chevette CS introduced. Chrome grille and trim discontinued and replaced with black trim. Scooter and base Chevettes sport a black grille and end-caps for the bumpers while Chevette CS models offer white trimmed grille. Chevette S model offered with red instead of white highlights.
• 1984: Scooter dropped, T1000 dropped the "T" designation and became simply 1000.
• 1985: Base Chevette dropped.
• 1986: Federally mandated third brake light mounted on rear hatch glass.
• 1987: Diesel engine dropped. 1987 was the final model year for Chevette, and production ended on December 23, 1986. At the low end, the Chevette, along with the Chevrolet Sprint was replaced by the Geo Metro in 1989, and by the Chevrolet Spectrum (introduced for 1985). In the United States, the Pontiac 1000 was replaced by the Korean-built Pontiac LeMans for 1988, and in Canada, the Acadian was replaced by the Firefly (introduced in 1985).

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Awards

• Car Talk 2000"Tom: The fifth Worst Car of the Millennium is the Chevy Chevette. As one reader described it: 'An engine surrounded by four pieces of drywall.'"

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