There was also the Renault 18 Turbo. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. in Europe.

Too bad they didn't make this thing in Germany man that sucks! Even the GLK is made in Germany!

Make Joe Isuzu famous again!

Rt 30, Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, Md! I wonder with a turbo how it would do?

53 mighty horses under the hood, it accelerated like a rocket sled entombed in frozen jello. It's chief advantage was that you would never go fast enough to get into trouble and no girl would ever be caught in one at a drive in theater.

All the car you need, no frills... And great mileage to boot

She literally had an outfit that matched the car.

I drove a 76 model for 100k miles.

GM made a ton of $$$ off those Ciera's.

I don't care what you guys say. I think it's a beautiful car and I wouldn't mind owning one

R.i.p. Pat Goss.

My dad bought 2 used 'vettes in the 80s. First one for his wife to get her out of her clean '69 two door Impala with a 350. Ihad a chance to buy that car for $400 and I passed. My brother bought it and blew up the motor in short order...Anyway my dad took over his wive's "Shove-it" when she bought an Accord and drove it for quite a few miles. It was definitely a dog..

Wow he hit 55mph!

Better than newer ones? Especially if it has 2.4?

I see this, then I see the 1984 Thunderbird, and I think this 1982 is just not a good looking car. The 1984 was very attractive.

Ah yes, only American car makers of the early 80s would put a 4 cylinder in a 3,500lb car. And expect it to perform well.

I had two Cutlass Cierra's, a white 1983 2-door, and a maroon 1990 4-door model! I miss both of them! 🙂

Goes to show how this era was the breaking point for This Kind of technology... then bush took office and invaded Iraq and promoted oil..... 20 years later EV's are just now getting grip.

The line of cars following @0:50 lol

i liked these

This is the exact kind of car that everyone claims that they want to carmakers to build today - but nobody would ever actually buy if it were made.

Needs a turbo.

Cool time capsule; her fake desk has a Roledex and NO computer; good times.

Quattro sport was an amazing car. The Audi Coupe was one of my favorites

As a kid growing up, I remember so many of those with basketball-sized rust holes in the bodies

It’s unbelievable that this was a quarter of a century ago.

He calls this Chevette "homegrown". Nothing about this car was US-based. The car itself was based on the European Opel/Vauxhall T-platform, and the diesel engine was made by Isuzu... Hell, even the gasoline engine wasn't US designed.

They just don't make 'em like they used to.

I had a mint condition 1 in early 2000s got it for 100 bucks starter went out would have to remove engine to fix !i had a 4 speed would do 85 very torque y don't think much slower than gas version

Never saw one of those on the road.

This was one of my first cars. I got it free and put a clutch in it. It was so slow, but I had fun with it. It was really cheap to drive.

At the time the only other car that had as bad of a reputation that it's sank it's resale value was the Chrysler Sebring

The movie "Fargo" had not been created yet, but its star was born.

A friend I worked with bought a diesel Chevette, he was bragging every day about the MPG’s said he was getting 40+ miles a gallon, we got us a 8 gallon can of diesel and added a little every once and a while, we got him up to about 80 mpg before he caught us. He was mad at us for about 6 months, but talking about an old boy that was tickled while we was doing it!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Thinking the 3.3L inline 6 would have been the best engine.

I think the only thing in that era that beat it's mpg was the Dodge Colt...with the "economy" lever..lol My uncle...I believe got around 55 or 60 mpg with the Colt. Then again...he never drove it past 45 mph.

The Ciera lasted until 1996... quite an accomplishment.

love a good ciera!

It’s so cool hearing about Group B while it’s actually going on. I love rally.

Tan Ciera, Tan Ciera!

Why wouldnt you buy a diesel vw instead of this thing?

MW must have driven this one hard. I struggle to get below 30mpg in mixed driving in my Cougar V6 manual. For 24mpg i would have to drive in 2nd gear.

D-FENS!

The theatrics of their tests were so cheesy...... why is there a group of cones in a circle with someone standing in the middle for a turning circle test????? That means they had to place the cones within the exact area they already determined other wise they would be driving over the cones if it turned tighter than their initial setup..... Its just funny. 😂 then home cheese runs over and slaps the roof for the brake test? 😂😂

Well, if they began the diesel Chevette 0-60 test back in 1982 it should almost be there by now.

You can't even pull out in front a bicycle on that thing safely.

That was expensive for 1982. Over $8000 as tested. I got a Ford Escort (4 speed manual, no A/C) for about $6000 in 1986. That $8000 in 1982 is about $26,000 in 2024. Also I chuckled at the idea that 2400 pounds was heavy. Cars now are VERY heavy.

Wow how did they actually chirp the tires?

Had the chevette. And my salesman for the shop has the ford escort wagon, with the mazda diesel. Both ran hundreds of thousands of miles

I had a 1983 Pontiac Acadian with an Isuzu diesel with a standard transmission. Cost me like $7 to fill it up, and it went 300 miles. Lasted until it rusted out, and then I used it as a generator and farm engine for 25 years.