Here's how Geo became the only GM brand that had no GM cars

[@WAncouvOR]

My dad was in an accident in a Geo Metro. He accidentally drove off a cliff in Southern Utah. Somehow he survived. So props to the geo metro for saving my dad.

[@gsxerwhite]

My friends older sister got hit head on in a brand new Geo Storm. She had two friends in the car and no one got hurt. The Storm was totaled. She actually used the insurance money to buy a Mitsubishi Eclipse lol

[@sebastianabsolution655]

nope.😄😄😄

[@gsxerwhite]

@Jenniolms probably the visual of someone going over a cliff in a metro while screaming?

[@ignasanchezl]

You could also blame the metro for sendimg him off a cliff but, well at least he survived.

[@ricky-sanchez]

Pretty sure the geo might have *caused* the accident...

[@nismo2070]

I worked for Toyota in the 90's. The sales staff were VERY annoyed about the Geo Prizm. It was a Corolla for less money because GM was offering incentives at the time and they were going for 1000 less than an identically equipped Corolla.

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

Plus It Was A Lot SEXIER Than The Corolla!

[@conroypaw]

@@richardkaltenbach3961 - Debatable. Depends on which Corolla. I think the SR5 and GT-S coupes were sexier than the Prizm, which didn't have a two door option. The sedan Corolla for the early 90s were indeed cheaper looking because of the extensive use of plastics and admittedly a bit snooze inducing.

[@apj341]

Chevy dealership in southern Oregon basically threw in a Geo Prizm sedan in a package office lease deal with some Chevy Blazers in 1995. So I got a new car with just 11 miles on the odometer. Ended up buying the car at the end of the lease. Good car, albeit an automatic, until it got T-boned with nearly 200K miles around 2006.

[@JohnSmith-fi2ck]

I remember when my step dad bought a prism, I didnt know it was a Toyota and thought it was a bigger metro. I drove the car and thought wow this feels a lot like my accord, solid, quiet, smooth 4 cylinder and well built. It turned out to be a great car that he drove for many years.

[@Gil-jw3om]

Worked for chevy geo dealer and had a 94 Geo prism and later a 97 Prism both lasted for over 250,000 miles

[@redneck4528]

@W J Corolla not Camry

[@eldesgraciado6690]

Those were Corollas so they're supposed to last.

[@Sonoma_Coast]

@Frank Dux Yes, same everything as a Toyota Corolla of that year built in Fremont Cal. at the GM plant they called at the time the New United Motors. Tesla later took that plant over after GM closed it.

[@andysaunders3708]

You must have done all that pesky basic maintenance. You wild-man.

[@five12man]

Don't sleep on that 90s Japanese!

[@terrapinrocks]

I love my 96 Metro. I think I've only filled up the gas tank twice LOL

[@erikgonzalez2278]

same had a 2001 chevy metro 4 door as my first car in 2006 man that little thing filled up with $10-15 lasted almost a week too!

[@yoshigokyriya]

i have a 89 2 door Geo Metro I fill its tank every 3 weeks... totally love it

[@fidelsolis6070]

Wow really it's that dependible? Wow I want a geo

[@fidelsolis6070]

You know it's funny hm use to say that hey want nothing to do with geo prizm cars. Yet Almost no one wants gm. I still want to buy a Geo prizm or metro

[@russgould707]

It's unbelievable how much backseat legroom is in a 96 Geo Metro. You can fit an unbelievable amount of stuff in a hatchback Metro.

[@looniethemoonie5353]

My sister had a Geo Storm when I was a kid. I always thought those partially concealed headlights were the coolest thing.

[@shaneb.3982]

My sister had one as well. My brother and I would steal it when she would go sleep. We were 14 and 15 yrs old. We would mark where the steering wheel was turned.

[@looniethemoonie5353]

@@shaneb.3982 lol that's awesome!

[@johnnymason2460]

The Storm would be more popular today if it got the 1.6 liter turbo 4!!!!

[@johnnymason2460]

@Yule Calma I don't drive right now! The last car I had was a 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum sedan!

[@johnnymason2460]

One of my cousins used to own a Geo Storm! The back seat was awful(very uncomfortable)! The 1991-1992 Storm Hatchback had a roomier rear seat! A turbo model would have helped sales tremendously!!!

[@JimmyTheMachine]

My grandpa was the development officer for the town of Ingersoll in the 80s and was a key player in bringing the Cami plant to town. Cool to see some of my home town family history on the internet. Nifty!

[@thebikehippie6562]

@James William That's awesome.. I thank your grandpa for both my Chevy sprint and my Asuna Sunrunner 👍

[@davidburton612]

I bought a 1990 GEO Tracker right off the showroom floor, it had all the bells and whistles. no money down. took the 1000.00 dollar rebate and went on vacation. loved that lil mountain goat. wish I had it today.

