GM’s front-wheel-drive X bodies launched with much fanfare in 1979, including a Car of the Year award. However, they quickly gained notoriety for, um, not being very good. The X-body was GM’s attempt to compete with Toyota/Honda and included the Buick Skylark, Chevrolet Citation, Oldsmobile Omega, and Pontiac Phoenix…and I wouldn’t normally recommend one…but the […]
Most of the vehicular statements that we feature on the digital pages of Daily Turismo are cars that we would want to own and drive…but not today. Today, I’ve found something so horrible that the challenge is to find something inferior. Find a car that would make you want to drive a rusty, crusty, rear-seat-diarrhea-inducing, […]
If you don’t recall the Citation, rest assured that you didn’t miss out on anything significant. And if you do remember the Citation, I’m sorry for that. Whenever GM rebrands its compact models (which seems to happen every five years or so), it’s a weak effort to erase the unpleasant memories of their previous subpar […]
When GM renames its compact offerings (like it does every 5 years or so) it is a feeble attempt to wash the taste from the last pile of junk out of your mouth (unlike Honda who has made the Civic for a billion years or Toyota with the Corolla, etc)…and the Citation was no different. […]
Honda has sold the Civic since 1972, but in that time Chevrolet changed the name of their compact car from the Nova to Citation to Cavalier to Cobalt to Cruze and now Bolt. Changing the model name was (is?) a feeble attempt to wash the taste from the last pile of junk out of your mouth, but this next car is different. This Citation is one of the few that survives and has only 19,000 miles on the odometer. But….best of the breed, is still a dog. Find this 1980 Chevrolet Citation offered for $6,500 in Parker, SD via ebay.
This next tip comes from Erik202 who writes: Back when i was in high school this one kid’s dad claimed that when he was young him and his buddies V8 swapped a Citation. I’m not sure I believe that story because I think a V8 swapped Citation would be such a death trap of a handling disaster that nobody would survive to tell it’s tales. This one has what looks like the perfect mix of modifications (looks like a 4.3l V6 to me) to get you to the afterlife a little faster than if you were driving a stock Citation. The carb fed V6 under the hood and the multiple nitrous bottles in trunk are interesting…but the price all money and then some for a Citation (sorry Citation Club of North America..please don’t spam the site!). Find this 1980 Chevrolet Citation offered for $20,000 CAD ($14,729 USD) in Sayward, BC via Kijiji.net.
Supernova remnants are the pieces left over from the destruction of a star…in this case that star happens to be Chevrolet’s well loved Nova. After producing umpteen versions of the Nova over 17 years, Chevrolet finally wired up a detonating plunger and the resulting implosion gave us this mess of debris. Find this 1981 Chevrolet […]
If you don’t remember the Citation, let me say that you didn’t miss much, and if you do remember the Citation…then I’m sorry about that. When GM renames its compact offerings (like it does every 5 years or so) it is a feeble attempt to wash the taste from the last pile of junk out […]
by Kevin — GM’s X bodies launched with much fanfare, including a Car of the Year award. However, they quickly gained notoriety for, um, not being very good. This 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 offered for $5,500 in Rochester, NY via craigslist may be one of the nicest remaining. The paint is in good condition for […]
The Citation was a 1958 model year only flop that was the first salvo in the total failure of branding known as Edsel. It was a shame that Edsel become the punchline to many jokes because the rolling dome speedo and teletouch steering wheel mounted transmission selector are some of the coolest features you’ll ever […]