Way back in 1995, Chevrolet decided the best way to cash in on NASCAR fans was with a front wheel drive Monte Carlo dressed like a purple and gold Solo cup, and somehow it worked. This Brickyard 400 Pace Car is less used car and more Smithsonian exhibit, having accumulated just 860 miles, most of […]
This next feature is a heavily customized Monte Carlo that was given the ultimate late 1970s style customization of an early 70s car. The result is a 7.5-inch chop that turns a boulevard cruiser into a full-blown street freak, complete with hand-painted flames by Charlie Decker and widebody rear quarters to swallow ten-inch tires. Its […]
This next car comes as a tip from Rock On who writes: Probably the only way to make this Monte Carlo more DT approved, would be to hack off the trunk and add a pick up bed! This car is such a perfect DT ride and it needs a theme song..wait…I’ve got it — Monte […]
To this day, it shocks me that GM actually launched the sixth and final generation of the Monte Carlo for the 2000 model year with Nascar styling and front-wheel-drive chassis shared with the Impala and various Buicks (Century, LaCrosse, Regal), Oldsmobile’s Intrigue, and Pontiac’s Grand Prix. For all the sporty looks, the Monte Carlo was […]
In 1973 GM introduced a redesigned Monte Carlo based on the GM intermediate sized A-body shared with the Pontiac Grand Prix. The Monte Carlo was not longer a traditional hardtop and was now what aficionados call a pillared Colonnade coupe with rear side opera windows. Yeah, it was a strange time. Find this 1977 Chevrolet […]
The Monte Carlo was launched in 1970 as the Chevrolet branded corporate cousin to the highly successful Pontiac Grand Prix. The Monte Carlo featured no nonsense minimalist styling on GM’s mid-sized A-body platform and a variety of optional V8 powerplants. Unfortunately the Monte Carlo hit the streets just a few years before the dueling fuel […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: If memory serves, their design only came about for NASCAR and they’re supposed to be quite aero, but sheez, talk about a modern day eye sore… Yeah, the sixth generation Monte Carlo (2000-2007) is a NASCAR styled thing with transverse front-engine economy car drivetrain. […]
When I first saw the cover shot of this next car…I didn’t know what it was. Not exactly, at least. I knew it was a GM 90s front-drive econobox, but like a small pile of earthworm vomit, it is moderately undesirable, but not as nasty as racoon scat. But I still didn’t know what kind of 90s GM product I was looking at until I saw the badge on the back and was surprised to see the legendary Monte Carlo badge. Somewhere between the old G-body Monte Carlo and the NAHSHCARR styling inspired thing released in 2000 there was a Lumina/GrandPrix/Cutlass that was as boring as the line at the DMV…but almost boring enough to be interesting. Find this 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS offered for $6,150 in Phiadelphia, PA via eBay.
Back in the 1980s the product planners at GM decided they needed to be more competitive in NASCAR, so they followed what they had done with the 1977-78 Impala Coupe with double bent tempered rear glass, and created a number of “aerodynamic” shared cars for the corporate fleet, including the Grand Prix 2+2 Aerocoupe, and what we have here today, which is a Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. It isn’t conventionally pretty, but it’s pretty awesome. Find this 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe offered for $17,500 in West Babylon, NY via craigslist. Tip from Jeff.
Back in the early 1970s, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an affordable way to get into a big 2-door personal luxury car. It might have not had the style of a Thunderbird or the sporty/upmarket(ish) badge of the Pontiac Grand Prix, but the Monte Carlo was available with a big block and understated styling with overstated gravitational pull. Bigger than Saturn, which is apparently giving a great view of its rings right now. Find this 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo offered for $9600 in Shelton, CT via craigslist. Tip from Cory.