[@goodbonezz1289]

Yeah they were actually really good off road and in deep snow!

[@anthonys8923]

I had one of those too. Bought it for $2500 when it was 9 years old. Had a lot of good memories in it. I remember once it was snowing and my friends in the back seat were complaining that it was snowing inside too. I guess the soft top wasn’t stopping the snow from coming inside.

[@tony_5156]

The official Jeep killer

[@arri275555]

My friend had a 93 Metro back in high school. It was so small we would drive it on sidewalks lol good times

[@dmaxsba]

Had my 5 speed Geo Metro for 10 years. It was the very first "new car" I ever purchased. Over 250,000 miles with ZERO quality issues. Did nothing to it other than general maintenance the entire time I owned it. I really miss that car!

[@Euorgos]

Now that you've covered Geo, how about a video on the now forgotten GM brand çalled "Asuna"? These were sold in Canada in the late 80's to early 90's. Asuna and Pontiac in Canada also had their own versions of the Tracker.

[@Bartonovich52]

I thought it was just a year or two in the 90s. Like 92-93? There was Passport which came before.. and then afterwards the dealerships went to Saturn, SAAB, Isuzu.

[@josephlucas502]

I've owned four Geos throughout the years. I have a soft spot in my heart for those little cars, especially the Metro.

[@anthonymiller3970]

In the 80’s 1 of every 2 cars sold in the United States was a GM product. Today 1 in every 13 vehicles sold in the USA is a GM.

[@MDSE2]

They used to be pretty big in Europe too. Now I don’t think you can even buy a GM product here. Opel is sold to PSA, Saab is dead, Chevrolet is gone...

[@sandasturner9529]

@@MDSE2 I miss SAAB 😭

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Look at their trucks for part of the reason. They are ugly af, far too pricey, and there are 657 different versions. This from a guy who was a diehard GM/Chevy guy growing up. The company has totally lost its way, except for the POSSIBLE exception of the Corvette.

[@firellio070]

@@rv2167 bruh. . .

[@jcrowellz2000]

GM has consistently made garbage vehicles since the mid '00. You would think something like the Geo Tracker would sell quite well today

[@tbits76]

Don't forget the even shorter-lived Asüna brand in Canada. It was basically the same as Geo, and the Storm was called the Asüna Sunfire, the name later being given to Pontiac as the successor to the Sunbird. A 2001 Pontiac Sunfire GT was my first new car.

[@haweater1555]

To further complicate the Canadian market, GM used the "Passport" brand for a few years in the late 80's for rebadged Far East cars. The big beneficiaries for the multiple brand churning was the manufacturers of new dealership signs.

[@Bartonovich52]

Plus the captive imports like the Pontiac Le Mans (Daewoo Le Mans), and Chevy Nova (Toyota Corolla).

[@Dill709]

Came to say he same thing. There was also the Sunrunner which was the same as the tracker.

[@mercurysable9921]

asuna had their own version of the lemans too, named the se/gt. the se was available as a sedan or hatchback, and the gt was hatchback only

[@freedun4961]

@@haweater1555 Passport wasn't a car brand, it was the name of the Canadian dealer network for Saab and Isuzu (GM import brands at the time). There was one rebadged car sold in those stores, the Optima, but it was technically a brandless car, there were no Passport badges on it at all. After Saturn launched, all Passport dealerships in Canada were renamed Saturn-Saab-Isuzu stores, and the Optima was rebadged again as Asüna and given to the Pontiac dealers to sell.

[@GLHS592]

Do a feature on the Suzuki Samurai, you mentioned in this video. The rollover issue was vastly exaggerated by Consumer Reports.

[@duster497]

Actually I just found out in the past year that Consumer Reports essentially rigged the Samurai to fail from the beginning, and tested until it did tip, which took several tests. The testers can be heard saying something like 'FINALLY we got it!!' There's a youtube video on it thats pretty interesting.

[@Oddman1980]

@@duster497 It took them almost 50 attempts to get the wheels to come up. That's silly, give me 50 tries and I could probably flip a Camaro.

[@jamesfisk3655]

Similar was true for the Isuzu Trooper

[@patrickracer43]

Consumer Reports rigged their test of the Samurai because the son of the head of Consumer Reports wrecked his Samurai, I watched the Donut Media Up to Speed on it

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

The Suzuki Samurai Rollover Issue Was A Crock Of Shit And A Fallacy!

[@andycheek766]

Love my Geo Metro, I used to make 140 mile trips to Atlanta regularly on the interstate at 80 miles an hour it would use at the most 4 gallons of gas it was built like a tin can though

[@XL-sn1jx]

Sold my metro with just over 450,000 miles. That 3pot 5spd just didn't die, still maintained 50mph. It was without a doubt one of the best and most fun cars I've ever owned

[@sixerjosh]

My mom had a 4-door Geo Metro. I drove it all the time as a kid. 17 years old, pushing that little 3-cylinder to its limits. I remember taking it to the coast and having trouble parallel parking it even though it’s super small. My friends and I picked it up and lifted it in place. This channel is a stroll down memory lane. I love it!

[@VitoVeccia]

I remember one of the old timer parts guys at the dealership, mentioned a consumer reports article on Geo long time ago. They took a geo and a Toyota, and had people drive both of them. Everyone liked the Toyota better......then they told them it was the exact same car.....

[@fernarias]

It's like when a customer threw a fit when I told him that the toyota camry and the lexus es250, that he owned, were the same car.

[@glennso47]

Just like the Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Omni. In fact one local Chrysler dealer had one in their showroom back in the day where one end of the car had the Dodge nameplate and the other end of the same car had the Plymouth nameplate

[@AcmeRacing]

I had a Japanese engineer come to our company to train us on his company's product. He told me with great pride that his Chevrolet rental car was _really_ a Japanese Toyota, and how nice it was. It was a Cavalier! I pointed to the secretary's Nova parked next to it and told him that it was really a Corolla from the NUMMI "joint venture" plant, but the car he was driving was from Detroit. I had my Girlfriend's Spectrum that day, and I pointed to it and told him it was an Isuzu I-Mark. He was embarrassed and offended that I'd pointed out he was wrong. (Even Rosalie's Corolla/Nova was built in California.)

[@hectorperezphotographer]

I used to have a 93 Geo Storm GSI 1.8, modified suspention, intake, ig. Coil and what a blast it was to drive. Also on that same platform, had an Isuzu Impulse RS, the turbo AWD one . Great cars.

[@chaseman94]

3:59 - everytime I think about Geo this always comes to mind

[@glennso47]

Back in the day A & P Food Stores had some super discount places called WEO. So you could take your GEO to the WEO( Catchy😁)

[@Joncotter324]

My first car was a ‘97 Geo Prizm. I had it for 13 years and put 400k miles on it. What a gem I thought I had at the time and went all over the US & Canada/Alaska on road trips when I was in my 20s. Watching this is taking me back to those carefree days. Awesome video, thanks!

[@patricklynch9574]

I wanted to keep my prism around as a gas-powered air conditioner but my mom said no.😪🤣

[@Peter_Yachymczyk]

Why a Prism (Toyota Corolla) should use the Geo Metro (did they even have AC as an option though) as those are better on gas!

[@patricklynch9574]

@@Peter_Yachymczyk that's the car I had at the time I bought it for 300 dollars drove it for 6 years and put 36k miles on it. I was driving it one day and I heard a loud metallic "shink" as I was with jumping on the freeway drove it for an extra hundred twenty miles what really killed it was taking a Cloverleaf.

[@MidlandTexan]

A 1991 Geo Prizm LSi was my first new car, I kept it 12 years and 187,200 miles until I gave it to a friend as he had no car. It was a great car.

[@scottchantos2388]

That was my first car too.

[@wlerailfan9870]

OMG THAT WAS MY DAD'S FIRST CAR

[@ShoumikKundu]

Probably because it was basically a Toyota corolla

[@laniaastewart4130]

I got that car right now as we speak I’m learning the history I just Matt black it and added some stickers

[@efandmk3382]

@@ShoumikKundu Actually, it was a Suzuki Swift with GM badges.

[@MountainDewComacho494]

The 1989 Prizm hatchback was my first car. I loved it! I got into a really bad wreck and totaled it. Me and everybody else in the car walked away with minor injuries. So kudos to the safety features of the Geo Prizm! I owned '92 Prizm sedan. I brought it with me to Germany when I was in the military. I got it up to I think 110 mph. The speedometer only went to 85. I kept it about 10 years and drove it 250,000 miles. I sold it to someone else at that time and it still ran. I later owned a Chevy Prizm. I totalled that car and again walked away with minor injuries. So thank you Geo for keeping me and my family alive.

[@joemelbucik]

I had a 1997 Geo Metro with the 3 cylinder 1.0L engine and 5 speed manual transmission. Got about 47mpg no matter how I drove it. I'm more of a large car with V8 type of a car guy but I do miss having that Geo.

[@darrencucinella7815]

I had a Geo Storm GSI with a 5 speed. Great little car. Fun to drive.

[@haydnredx]

In Maryland some guy has a yellow storm with the pop ups. Would love to talk to the owner about it

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

I had a black one with the pop up headlights. I didn't think they were anything special.

[@Luke77rat]

We had a rental in Cuba that was a Geo Tracker-no idea how they importet them.But we had a week of fun in the sun with it.

[@alfonsosolis5757]

I’m still looking for a 1992 Geo Storm GSI. In that green color that came in. I just love that car.

[@danlove4270]

Last week in Monticello, MN I saw a Turquiose Geo Storm....they are out there

[@alfonsosolis5757]

@@danlove4270 Dude that’s awesome!

[@mikelewis5900]

There are so many wrong facts in this video I think this video needs to be remade with true facts about years models and engine sizes. Geo and suzuki never made a 1.3L 3 cyl it was a 1.3L 4 cyl and the tracker/sidekick had a 1.6 not a freaking 2.6. They never made a 2.6 for any of there cars period. Not sure where this guy got his info from but his info needed to be fact checked first. I love these cars and I hate it when people that don't know what they are talking about try to portray that they do.

[@rowee101]

@@mikelewis5900 The Geo Metro had a 1.3L 3 cylinder engine in 1995 because I had one.

[@redneck4528]

@@rowee101 the three cyl was a 1.0, the four cyl was 1.3 Suzuki didn't have a 1.6 until the esteem their suv's had bigger engines.

[@kamX-rz4uy]

That Simpsons scene still cracks me up to this day. My mom owned a Prizm and overall it was a good car.

[@turbo1gts]

Glad I clicked on this. There were some bonus cars in there besides the Geo ones. Brought back a lot of memories, there was so much variety back then.

[@donnis618]

I had a 1991 white Geo Storm GSI back in the day. Loved that car. drove it from Virginia to California and back when I was in the Navy. Good times

[@thomosburn8740]

Some fun trivia about the 1992 Prizm: there was a heat shield (to protect the radiator's rubber hoses from melting) over the front-mounted exhaust manifold, and the trapped heat caused the manifold to split down the middle every 60k or so miles, resulting in all the exhaust & noise leaking out the front of the engine. In a Corolla of the same year, the heat shield had a porthole in the middle to strategically vent this heat, preventing the manifold from cracking. After I replaced three of these (heavy, expensive) manifolds I removed the offending shield permanently, and using twine I tied the rubber hoses out of the way of the manifold so that the heat would not melt them.

[@phyrexiancoffee6324]

Glad to see someone else with love for the Geo Storm. I've been looking to get one for my next project, and they can be super difficult to find.

[@maximilianacosta2625]

Thanks for the wonderful memories of these compact cars. It is important to note, that the The Chevy Spectrum was the Isuzu I-Mark. The joint venture of GM and Isuzu motors. Thank you for the wonderful trip down memory lane nevertheless.

[@johnnymason2460]

I used to have a 1987 Chevrolet Spectrum I got from my mother. One of my aunts also had one when she was alive. I wish the turbo version and the 16V engine(used in the Isuzu I-Mark RS at the time) were available with an automatic. They would have been better versions to own and drive.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

I always liked Geo's 😊

[@TehPSFanboy]

A guy near me still owns a Pontiac Firefly, I usually see it parked or driving around the neighborhood. It's rusted to hell and looks like it's been repainted a dozen times, but somehow it's still going.

[@thebikehippie6562]

They go forever

[@carleeelena03]

Me on 2 hours sleep

[@kristensorensen2219]

My 90 Geo Storm is my used baby; only 92k miles it is in mint shape. It still gets complements for its looks!!💝

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

My son commuted in a Geo Metro for 20 years. He just kept replacing the engine. Until low mileage engines were no longer available in junk yards.

[@grzegorzpawowski2076]

I remember I've once spotted one and probably only Geo Metro in my country, in traffic. Small Polish industrial town, of all places in the world, is probably the last place you would expect a Geo Metro to pop up in.

[@Redline1986]

I've owned both a geo spectrum (1989) and geo storm wagonback (1992), both are fantastic and fun cars to throw around!

[@rodneywaugh8535]

I had 2 different metro's..... At over 50 mph..... And plenty of interior room in the front seat..... Can't say that about the back seat lol...... These little things were super when gas prices went through the roof... But finding parts for them were quite the challenge!

[@oeldisplay24n]

I had 2 geo storms when I was in high school, a 93 manual (sold it), then a 92 auto (fixed it while owning the 93, but then wreaked it), then bought back the 93. Watching this, I miss them. For time of reference I worked at circuit city after graduation while driving the 93, that was 2005!

[@punchy207]

i really liked how geos looked in the late 90's

[@punchy207]

especially the metro

[@sudmuck]

@Maxwell Scott How bizarre, how bizarre, oooh baby.

[@ijustwannabeadrummer]

Yeah a yellow Geo Storm ⛈ comes to mind

[@SylvainRozon]

Hello I had a 1991 Pontiac Firefly which was fabulous...I only had cold idle problems before I sold it. I loved it for its fuel economy and excellent handling. I had to let it go because I moved. A shaming $100 to the local recycler though the car was immaculate...Fortunately the car was re-sold so I think...thanks for reading me!!!!

[@buddy8225]

I like Geos. Girlfriend had a Tracker, cousin owned a metro. ❤️

[@BigDT.BigDenny]

I had a 1990 Geo Prizm (Red sedan, 5-speed and NO Air conditioning.) that I got for my senior year in High School. Bought it in August of 1989 and used it all through college. eventually selling it to fraternity brother in 1995. This car never let me sit and for the longest time I always said it was mechanically the best car I ever owned. got me through everything. Blizzards, (I was a ski instructor in college and it always got me to the resort). It wasn't until 2006 when I bought my Mercedes C230 that I finally could say I found a car more reliable. (Its August 2024 and I still have it with 300k miles on it). but I do remember my Prizm with fond memories. I wonder what happened to it after all this time?

[@adamtrombino106]

I remember working on these back in the day. Getting parts for Toyota based cars, n/p. However, getting parts for those made by Isuzu was next to impossible. I remember calling the local Chevy/Geo dealer asking for an engine gasket set for a Storm. The guy actually laughed at me.. that was around 1999 or 2000...

[@JoeHinesFla]

I remember being amazed when my grandfather bought a brand new 92 Prism and a brand new Evinrude 25 HP outboard for his boat, both with cash on the same day. That Prizm was a pretty nice little car, I drove it like it was a big go cart. My sister later ended up buying a clapped out Geo Storm that wasn’t nearly as fun to drive.

[@vincecarnevale4406]

Rented a Geo metro while on vacation in South Florida,3cyl ,I swear it got 40 mpg,fun and easy to drive.

[@DanTheMailman330]

My dad had a 90 and 98 metro. Things ran forever, until rust got it here in Ohio

[@Re_Kitty]

They are pointless in the modern world, I can easily get 40mpg in my diesel bmw with much more comfort and power

[@DanTheMailman330]

Nice apples to oranges comparison. In the mid 90s averaging over 50mpg and purchased new for under $9k and you compare it to a new BMW? And we're talking about cars you can afford/know how to maintain for a decade. There's nothing more expensive than a cheap BMW...

[@Re_Kitty]

@@DanTheMailman330 nope wrong lol I'm comparing it to a 2003 BMW nothing "new" about it. It's just based on modern technology.

[@DanTheMailman330]

@@Re_Kitty good luck with that

[@jnburch]

I had a 92 tracker hardtop that met its demise because the driver of a cement truck was temporarily blinded by the sun. I was hit sitting still and he was doing about 20 mph. I was lucky enough to only walk away with a little neck and back pain. I’m not sure about the rest of the stable but the trackers were well built.

[@StoneyBrownTV]

Great video. My first roommate had a Geo Tracker. He would often do all he could to try and destroy it but it kept on running.

[@GenealogistBuchanan]

In December 1989 I bought a new silver-colored 1990 Pontiac Firefly, with a 3-cylinder engine and 5-speed manual transmission, it could run a long time on a tank of gasoline. This was a good feature as I was driving 60,000 km/year. It was a cute car and fun to drive. We put over 400,000 km on this car. In 1993 we bought a new identical twin, except this one was red and was labeled “Suzuki Swift GA”. We put over 500,000 km on this car! Thank you for reminding me of these wonderful cars.

[@bryandhispup]

I'd like to see a video on the Dodge Shadow/Plymouth Sundance. My mom had a 91 Shadow lift back. It was interesting because it had a notch back design, but the entire hatch opened, rear glass and all. 👍

[@turbo1gts]

My LeBaron GTS has the same thing, it is handy to have the folding rear seat and hatchback, I used it to help us move a couple of times before we had children.

[@DrivingTheClassics]

Thank you for that. As you mentioned, my first New car was a 1994 Geo Metro 4 door hatch back with the 5 speed manual. I was a poor college student and for $8995, that was all I was able to afford at the time. I really grew to love that little car. I put a lot of miles on it and it was cheap to maintain. Tires were $17 each at the time. When I met met my now ex wife at the time, she had a red 93 Geo Storm, just like the one you show. So, your video brought back a lot of good memories.

[@DanTheMailman330]

Alternative title: Why Geo was the the most reliable GM brand

[@randymagnum143]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 3 years and into the scrap yard. More like a reality check of japanese "qUaLiTy"

[@foxtrot312]

Prizm = corolla that's it.

[@Embargoman]

If Japan made airplanes, an airline from Australia will only buy airplanes that are made in Japan and Boeing becomes a dodo bird.

[@randymagnum143]

@@Embargoman Mitsubishi *does* build airliners. They are powered by Pratt &Whitney engines. Mitsubishi automobiles are not known to be very high quality. I had a mitshubishi truck, and it was of significantly poorer engineering and build quality than the Dodge Dakota that replaced it. As a matter of fact, Mitsubishi ended up selling rebadged Dakotas.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

1:00 Those 1987/88 Chevrolet Sprint *Turbos* were a hoot to drive. They had almost DOUBLE the torque as the non-turbo but only weighed 50lbs more. It was like driving a really fast go-cart! Still, it was so tiny that no matter what you still got great mileage. Win-win!

[@daninmi1648]

The Tracker had a 1.6 liter engine. Other than that, great video.

[@negativeindustrial]

The Geo Corolla had a 1.6l engine also. Not the 1.4l stated here. I had one and it had the legendary 4AGE engine like the desirable older Corollas except now in a transverse FWD layout.

[@bdd1469]

I think the confusion comes from it's cousin the Suzuki Side kick. They had a 1.3 the first few years. The tracker had two different 1.6's , one with DOHC , along with a 2.0 and 2.5 v6 in the Chevy years.

[@russgould707]

@@bdd1469 there were two different Tracker 1.6 engines. Both had single cams. One was two valves per cylinder. The other was four valves per cylinder with port injection.

[@gregoryeaston9396]

Owned a 1990 Geo Prizm LSI sedan. Bought it new and drove it for 14 years. Put over 320K miles on the car. Only problem I had with it was the Delco radio - which happened to be the only thing General Motors about the Prizm. It was a great little car.

[@seandoole6504]

Even weirder, for the '92 & '93 model years they sold the Impulse and the Sidekick under the Asüna brand in Canada, and called them the Sunfire and Sunrunner respectively. Confusing, especially since it was possible during the duration of production to buy the Sidekick badged by Chevrolet, Suzuki, Asüna, Pontiac, GMC AND by Geo.

[@ydmf2]

There was also a rebadged Daewoo (Pontiac) LeMans called the Asuna GT.

[@Salvaging-in-Az]

Owned a 1990 3 cyl metro from 2011 - 2019. Bought it for $500 in AZ. It had “Mi corazón” etched into the top of the windshield 😀. Drove it DAILY to work and around town... The most expensive thing I ever replaced was the clutch, at about $250. That was it!! Sold it in 2019 for what I bought it for... $500. And my phone was blowing up all day of people wanting to buy it. I really miss that car.

[@Macs_TCG_82009]

I have a 92 geo storm gsi! My favorite car!

[@RWernsing]

My first new car was '93 GEO Metro LSI convertible. I loved that car! She stayed with me for 10 years, never needing any major work!

[@bongodave13]

Had a Metro which I drove the crap out of. It was slow, but it handled great, got 40+ mpg, and was super reliable. Still running great when I sold it.

[@duster497]

We had a 2 door Tracker, 4 door Sidekick (both the 'original' gen style), 4 door Sprint, and my favorite-the car I learned to drive stick in, my parents brand new 1989 Swift GTi. I love(d) Geo/Suzuki. I loved the mid 90's Prizm, but ultimately have own two of the other NUMMI car, the Corolla of the same timeframe. The flip up headlights Storm still looks bad ass, and a Geo Metro convertible is the only bucket list car I have-someday!!!

[@ccave-ss8lj]

"It's a GEO!!"- Ned Flanders

[@theturtle2121]

My first car was a blue 1991 Geo Prizm. I’ve also owned a 1991 Geo Storm, 1997 Geo Metro, 1998 Chev Metro, and currently still own a 1996 Geo Metro. I always wanted a two door Geo Tracker but those flimsy soft tops don’t do well with Alaska’s weather🥶☃️❄️ Awesome video!👍

[@pathaze4299]

I remember I used to have a 1999 Toyota Corolla and I raced a guy next to me who had a 1999 Geo Prizm. I ended up winning 😂

[@Peter_Yachymczyk]

Same car

[@joeb2588]

I know Toyota's were using the 1.8 but using their 1.6 in the prizm. That could have been the difference!

[@bradkroboth5490]

@@joeb2588 I had a 2000 prizm, it had a Toyota 1zz 1.8L vvti engine, got almost 50 mpg if driven right, and I sold it w almost 300k miles on it

[@joeb2588]

@@bradkroboth5490 that's awesome!

[@Yophillips3272]

My ex gf had a Prizm that thing was gutless. Idk where they are getting that 130hp from, I had cars with 110HP that would smoke it.

[@AcmeRacing]

My wife's first car was the base model 1988 Chevrolet Spectrum Express. It still ran great when we got rid of it at 120,000 miles. It was just starting to develop some serious rust in the rear wheelwells. Besides maintenance items, we only did a few minor repairs in the 11 years she had it.

[@leeheverly]

My mother had a Geo prism, the thing ran great,Had well over 200,000 miles when my sister decided to crash it, and the only reason why my dad bought it was because he knew it was a Toyota Corolla clone

[@MajorOutage]

The Prizm was actually not a clone of the USDM Corolla. It was based off the JDM (Corolla) Sprinter. But yeah the two were alike enough to roll off the same assembly line at NUMMI.

[@catjudo1]

When I met my second wife, she was driving a Suzuki Sidekick, the early one with the four wheel drive transfer case. After we got married, she used the four door as her car (and small daughter transport) while I used the little Sidekick as a commuter car. And it worked great! I could flip the top back and roll the windows down and just enjoy my drive in (the slushbox tranny meant easy stop and go traffic). We decided to sell it as it was starting to come apart at the seams, and my wife had it sold within two hours of it listing. They make great little off roaders and utility vehicles when an old Toyota Hilux or Tacoma won't fit. The Geo would have been just as much fun, but she was always glad she had the Suzuki instead as it was less common than the Tracker.

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

I know its not that old but can you do the Oldsmobile alero?

[@shoemaker924]

i second this. i had a grand am and it was basically the same thing!

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

@@shoemaker924 same as the cavalier z24

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

The Achieva Was A Far Superior Car To The Alero. Just Sayin'!

[@der_pinguin44]

Or the Aurora!

[@romanseano]

@@BIGGIEDEVIL The Alero & Grand Am are not related to the Cavalier. You might be thinking of the Pontiac Sunbird / Sunfire.

[@speedyd8150]

I owned a Geo Storm and a Geo Tracker back in the day. Loved them both. The Tracker is iconic.

[@danielmzlos1895]

Growing up in the early 2000s fast and furious days, I actually use to like the geo storm, I thought I was a preety cool car, but I wouldn't want one because it would be embarrassing to show up at your friend's with a geo... 🥴🤣.. And then that Simpsons bit really just made it worst

[@CamdenBloke]

I had a second gen metro in the early 2000s. A motion picture director who was making a film in the town I was living in at the time expressed interest in using it in his film - it would have been driven by Heather Graham. As you can guess, having a Geo Metro as my one and only car meant that I didn't have a lot of money at the time and was pretty reliant on it, so I had some reserve. When he asked if I would consider letting him paint it, I told him only if it was a good paint job and not some Maaco paint job that would start flaking off. We exchanged info but eventually he went with another option. The film was eventually released but I think the viewership was so low that almost nobody knew about it (called At Any Price). I've never actually watched it start to finish.

[@BillLaBrie]

Coincidentally, the only GM division with decent products for the time.

[@spyder000069]

I had the Metro XFI 5 speed and 50 mpg was pretty common for me. It was one of the most reliable cars I ever owned. No AC, no power windows, no power steering. One time in a rough head on wind I was holding back traffic because the car could not reach 50 mph. I did have it on the highway often at 70 and it was a white knuckle ride but it made it. For its time and its faults I'd still give it a 10 out of 10 for giving you exactly what you would expect for what it was. In comparison I also have owned a '16 chevy spark and again it was dead reliable only this time for the same size car it would easily run 85+ and would regularly get 40mpg even with the AC on. Power everything, automatic trans, quiet ride, and very peppy for its small 4cyl motor. Amazing what 20 years of tech advancement can do to refine the experience.

[@tynewlin]

Great video. I've always had a soft spot for the most basic, analogue econo-mobiles like the Geo Metro and VW Rabbit my parents used to drive. I just picked up a 93 Ford Festiva and it's hilariously fun. You should cover that car next since it was Ford's answer to the import econo-boxes of the time, much like GM's Geo/Saturn.

[@jamesk370]

My very first new car was a Geo Metro. I had a lot of good times in that little car. There's part of me that wouldn't mind finding one, completely overhauling it and bring it as close to "zero-mile" condition as humanly possible.

[@SacSynths_Jack_Z]

6:20 The guy puts his fish on the door sill!?! 😂 This had me absolutely dying! These old commercials... soo good!

[@joshbaker2437]

I had a geo metro in the early 2000's, while attending UW Stevens point. I remember how quickly the heat worked in Wisconsin winters. Probably because the engine was only a 3 cylinder and warmed up quickly

[@travisdavis5182]

Glad the algorithm is having channels like this pop up finally. Great content. Brings back some fond memories being a kid of the 70s and 80s. Not sure if it falls in there but a episode on the Capri would be good! Mad max car! My parents had one with sheepskin seats! Lol

[@danielknauss5019]

My first car was a 1991 Isuzu Stylus. I thought it had poorly designed windshield wiper controls but the car was fairly unique until the first time I looked closely inside a Geo Storm and saw the same dashboard I had. By the time I got mine in 1999, only 3 of the 4 cylinders were working properly, and repairing the cracked cylinder head on the 4th would have cost more than the car was worth. It soldiered on until someone sped up and then stopped short in front of me. The cost the imported body parts needed to fix the front end vastly outweighed the value of the vehicle at that point, and it was totaled.

[@kevinvoyer5053]

Ok I’ll admit the wife and I were GEO owners. The first was her 1991 Geo Tracker 4x4, basic convertible, 1.3 LT, 4 cyl, with a nice shifting 5 speed. No radio, roll up windows, basic removable floor mats like a Wrangler hose out interior. Not much power, but very light. But actually fantastic off road and in snow. By 30,000 miles all four shocks blew out, front struts and rear shocks. That I had replaced at the dealer, labor under warranty, with great KONI adjustable struts/shocks I paid for, plus oversized tires at 265/70-15. The only options were nice alloy wheels and nice heavy duty skid plates that went from the front bumper, under the engine,trans and transfer case plus gas tank, making the little truck go places off road like a champ! She drove it for 6 trouble free years after the shocks blew. But but 72,000 miles a problem cropped up where the fuel pump fuse kept blowing out, often enough to carry a few spares, mostly on startup! Ended up being a short in the built in the gas tank fuel pump/filter!!! That was suppose to cost $900!!! Yea, I put a 20 amp fuse in a 15 amp spot, went down to the local VW dealer an traded it in on a sweet new Golf K2!

[@TJsVette]

I had a 93 metro, I used it to go to and from work (roughly 120 miles a day) and only had to fill it up once a week. It was great.

[@danielanderson8502]

I used to race Suzuki Swift GTi’s since 1995. I also had Geo Metro’s at times as a daily driver and my friends used to say GEO stood for “Gerbal Engine Option”. 😂 I loved those cars. Easy to work on, easy to go fast but when they started rusting, it went bad quickly.

[@Simple_Jack82]

I am surprised that the convertible didn't sell well. I used to see them all the time in LA in the 90's.

[@michaelsimko7694]

I can still remember seeing many Prizms, Trackers, and Metros on the roads when I was a kid in the 90s. The Tracker convertible was so attractive and really fit in with the generation of the early and mid 90s. The Prizm was perfectly practical. The Metro was perfect for the urban commuters. As for the Storm, I never saw too many, but it was very sporty looking and would make a perfect little street sleeper for enthusiasts willing to do tuning on the engine or pop a turbo 4 into it.

[@rpmcnee]

i worked at a gm dealership and another salesman tested an aveo, it barely made it up the nearest hill. the guy said he could never sell that piece of sh*t. hahaha. good memories.

[@beyedubya7777]

I had an 89 Geo Prism for my first car (in 99). Learned how to drive manual in it. Got it for 500 dollars. It was a great car.

[@negativeindustrial]

The 1st gen Prism also offered an option for the 1.6L Toyota/Yamaha 4A-GE engine in it’s transverse mounted variety that made the top level Prism a whole lot of fun. I used use one as my heater car and it never failed. Ended up giving it to a girl when I upgraded my beater to an LS400.

[@99Stutz]

My first car was a 1995 baby blue 3-cylinder Metro with a manual transmission. It was awesome. I remember when gas dipped under $1/gallon in the late 90s I filled it up one time for eleven dollars. It was slow but got great MPG and could go almost anywhere. Strangely, my second car was a '99 Chevy Prizm, also a manual. I think it was identical to a Toyota Corolla but cheaper because of the branding.

[@BrainyThyme3869]

I race a 1994 Prizm Mini-stock. That thing was built as a race car in 2009, and it still runs!

[@acadian76]

I had a 1995 Pontiac Firefly SE hatchback with the 1.3 L 4 cylinder engine. It was a great little car for the city great gas mileage, peppy and could haul a lot in the hatch. Also, in Canada we had rebadged versions on the Tracker - GMC Tracker, Pontiac & Asuna Sunrunner, there was also short lived twin to the Geo Storm - Asuna Sunfire. Asuna`s were sold at Pontiac dealers.

[@Coffeeman-yq6xu]

A red 1990 GEO Storm Gsi was my first car that I bought on my own. I miss it sometimes. It drove pretty well, good on gas, and cool styling.

[@Noah_E]

I had a 1992 Geo Prizm LS-I as a beater/backup until 2013. The title said Chevrolet, but Toyota logos were all over the place. It was very reliable other than a lot of brittle plastics as it got older. It spent the last few years of its life with the bottoms of the doors and rockers rattle can black as it slowly rusted away and the back seat out so it could be used to haul gear. On one trip using it to ferry supplies for the Scouts my brother broke both rear window cranks. The coolant overflow reservoir got so brittle it broke off the inner fender.

[@yit555]

I bought a ‘92 Geo Prizm a few years back with 80k miles, now up to 105k with no issues. My parents drove an ‘89 Corolla (basically the same car) back in the day and it had over 300k miles when they sold it. I expect the same longevity out of my car. Super cheap and easy to maintain.

[@seafront1]

I’ve had my 3cyl 1 ltr 5spd Metro for 16 yrs. so love it. ). Fun to drive and sustainable as heck! 47mpg

[@charlesharmon4926]

My sister had a ‘91 Geo Storm. It was neon green and had a five speed manual. It was fun to drive.

[@Jpdrums317]

I just stumbled upon your channel and I love it. Keep up the great work!